WEATHER CAN'T MAKE UP IT'S MIND

February 15, 2017

Since we have been in this area,  we have had weather of all kinds, hot, cold, windy, rainy, cloudy and a sky with no clouds with a vibrant blue color.  One day it was 88 degrees, I had on a tank top and flip flops. The next, chilly and rainy. It has rained quite a bit since we have been here. It is always windy here, but in the last month, we have had stronger winds and more often than usual. One always expects it be a little windy here, but we have had gusts of 25 to 40 MPH quite often.  Right now, the gusts are probably 20MPH, but that's not stopping us from going out.  I think of the wind, like I think of the rain in Seattle. If you let the rain stop you in Seattle from  going anywhere, you would never get out. That's exactly like the wind here,  it can't stop you or you would never see anything.

The day after it was 88 degrees here, we went out with some friends for dinner to a hotel with a  mineral springs spa. Desert Hot Springs, which is north of Palm Springs, has mineral spa's. The water from the springs coming out of the ground is  so hot sometimes it has to be cooled to use.  Lots of people swear by them to help with arthritis and other ailments. I took this picture from inside the restaurant looking out at the spa's. The parents were looking on at the kids in the spa, but as you can see, they were wrapped in blankets to keep warm. A tad chilly for me to be out there.

There are several hotels with mineral spas  in Desert Hot Springs. Some for the very rich. There is one here that costs $8000 per night. Oprah Winfrey was part owner. She tried to petition the city to put in a helicopter pad so clients wouldn't have to drive from the Palm Springs airport to the spa. It is probably a 15 minute drive, if that. They turned her down. Poor rich people have to drive, oh no!  I have a friend that went to one where she saw Goldie Hawn in the elevator.  She lives in Palm Springs. Mineral Springs are a huge draw in this area.  They aren't in Palm Springs, only Desert Hot Springs. 

Denny and I had a late lunch one day in Palm Desert.  We were sitting on the patio and saw this sign. It gave us a chuckle that it's okay to smoke  at night.  I don't why there should be a difference between  night and day.  Night should still have the 25' rule. 

I was having lunch with my friend, Linda, and we ordered a sandwich. Luckily we split it. Can't imagine eating an entire one. Even then, we each took home leftovers. It was hard to even figure out how to eat it, it was so big.

It sounds like all we do is eat out, but that certainly isn't the case. 😂