It’s Sunday and I am back from vacation. Palm Desert was hot hot hot. Over 110 degrees most days but very dry so if we stayed in the shade, it wasn’t too bad. We went to the movies. We went to the air museum. My son and Hub went to Soak City (water park) and we took the aerial tram to the top of the mountain and hiked a bit. It was much cooler at the top of the mountain.
The tram went up quite a ways. I am not afraid of heights, but I am not a fan of them either. I’m glad the ride to the top was not too long (less than 10 minutes) and that it wasn’t windy. The nice thing is that when we got to the top, it was like 30 degrees cooler. Which put it right at 85 or so.
I was the only one that was actually prepared to hike. Everyone else had on the wrong kind of shoes but we still managed to have a good time. Oh, and somehow I forgot to pack water but not too important, right?? Famous last words. We had to cut it short because of the lack of water.
We saw a lot of birds and butterflies and since my daughter loves butterflies she asked me to take this picture. It took me four attempts to do so since it kept flitting off but I got it, finally.
As for the rest of the week, I was very lazy and did not take many pictures so I am unable to share the rest of the week but I did do a lot of reading. I finished The Shadow of the Wind and loved it. My review will be coming within the next couple of days. I also finished The Blue Notebook. What a powerful read. I also read Netherland and I am right in the middle of The Art of Racing in the Rain.
As for today, I just got back from doing a bit of shopping at the Citadel Outlets with a girlfriend of mine. I had to curb my spending as I do believe that the university that I work for enacted forced furloughs this past week. I have yet to hear the news from work since I have been away but I am dreading going back to the office. Luckily, I am taking tomorrow off as well so wish me luck for Tuesday. I’m glad to have a job but I really didn’t think the California budget crisis would affect me since I have seniority but I guess no one goes untouched with the economy in the toilet like it is.
Hope you are all enjoying your day. Later we will BBQ some dinner and then prepare for next week.
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