Palm Desert

Day 19 – Critters

Beautiful, warm morning, perfect for roadrunner hunting!  Started out early, again searching where Aleta had last seen the elusive Geococcyx californianus cantfindusnowhereicus.  Walked around the entire resort, no luck.  However, I did see hummingbirds, Canadian geese, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, rabbits (lots of rabbits), egrets, hawks,...

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Day 18 – Geococcyx Californianus

There was sand just inside our doors where last night’s wind storm had penetrated the seals around the door with extra fine sand.  Those winds were strong! Not a roadrunner   Morning waterings of the courses Aleta came back from her morning walk and reported that she had seen...

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Day 14 – What’s a Chukker?

Lonesome Dove We started our day with a walk around the resort.  Shadow Ridge is a new resort and parts are still under construction.  However, the completed parts of the resort are beautiful with water features, golf courses and flowers and palm trees everywhere.  We love walking this resort, admiring...

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Day 13 – Transitions

A new friend We’re still recovering from our itises so we’re continuing to take it slow.  We’re both feeling much better, but not quite top of form yet.  We spent the morning packing and then geocaching north of I-10. Cutoffs are different from back home.  Here, they remove the entire house! The railroad...

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Day 12 – Chilling

Reading spot. Mona and Daisy Most of the day we chilled…just taking it easy, enjoying the scenery, reading and relaxing. In the morning, we took the boardwalk to the hotel where we bought mocha lattes and sat in the sun next to the waterfalls.  There we read...

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