North, South, and More

 This past week we went from north to south and turned around again.  Each year we fly home for a week when we visit our family, do some personal things, and then head back south.  We repeated that process this past week flying back to Palm Springs this past Wednesday.  Although the trip seems to be tiring, this past trip was likely one of the best, and less stressful, than most.  Our times were good, flights were mostly on time, and everything worked out great.  Since our grand daughter was able to drive us before school, we got to the airport in plenty of time.  We found an interesting aviation display made entirely of lego.

Since we got back to Palm Springs around supper time, the first thing we did was find something to eat.  And as per usual it was the usual "what do you want to eat", " I don't care, what would you like", and so on.  We decided on In N Out Burger for no specific reason.  The burgers were fine, the cost reasonable, but never have we seen such a crowd at a fast food restaurant.  The drive through  has about 12 cars in line, inside there was another line-up with 2 cashiers, and the kitchen was full of workers.  The parking lot was absolutely full whereas the other similar places nearby had 3 or 4 cars in the lot.   

People often ask us how long we are down fore.  Many, many years ago when we were young, we went on a trip with friends.  Our plan was to drive south until either half our time, or half our money was gone.  That is much the same again this year and we are at that point so it is time to start heading north.  We sadly said good-bye to our friends and headed out of town.  Unfortunately, Gene couldn't be in the picture but someone had to be behind the camera!

It's been a while since we have visited Quartzsite, AZ so we decided to see what has changed.  Well, not much but as usual, one comes across some interesting things.

There were quite a few people around but some vendors had already left, and a number of them were packing up to leave shortly.  It is after the RV show but there sure aren't many that are sticking around.  But there was no traffic on the roads either.  There is a new Terrible's service station in town.  In behind it is a Tesla charging station which is huge - it has 82 chargers.  That is in addition to the 33 chargers across and down the street.

The weather back home has moderated which makes everyone feel that perhaps spring is around the corner.  I hope everyone has a great week, and I'll be back next week!

Back On Line

My short delay is now over.  I certainly can't say it was due to work or even from being busy!!  It was actually because I did not have access to my computer and I just am not able to do this on my phone or tablet.

We came home last Wednesday for our annual one week trip home.  We always find this trip somewhat stressful and tiring but for some reason, this year it wasn't so.  Our flights were all on time or early, we weren't rushing from one gate to another.  It actually was quite enjoyable.

Somewhere over Utah

The frigid temperatures had moderated a bit so we didn't have to deal with any terrible temperatures.  However, we did get to contend with some freezing rain but the streets were kept pretty good but we did get an unbelievably dirty car!

I always thought sundogs were an indication of cold weather coming but this wasn't the case.  They were very bright but instead of cold we got a bit of a change so that was nice.

I was surprised at how little snow there was when we arrived as according to the weather, there seemed to be snow almost on a daily basis.  It looks like a lot of snow in front of our place but most of it is from the wind and the snow removal.

We got to visit the kids although it was pretty short with some of them.  Some of them were out of town on a volleyball tournament.  But that did mean we got to spend some time with a granddaughter left at home.

Back to the south this week to enjoy some more warm temperatures and sunshine.  Until next week, I hope everyone has a good week.