EL PASEO, FEBRUARY 19TH,2020

ALTHOUGH PALM SPRINGS IS DESERT COUNTRY THERE IS STILL A LOT OF COLOUR TO BE FOUND.

WE TRIED THE ‘RUGGED ROUTE’ THE OTHER DAY SO THIS TIME WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT SOME ‘RETAIL THERAPY’ .

I FOUND OUT ABOUT EL PASEO ON LINE AND WE TOOK A DRIVE OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY ‘UP MARKET’ TYPE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE ( SAKS FIFTH AVENUE SORT OF STORES) AND THAT IS A LITTLE TOO PRICEY FOR MY TASTES.  WE NERVOUSLY LAUGHED AS WE HEARD THIS MAN JOKINGLY CHASTISE HIS WIFE SAYING, ” OH NO, HONEY, I WANT YOU TO SPEND ANOTHER $600.00 ..I’M SURE YOU COULD GET IT UP TO $1,000 IF YOU TRIED HARD ENOUGH ”  . ( YIKES !  I FEEL A FIGHT COMING ON!)

WE STUMBLED UPON A SECTION CALLED ” THE GARDENS ” AND IT WAS A PRETTY, INNER COURTYARD WITH TURQUOISE POOLS, FOUNTAINS, MANY CACTI , FLOWERS , AND STATUES INTERMINGLED HERE AND THERE. ( TERRY WAS A GOOD SPORT WHEN I ASKED HIM TO POSE WITH A STATUE BUT HE SAID ONE WAS HIS LIMIT …HA HA.)

LUCKILY , THERE WERE ALSO MANY SHADED AREAS TO SIT ( IT WAS 85 DEGEES) AND WE SOON FOUND A SPOT TO HAVE A COFFEE AND PLAY SCRABBLE . ( TERRY WON BUT I FOUGHT HARD TO STAY IN IT.)

THIS BREAK FROM WINTER HAS BEEN GOOD FOR MY SOUL ….AND MY JOINTS .  BECAUSE WE ARE STAYING IN THIS INCREDIBLE VRBO WITH A PRIVATE POOL I AM ABLE TO WORK OUT ( AQUAFIT) EVERY DAY.  THE SUN WARMS MY BODY AND I DON’T SEEM TO HURT AS MUCH HERE.  BUT ALTHOUGH I DON’T MISS THE SNOW I MISS MY HOME SO MUCH. I MISS MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK IN EDMONTON – ( MY AQUASIZE FRIENDS AND MY SISTER, MY DAUGHTER ESPECIALLY) …..       AND I MISS USING MY CREATIVE ABILITIES TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.

THIS YEAR I BROUGHT MY WEE TRAVEL GUITAR SO AT LEAST I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ‘KEEP UP THE CALLOUSES ” AND I EVEN WROTE A NEW SONG HERE.  BUT THIS IS ANOTHER YEAR OF TRAVEL.   THE TOUR CONTINUES A SHORT 3 WEEKS AFTER WE RETURN HOME.   I’M NOT COMPLAINING.  LIFE IS INCREDIBLE RIGHT NOW AND I AM AWARE OF MY MANY BLESSINGS. 

BUT AS DOROTHY FAMOUSLY SAID, ” THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. ”