Sun City, Palm Desert, California

Palm Desert, California, our first stop on our trip this year.

We had a good flight across the Pacific to Los Angeles. Philip travelled pretty well and arrived in much better shape than on previous flights. The assent and descent were much more tolerable. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner with its lower cabin pressurisation has definitely been a great help for Philip.

Once through Customs and Security we picked up our hire car for the 3 hour drive out to Sun City, Palm Desert to friends, Tony and Judy Osowski’s home where we will be spending the next week. Sun City is a resort complex (5000 homes) with golf courses, swimming pools, club houses, restaurants etc. We will have plenty of time to explore this area while we are here. Any of our golfing friends should be envious of where we are staying as the complex is centred around golf and other sporting activities. Philip says he is allergic to sports so we will just enjoy the rest of the resort!

Tony and Judy’s family are also staying for the next couple of days and it’s been great to catch up with them again. Janelle visited us in Tasmania about 5 years ago, so it was great to catch up and meet her husband Terry and daughter Alyssa. Mark we met many years ago in North Dakota, so again it was good to see him and meet his wife Stephanie.

Tuesday 6th March

After a very good nights sleep for both of us, we woke to a beautiful day. Philip went for an early morning walk and then after a relaxing breakfast and saying goodbye to Mark and Stephanie we went for another walk around the area. Strolled through one of the three club houses where there were different groups meeting. Artists, ceramics, knitters, etc. there was also a post office, cafe meeting rooms, another room with a huge minature railway set up.

Later in the morning we had a round on the 18 hole putting course with Janelle and Terry. It was pretty challenging for us jet lagged people but fun. After lunch and a trip to the supermarket in the golf cart, we took it easy for the rest of the day. Sitting outside and enjoying the lovely warm day.