Downtime, and Trees

Thursday, Jan 19…

Another quiet day – post office, Office Max, Trader Joe’s, Goodwill. (Greg wants a larger frying pan, which we have no storage space for. Fortunately, they didn’t have one.) While Greg was fixing dinner, I was working on this blog and felt I needed a stretch. I stepped outside, saw a magnificent sunset and grabbed my camera just in time to catch this tree shot.

BlogThoughts… We eat well. All the Elks Lodges have full kitchens and serve a number of meals each week. One of the other campers told Greg how surprised and happy his wife was to discover she didn’t have to cook all the time. Good for them. Tonight the Elks are offering a chicken-fried steak dinner for $12. (For the uninitiated, chicken-fried steak is tenderized cube steak coated with seasoned flour and pan-fried.) Greg and I enjoyed an $8 ribeye w/ baked potatoes and fresh beans, and a Costco sea salt caramel for dessert. Half the price, twice the flavor.

Wednesday, Jan 18…

Chore day (I guess - Greg was running errands here and there). I worked on this blog and took a good long walk through nearby neighborhoods. This Elks Club backs up to James Madison Elementary School (whose mascot is a chicken – what would Madison think of that?). Anyway, the kids were at recess when I passed – English and español effortlessly intermingled. Dinner in Palm Desert with friends from Greg's Alfa Romeo days.                     Lacking any significant activity, I'll share a few tree shots from today's walk.

Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Baby Bear

Quite an impressive spread.