13 December '07
Thursday
We really enjoyed ourselves in Indio and look forward to returning for a much longer stay in the future.
Now we are just about 100 miles east of Indio and sitting on the banks of the Colorado river. We checked into the Western Horizons campground, Colorado River Oasis Resort, on Monday. Our site is right above the banks of the Colorado and we hope to slip the kayak in soon. Tuesday we drove the 15 miles into Quartzsite to check things out and see if we could find "the water filter" man. We would like to re-stock our filters before we leave here, they are much less expensive here than anywhere else we have been. Unfortunately we came back without any. Much of "Quartzsite has yet arrived and it seems that "the water filter" man is running later than last year...I hope he shows up before we leave in another week. Yesterday I spent the best part of the day pulling out everything we have from out of the basement area of the coach. Everything was taken out to the patio area so that we could do a little inventory and then put back in in a more organized fashion. Today (Thursday) I found it a real joy to open the basement doors to look for something and immediately find it....who would have thought that a little organization would make such a difference??? The rest of the day was spent just hanging out and meeting and talking with some of the other campers here. At noon we were all asked to go up to the club house as we were going to be entertained with Christmas songs from the elementary school down the street. It kind of reminded me of the times when we were invited to the school and our kids class choir would sing for us, it's always very entertaining.
Louise started decorating the coach for Christmas. She found some beautiful electric candles that sit at the windshield and tomorrow we will go shopping to finish her project. Tonight we sit watching "Survivor"...