Palm Springs Thousand Trails

We didn't get a very early start this morning. Our neighbor came to ask for Doug's help setting up his satellite dish for tv. Doug is becoming quite the expert on this now, but Jonas' setup is Canadian. They are from Vancouver Island and Doug is not familiar with the satellite setups that are used by their company. So, together, they worked on it for over an hour with no results.

We started getting our coach packed for travel and were ready to go when Jonas and his wife Pia stopped over to wish us safe travels. And, we visited for quite a bit more. Turns out that they live less than 50 miles from Nanaimo where my great aunt Minnie lived all of her life. And, they are Swedish. So, they offered to help with my swedish genealogy by email. How cool is that!

We finally started down the mountain about 11 am. It is only 50 miles to the next stop so we weren't too worried about it. By the time we hit I-10 it was 85 degrees and traffic was light.


The windmills on both sides of the road seemed to go on for miles. They are quite mesmerizing.


The pass we traveled is one of the windiest places in southern California but wasn't too bad today. (Sorry about the picture. It's hard to take pictures through the front windshield.)


It even looked like the windmills were growing out of the freeway overpass!


We arrived safe and sound at the Palm Springs Thousand Trails resort. It's address is Palm Desert, and the sign nearby says Welcome to Thousand Palms. So, I'm not sure exactly where we are. I do know that we are right next to the freeway and a railroad track. Everyone is packed into the park like sardines. But, it is a nice park with lots of friendly people and activities.


The activities range from pickeball and horseshoes to day trips to Los Algodones, Mexico for shopping. There are dinners and exercises, swimming, pool tournaments, craft classes, card games and the list goes on. We are only going to be here for four days so we probably won't get too involved.

Tomorrow, we go sightseeing.