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Friday, May 4, 2012

April 30-May 3: Great visit with friends in Indio


May 4, 2012
Indio, CA

We left Arizona on schedule Monday morning, right around 10:30 AM.  It was a beautiful day for a drive, other than being on the warm side in the mid-to-upper-90s.  We put the generator and roof air conditioners on well before we left, and we were quite comfortable all the way.

Since we’re headed to visit Geri’s sister up in California City, we made our first stop in Indio, California, to visit with friends there.  Wayne and Eva are always wonderful hosts and team up with their next-door neighbors, Will and Diane, to make us feel right at home.  We arrived around 4:00 PM and were soon parked and relaxing in style.




We teamed up to share the dinner duties: Eva made a great Beef Stew on Monday, we made Rack of Lamb with Mushroom Risotto on Tuesday, and Diane did Chicken Kabobs with Grilled Vegetables on Wednesday.  Wayne arranged for a special treat on Wednesday, getting some neat baked goods from a local purveyor for dessert.












Eva was under the weather on Tuesday and we needed a bit of extra time to plan our next moves, so we ended up staying an extra day through Thursday.  Since we were all cooked out, we simply went to the local “Burgers and Beer” sports bar for a quick dinner.
Wayne and Eva introduced Geri to the fruit smoothies they’ve been having for breakfast for a while now, and we’re now converts.  That’s one way to get me to eat bananas, I suppose (I can tolerate the flavor but not the texture).



All in all, it was another great visit.  Since our routes may cross later in the summer, we may have a chance to catch up when we cruise south along the Oregon Coast.

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