Wonderful Sunshine!

This is a picture of our site, with the game area in the front and the lounging area in the back.  We have been very fortunate not to have neighbors on one side of us for the whole time we have been here so our view of the surrounding mountains isn't blocked.  The weather here continues to warm our spirits and bodies. It has consistently been in the mid seventies each day. We don't say this to irritate our family and friends in Portland, but realize how much the sun affects our mindset. Also, with the low temperatures at night (in the low 40's), we find we sleep much better than we do at home.

Tim is still having fun at water volleyball. One can hear the group laughing even outside the outdoor pool area. Diane, however, has been sidelined with a foot injury and cannot play sand volleyball. She tried a few days ago and just made the injury worse. To put it lightly, she is unhappy, irritated, frustrated, irate, and darn mad that she cannot play. Hopefully, with a few days off, she can get back to it. We just call her gimpy for now.

Tuesday, our friends Ron and Sandy made dinner for us. It was yummy and quite a step up from blackened lasagne. We then played a rousing game of 3 - 13 with Diane being the winner. We find that having four people in most RVs is about the right number for comfortable entertaining. If we get together with more people, it is much better to use one of the little rooms in the club house which we did for a six-handed game of Pegs and Jokers. The girls really trounced the guys in all three games.

Since Diane isn't walking very well, we took a drive yesterday and did some sightseeing and visited Diamond Valley Lake. This is an incredibly large man-made lake in a beautiful area. The lake water level is down again, as it was last year. There is fishing and boating, but no swimming. Each boat has to go through an inspection to make sure that there are no zebra mussels or other marine creatures attached to the boat that might contaminate the lake. They are very careful to keep the lake pristine as it is the water supply for most of San Diego County.

These views of the boat ramp show how low the water level is in the lake.  The citizens of southern California would much rather not see so much of the ramps.  They actually had to extend the ramps this year so they were still usable by the boaters.

Last night we played bunco with about 50 people from the park. We knew some of the people, but got to know a few more. Did you know that some people are very serious about the game? Really though, it was fun and we would do it again.