Happy Birthday to our dear friend Kenalm T. Richardson

Ken we wish you the very best on your birthday November 29.  We could never forget your birthday no matter where we are and where we are is Desert Hot Springs, CA.  We woke up to see snow on the surrounding mountains today, November 28.  The wind howled and the rain came down last night.  I'm attaching some photos that we've taken while we've been here.  The pelicans were on the Salton Sea.  We took a drive with Mel and Donna McKinnon from across the street at Caliente Hot Springs and we went to a state park near Niland that is situated on the Salton Sea.   The roadrunner kept going by our campsite so one day I followed him and caught him jumping into the bush.  I hope these pictures turn out ok for everyone to see. Kelsi I had to add the pelicans.  These were beautiful birds.  Mind you, the beach was strewn with dead fish so the odour was not too pleasing.


  The windmills are just north of us at Desert Hot Springs. Mike took them from long range.

I think that is all the pictures I will download for now.

We've been playing golf.  The course here is an executive 9 hole but very green and challenging enough for me.  We were to go today but it was raining, so we decided to walk to the shopping area of D.H.S.  To my surprise it was a lot further away than Mike said it was.  I was still dressed in a long sleeve turtleneck and jeans with a fleecy jacket when the sun came out and I got very warm.  It took us a good half hour to forty five minutes to walk to the stores.  Mike reassured me that we would take a taxi back if I was too tired.  Well we were able to sit for a good half hour waiting for the taxi to reach us.  I guess he came from Palm Springs and it took a half hour for him to reach us.  We started to walk back and saw him coming so we turned around and went back to the store where we had been waiting.  We should have rented a car today.  The taxi cost about half of what a day's rental would have been.

I got my hair cut today.  It cost a fortune.  A whole 15.00 us.  She had it cut in about 10 minutes and I like it.  It is very short.  I couldn't believe how she could do it so fast.  She was good.

I've been having trouble with the computer so thanks to Scott in Enderby, it's working not too badly now.  I just can't seem to hit the keys properly.  If you see typos, it's not all my fault.  At 11:41 pm on Saturday night it is very cool in here and my hands are going numb along with my toes.  No wonder the dog is in bed with Mike.  My turn to go get warmed up.

Mike lost another relative yesterday-his Auntie Sophie died yesterday at the age of 88.  We want to send the family, Gail, Wayne, Val and their families and to Uncle Joe and Auntie Jenny and the other Holoidays our deepest sympathy on your loss.  We are so grateful that we had the opportunity to visit with her on the August long weekend in Leduc at the Holoiday family reunion that her children hosted.  RIP Sophie.

We are here until Tuesday and then we will move on.  Don't know where we'll be going, but you will find out when I do.