Aerial tram, desert ride, and more.

Ready to ride, from Glamis North KOA into the surrounding desert. Angel, on blue quad, Sabrina, Erika, Grandma Pat, in blue Ranger, Grandpa Dave on red quad, and Sandy, a neighbor, on right.

Our little group at the famous shoe tree. Sabrina made a deposit!

Angel and Erika looking into one of the bat caves. Salton Sea in background.

Typical trail scene on a desert ride.

Palm Springs aerial tram on Mt. St. Jacinto. Ride goes up to 8,516 feet.

The cars pass each other half way up/down.

Sabrina, Angel, and Erika at 8,500'.

Dave and Pat - still going places and doing stuff.

Molly and Annie playing in a KOA Kamp K9.

Erika, Angel, Sabrina and Pat in our golf cart at KOA.

A neighborhood campfire at KOA. We did 'Smores, of course.

Jered, one of our co-workers, showing off his fire-cheating skills.

Summer in winter

The winter is supposed to be over here in California, and I can tell you it is over. We've had summer-like weather for over a month, and it just keeps getting better.

Melanie and her family did a vacation in California, taking in Disneyland and Sea World. We met them in San Diego and did Sea World together; then Angel and her girls came to see us for a week. Picked them up in Palm Springs on Saturday, March 26.

So much going on. So many places to go. So much to do. It's a good thing we're retired, otherwise we wouldn't have the time!

Our group at Sea World. Grandpa Dave, Grandma Pat, Melanie, Bailey, Meghan, Grandma Nancy, Isabel, Jason, Olivia. Photo courtesy of a Japanese tourist. (we returned the favor)

A little splashing going on at one of the shows.

Bailey and Isabel were in the "splash zone".

Meghan, hamming it up with Biff, one of the performers in the seal show.

Melanie and Olivia on right to show the size of the shark jaws.

Pat doing her favorite thing: shopping for souvenirs.

The Shamu Show. No trainers were killed or injured during this show.

As you can see, we were not alone at Sea World.

Joy ride on one of the whales.

You have to see this to believe it.

You all know we live in a 36' fifth wheel RV, but we bought a second on just for quick trips and fast traveling. It's a 21 footer. A lot smaller, but so much faster, and it takes half the fuel as pulling the big one. We'll be leaving our big one in CA and taking the smaller one for the summer.

Time's a-flying!

Not that we're counting the days, but time is flying as May 31 gets closer and closer with each passing day. The weather just keeps getting better, and warmer, all the time. We stay busy but that hasn't prevented us from seeing some attractions and doing a few things. Of course, the snow birds here in the park have a lot of things going each week. Have to pick and choose because it's not possible to do everything.

Place: Calexico CA, town right on Mexican border -about 70 miles south of our campground. Calexico is the site of a huge indoor shopping market and an even larger outdoor flea market/swap meet. It's a good day's outing

Pat with Louise, our next door neighbor at Glamis North KOA.

Pat, Louise, and Jr. The O'Reilly's are from McMinnville OR.

The Calexico market is loosely organized with a lot of the merchandise just dumped on tarps spread on the ground. We noticed a lot of Mexican license plates in the parking lot.

Dig for what you want, haggle for what you will pay. It's a unique market.

Place: Calipatria CA, about 35 miles south of our campground. Calipatria is 184 feet below sea level.

The sign says it all.

Place: Imperial/El Centro CA. Event is the Imperial Valley Mid-Winter Fair & Expo. Imperial is about 60 miles south of our campground. This is a really big do for the community. 4-H and FFA are a big part of it. This may be difficult for our friends up north, but they are showing off their CROPS, and it's only March. The growing season in the Imperial Valley is continuous.

Didn't see much in the way of food on sticks, but some of the food LOOKED like sticks. This must be a Mexican or regional food item. No idea what it is or how it tastes. Not that brave.

Had a nice visit with the California Highway Patrol reps at the fair. I asked for the keys, but she said "NO!" Other than that we had a fun and pleasant time.

Example of a sand car for running on the local sand dunes. This is one of the larger and more expensive types, and can cost over $100,000. Pricey toy.

This looked so good when someone else was eating one we just had to have one. While it was pretty good it probably looks better than it really is. But you know how it is at fairs. You eat stuff you wouldn't eat anywhere else. We didn't get sick, and had a great time.

Tune in often, as we have more to show you soon.