Day 43 Fri Feb 24 same as yesterday sunny & hot, (hi 80’s) – At GVP

Sheila left early, (8:30) to go to water exercises in the big lagoon pool and joined water volleyball at 9:45. (They start early on nice days). Larry Stevens is playing today so it’s lunch & music poolside till 2 PM. The performers start at 11 AM so we have music to listen to during volleyball for an hour, then in the hot tub also. After a quick shower & change, I went for lunch at the cabana poolside, (it’s Dattilo Ristorante Italiano doing lunch this week). Sheila joined me after she’d started 2 loads of laundry at the nearby laundry room. I returned to the RV just after 2 PM. Our outdoor thermometer in the shade is reading 88 F, (31 C). I emptied our black tank and then rested, (i.e. napped), for the late afternoon while Sheila did a couple of e-mails. About 6, we headed out to the community of Lake Elsinore, (32 mi. from Hemet). The Elks Hall there had a dance where Larry Stevens was playing. We had a late supper there. Sheila had their 7 oz. prime rib for $11, (the 12 oz was $15), complete with baked potato, salad, veggies. I had a large Taco salad that had lots & lots of beef in it for $8, coffee was free & Sheila’s wine was $3.25 & later a rum & Pepsi also $3.25, she could have had a Southern Comfort drink for $4, the higher price for the premium brands. The couple sitting at our table were very nice—we enjoyed talking to them & fortunately, Larry does not crank the volume up so you can actually carry on a conversation with your tablemates! We used the GPS as we were driving there & back in the dark so no problems; it was about 35 mins each way. The Elks hall there was recently rebuilt, so it’s even nicer than the one in Hemet.