The week in Indio

We are now back at Happy Trails. We made the trip home in about 5 hours. It's pretty much leave Indio right onto I-10 and drive 240 miles to the turn off to Surprise. We have found a nice small restaurant at exit 45 off I-10 called the Cactus Cafe. Really good food kind of in the middle of nowhere.

We had a good time in Indio even though the reason to be there was a sad one. We spent a lot of time at Elaines house. Along the way we met Kens Sisters, Ken and Elaines kids and grand kids. Some we have met before some not. There was a very nice memorial for Ken at Heritage Palms on Sunday. Dan, their Son, gave a really nice talk about his dad and mom. Their daughter had made a video of a lot of pictures of Ken and Elaines life. Kens best friend from Montana who had introduced Ken and Elaine to each other some years ago was also there. He told some funny stories about Ken. There was also a good turn out of some of the folks from Twin Lakes who were in the area. It was a good celebration with a lot of tears. Here a few pictures of the day.

Even with the sadness of the week we did find some good things to do. For breakfast there is a really good place to go called Goodies Cafe. They are just down the street from Emerald Desert. I can't believe the number of people that go thru. You walk in and order at the counter. They give you the plastic number for your table and bam. 5 or 6 minutes later you have breakfast. It's really good too and reasonable.

I was invited to play with Mark Garand (Hope I spelled that right) at Heritage Palms on Monday. He and his wife Joyce are friends of Ken and Elaine who we have met at some of the couples tournaments we have played at. They are also members at Heritage Palms. They are from Olympia. I played in his group. I think there were six or seven teams. We had a lot of fun. Our team even won and Mark got two skins and I got one. Thanks for the invite Mark. It was a fun foursome.

Our last adventure was dinner Tuesday night. Sues cousin Ray and his wife Bonny live at Shadow Hills across the freeway from Heritage Palms. We picked up Elaine and met them at The Nest Restaurant for dinner. We had a very good time. Three of them had Escargot. Not Me. The food was really good as was the company. I forgot to take pictures. Opps.....

So, it was back to Snuffy and Charlie for the night and now back here. Tharlie was exhausted as usual. I'm golfing tomorrow. I guess Donna and Dick are coming to visit and Sue is golfing Friday. All I can say is more later.

Trip info for the last couple weeks.

Home 56877, Las Vegas 57143, Home 57407.. Trip 530

Indion 57661, Home 57912. Trip 505. Total 1035