The Palms,Yuma,AZ-- Jan.13th to 21st

Jan.13th

We had Sid and Carol for breakfast. We went to the Wild Hogs Dance,7-10pm. We danced to "Doc Rock It" 50-60's music. Great rock and roll band and lots of fun. Free to in-park people.

Jan.14th

We played shuffleboard in the am and went to the Arizona Market in the afternoon. We bought a artificial palm tree with lights. It looks good in front of our 5th wheel. The evening concert

"A Tribute to ZZ Top,Eagles,and CCR" was very good.

Jan 15th

The days are getting very warm (mid 80's F). There was about 1500 people and 20 kegs of beer drank at the burger bash. --another terrific day in the sun with lots of Harley Davidson's on display. Carol and I finally had to do some laundry while Ralph and Sid watched football. We met our new neighbours Dan (retired RCMP) and Suzanne from Ottawa. Nice people.

Jan 16th

30 DEG. C We spent the day around the pool and the ice cream social. Sid and Carol invited us for dinner and cards. The bbq liver and onions was delicious.

Jan. 17th

It was a restful day of reading,swimming and relaxing after playing shuffleboard. The 4 of us drove to Quechan Casino just inside the California border 20 min west of Yuma. The buffet dinner for $9.99 and the $10.00 free play for getting the players card was a good deal.

Jan. 18th

I did some reading in the shade-- another 30 Deg. day. We went grocery shopping and had Sid and Carol for dinner. The boiled dinner in the slow cooker was a change from bbq-ing .

Jan.19th

This is Canada week at The Palms Resort. We wore our Canadian T shirts to the pancake breakfast. It was hard to find shade while playing shuffleboard. Most of the singers at the Karaoke Superstar Contest are good.

Jan.20th

We drove 30 miles east to Wellton and toured the area. We had lunch at the Coyote Wash Golf Club. The lever for the water to our toilet broke last night and we had to pick up a new toilet at the RV Dealer. Tony Thomas[the RV Medic from Okotoks staying at The Palms] installed it for us.

We met up with John and Lynda Brooks and their friends Gerald and Bev at Walmart. They are staying up the road at the Westwinds RV Resort. "The California Cowboys" played at the country and western dance in the ballroom.

Jan.21st

After shuffleboard I went for a pedicure and a gel nail fill while Ralph did grocery shopping at Walmart. In the evening we had tickets to "The Stars of Beatlemania". The sold out concert was excellent. They looked and sounded like the Beatles.