Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Desert Hot Springs & Catalina Spa & RV Resort

We arrived at Desert Hot Springs today and got our motorhome wiggled into a very tight spot in the Catalina Spa & RV Resort. Many people said this was a really nice resort but, we disagree. The sites were tight and have very little landscaping. The spa, however, was very nice and it is fed by the natural hot springs water found in this area.

While we were here, the wind was blowing quite briskly, around 30 MPH. We are in a valley that has a natural venturi effect between the mountains, funneling the wind right through here. This is where you find all those cool looking windmills and they are always turning. We can see the snowcapped mountains around us, especially San Jocinto. It looks ominous as it looms over the adobe homes in the town of Desert Hot Springs.

As we drove through town, we looked for a place we could dine out tomorrow
since it was Valentines Day. February 14...We felt like pizza so we stopped for dinner at Rocky's New York Style Pizza. We ordered and found a booth that was open in the back corner of the restaurant. I decided I wanted to move and we found a booth in the middle of the room and we then realized we knew the people in the next booth!! It was Bill and Sandy Crawford, folks we had dry camped with in Quartzsite! They recognized us as well. They were also staying at the Catalina Spa along with Jon and Christine, another couple we met at Quartzsite. They are from Canada.

We made plans to caravan with them to the Elks Lodge in Palmdale, California the next day. It turns out to be a really small world...

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