Travel Blogs from Indio, United States
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The Joshua Tree
It was a long drive in the night. Cool and exhausted we slept soundly. By the morning we had already begun to feel the baking heat from the Colorado desert. We made our way to its heart, the Joshua Tree National Park. Immediately, it ...
Not exactly on a road gig but...
... again as I started touring so I'm getting it back in action with my Coachella/Stagecoach project work. I've just arrived in Indio, CA. Flew into Ontario on the eastern skirts of L.A. and had a nice drive out here through a valley. ...
You can take the girl out of the trailer park
...but you can't take the awe out of her when she is put up in a sweet house on a golf course!! Once I got my rental car past the gate attendant, I settled into my new home for the next 2 weeks - was a bit stunned by the size and ...
Tired but content
Coachella Day 1 - Arrived on site at 7:30 a.m yesterday., sleep deprivation experiment Coachella officially underway. Things were pretty frantic before doors and just after but then it slowed down enough for me to check out a few songs from ...
Day 26-32 (indio, CA)
... up!!! Love to Chelsie, Rich and my little punkin, Lily!!!!!! We are having a very relaxing visit here at the Outdoor Resort Indio. The weather is excellent with a little haze over the mountains. The temp is staying around 85 degrees, most days. We ...
Day 24 (drive to Indio, CA)
... !!! The weather is great in the mid 80's during the day and 50's at night. We are at the Outdoor Resorts Indio. They have some beautiful scenery here.....canals with electric boats, palm trees, beautiful landscaping. Don has two cousins, Doris & ...
Day 34 (Indio, CA)
Beautiful sunny day......85 degrees!!!!! Cocktails and a light dinner at Doris & Duane's house. We finally met Doris's daughter and her other half, Ed. We had a nice desert style evening. P.S. All of our family and friends in Florida have their ...
Good day
Hello friends. It's been a long day - especially for someone who's not worked for 3 months! :) - but it's about to get even longer over the next 3 days so it's good prep. Waiting for merch counts on the shipment that just arrived and then I'm ...
New things to do in the desert.
We have returned to an area that we are very familiar with and as most of you know, that is not one of my favorite things!! The good news is that we have finally stumbled on some wonderful weather and we found a few new things to do. So, ...
Indio Dog Show
... to him, most were quite fine though and the bitches finer. There was one bitch that had a nice cranked over head and breeder states that her mouth was good and that other breeders were telling her that her head was too cranked. Don't know where their bone ...
Stopping for a good time, not a long time
First stop on the way back to Canada. Was driving on the freeway through Los Angeles when I notice a car slow down in the next lane next to the car hauler. Then I notice the passenger take a picture of the side of the trailer. They waved as they drove by ...
Day 2.
... then we were riding in strong gusting crosswinds. I have never held onto a bike as strongly as I did through this section of about 1 mile. The ride into Indio where there was a bar-b-q laid on was a doddle by comparison. No scurvy! Chris and Penny ...
Joshua Tree National Park
From the coast in the morning, I turned south and east, making my way through the labyrinth of Los Angeles County freeways till I found my bearing on the I-10 (yes, for those of us who grew up in southern California, the freeway numbers are always ...
On the road again-so glad to be on the road again!
... visit. As usual, we've had a bit of wind buffeting us around as we've driven through the Palm Springs/Indio area (this is, after all the home of the largest wind farm in the country!) We've got about 6 hours of driving scheduled ...
FMCA Rally in Indio
On Wednesday we moved a couple of miles to the site of the FMCA western rally. This was four days of dry camping with about 1300 other rigs. The western theme was carried into all the activities and the parade and entertainment were ...
New Tires
Before leaving the Indio area, we stopped at Pete's Tire and purchased 6 new tires for the bus. The FMCA (Family Motor Coach Assn.) has a great program with Michelin Tire Co, BUT even with the "good buddy FMCA price", it still hurts the ...
Lighting up the New Year!
On January 4th, we moved from Mission RV Park in Redlands to Indian Waters, one of our membership campgrounds in Indio, California, near Palm Springs. As we learned when we were in this area in October, the winds can be wicked, and on our ...
Mexicali & Back In The US(S)A
... it certainly deserved one. It's been a sad day today - having to leave Mexico. Day 42 Ensenada, Mexico to Indio, California (our 14th state) 450 km and 10 hours in car Well, it was another long day today, but the morning was ...
Heading for Pasadena
... and enjoyed the sunshine. Once across the state line into California we travelled through a really desolate area between Blythe and Indio. Because it was later in the day we were driving into the sun but only had a few minutes of discomfort ...
ABOUT MEXICO and CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SON AND LIS
CONGRATULATIONS TO MY WONDERFUL SON, ALEXANDER AND MY GREAT NEW DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, LISA, ON THEIR MARRIAGE ON APRIL 03, IN THAILAND. AND ALL OF THE BEST TO THEM AS THEY TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. ALSO, GREETINGS TO FRIEND ...
Polo (the Game, not the Shirt!)-Eldorado Polo Club
Today we decided to take a ride over to the Eldorado Polo Club, where they were having a week-long tournament. Not really knowing what we should be looking for, we did a bit of research first, so, for those of you who care to know any more about ...
Lax > Indio
Hung out with the crew at Santa Monica for the day then drove to Indio that night. Did the California challenge with Noah and ash and got completely blind. Everyone else road bikes to Venice beach and went out for dinner. Accom: 1 night at Americas best ...
Final Thoughts
Well, we made it home on time and just a bit jet lagged. A not so great flight from Vienna to London and then a nice, but long flight from London to LA. Air New Zealand is a great airline. 15 days, 5 countries, 4 different languages, 648 photos ...
FMCA Rally
... was a Alfa pizza dinner the last night so that we would be ready to leave the next morning. Kaptain took us to Shields Date Garden in Indio for a date shake the last day. He was the only one in our group who had ever had one. It was very ...
Day 18-24 Having fun in the Palm Springs area !!
Day 18 - Day 23 (Oct 28-Nov 2) We are having a great time visiting cousins, Helen and Doris and Duane. It was Duane's 80th Birthday on Saturday, October 28th and there was a lovely party for him at "The Commissary". Coctails, hors d'oeures, a ...
Day 25-27
More fun in the Palm Springs area.... Friday we hung around the RV Park and went to a Margarita Party at the Desert Breezes Clubhouse, where Doris and Duane and Helen live. Great place to live and play and socialize !!! Saturday we went to the ...
Apr 17, 2010
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