FMCA Rally in Indio

We drove down to Indio CA, Wed for the FMCA Rally (Family Motor Coach Assn).  They really have things well organized and parking down to a science. All went smoothly as we lined up to unhook our towed vehicles and then were escorted to our spots.

I was really startled and impressed with the ‘Escaping your RV in case of Emergency’.  Diesel driven Class A’s are the worst as they usually only have 1 door. It was scary but we got a ton of valuable information  and 5 women actually climbed out the escape window where it's about 7' to the ground.

The theme is Dogpatch USA so the parade was fun.

             This poor fellow had too much of his homemade 'corn'.

 The seminars are 1^st class as always. I enjoyed Janet’s Convection cooking again, tried an Inverter class – bored to tears.  I figure it’s like the car, if it goes when you start it, fine, if not call for professional help.
We were connected to generators and one was 3 times this size.

We were parked at the Indio Fairgrounds but were very surprised to see people walking the sheep around.

Off to Desert Hot Springs CA and our home park Catalina Spa on Sunday.

My Movie Reviews

We enjoyed our annual Champagne Brunch at the Riverside Sunday and have seen our usual bunch of movies while here. 

We really enjoyed American Hustle. Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence are great. There are lots of twists and sometimes you don’t know who is conning whom. I recommend it.

I saw Saving Mr. Banks, a poignant story about the making of the Mary Poppins movie with Tom Hanks and Ema Thompson. Good acting by both and fun to see some of the original scenes.

When Ron was buying the tickets for The Wolf of Wall Street, the gal said you should be aware that this film is barely above a porno flick. Well, if you want nudity, tons of swearing and buckets of drugs, you get it here. I wouldn’t be bothered to see it. Hate to support that stuff.

I also saw Nebraska, which surprised me in black and white but it really fit the movie. This is very factual story of an old guy that thinks he won a million dollars and wants to go to Nebraska to collect. It shows rural country and simple country folk and some old fashioned behavior. The son is a great actor and kind fellow. Gets funnier by the end.
It's fun having seen these movies and with all the revues coming out and nominations for all the awards, I just want to see more.

Old Friends

We had a delightful reunion today with Sandy and Michael, and Rich and Tina. We met the 1^st at a blogging class in Cat Spa in 2006 and the 2^nd at our DHSprings resort in 2009. This was when we all went on a Panama Canal Cruise for 14 days and this is the first time we’ve been together since. Sure good to get together.

They are staying at the Fiesta RV Resort in Bullhead and it is very nice. Got lots of amenities and is very friendly.

Laughlin, NV

We are having lots of fun here. The Riverside is our favourite casino and there is much to do. We played some pool which was a laugh as the cues and table cloth are as old as the desert hills surrounding us.

                          The bowling alley is always busy and is very large.

You can walk along the river from one end of the strip to the other on the Riverwalk.

We toured the car museum where there is much history. Look closely at this old-timer pick-up truck, it has a metal hand extended as a left turn signal.

I didn’t know the story of Emilio Scotto from Argentina. He spent 10 years on this bike going around the world.

Very good exhibit with incredible memorabilia from 100's of countries.

A New Year - 2014

We wrapped up our delightful fall at Val Vista with a happy hour hosted by Becky and Jerry. We said goodbyes to our friends before they went to the Dance and we watched the year play out with all the entertainment and the ball drop at midnight in New York

We used our special Millennium glasses to celebrate, 1999 on one side and 2000 on the other. Imagine, 14 years ago.

We headed to Laughlin NV. for a week. The lights of the casinos at night are really colourful.

 There is every colour lighting the casinos and a 1/4 moon above, looking from our campsite.