Thurs 29 Jan Day 19

69 F most of the day

It is overcast again today with the sun just a glow through the clouds, not good solar panel weather, I will have to run the Gen tonight. Today we go down to visit Ed & Doreen who are camped in the dessert at the Hot Springs BLM lands area near Holtville – where we have stayed in past years. Its dry camping same as here but it is MILES to the dump station and fresh water supply as opposed to 50 feet from where we are parked here,plus they have to pay to dump & pay for fresh water, also there are no facilities or any organized activities that we have in the RV Park here. They do have a garbage bin and there are two hot springs pools, one is a 2 or 3 person bath tub type, & the only reason we stayed here at all in the past.  Anyway we took off in Les’ truck about 10 AM.  We made a couple of stops on route, one at an auto wrecker to find a hub cap for Les’ truck and then at a 99 Cent store for a couple things to take to Ed & Doreen’s.  Following us down were Kevin & Leslie with their dog Kally, an American bulldog.  He was a rescue dog from an abusive home.  We got to the dessert where Ed is parked and had a pleasant afternoon talking, eating hot dogs, & other stuff. We walked down to the lagoon and all is the same almost.  They have put a fence around the hot springs pools, probably a liability thing.  The Lagoon has grown over in one part with a lot

of bushes & what looks like dead palm tree branches but it is still nice.  We did take some pictures which I will post when I can.  On route back we stopped in El Centro at a donut shop where they sell the leftover donuts from the day in large cake boxes for $4.75 a box, Les calls them “used donuts”.  Then Sheila & Dorothy went to Walmart & Les & I went to Harbor Freight Tools which is like Princess Auto at home but much larger with a great selection of everything automotive & tool connected.  And the prices are low, I got an LED Motion detector light for over the entrance door reduced from $12.99 to $9.99 plus 2 small, very bright LED flashlights complete with 3 AAA batteries included for $2.99.  We then headed home getting back close to 6:30.  We made supper and relaxed for the evening.