Wandering around downtown Palm Springs.

These are Solar Powered trash compactors in the downtown area.

Having lunch on the balcony of the Matchbox.

I was back floating in the pool and a big fat mallard landed next to me.

Flowers around the pool

New snow on the mountain and 85 down here.

Staying at these resorts for half price, we love it.

Waiting for dinner.

There are 2 of these pools connected by a small pool.

There are 4 spa's from very hot to mildly hot.

The center connecting pool. Warmer to the right, cooler to the left.

A flower.

Agave by the entrance of the park.

Nice little pond.

Out exploring the area.

The pond out by the gate.

Flowers along the trail.

Solar cooking bread. Too much yeast??

Solar cooked Oatmeal banana bread.

Waiting for the laundry to get done.

With all the lemon trees we made Lemonade, Lemon Cake, Lemon pudding bars and squeezed and froze juice.

Relaxing my back, our house is just behind the blue inner tube.

85 degrees in the shade.

Patty waiting for the dryer to stop. Not a bad way to do laundry.

They have solar water panels to heat the pool.

The solar heated pool. Nice and warm.

The pond next to the pool is stocked with fish.

An Egret looking for fish to eat.

The pool at Mesa Regal RV Park.

Inside the RV Park. Lots of snowbirds stay here for the winter.

Solar cooked dinner rolls.

We are now in Thermal California at Oasis Palms.

The pond at the RV Park.

The Park and pond. Temp 78 and sunny

Palm trees around the park Also Orange and lemon trees for free fruit.

1000 acre fire down the road from us. Burned for 3 days.

Grandpa's cabin in the Blue mountains, 1906, Grandpa in center.

My old 46 Studebaker pick-up.

S/V Aleutian Spirit, a Bruce Roberts 43', anchored in La Paz Mexico. I sold her in 05 and became land cruisers.

Ninilchik Alaska where I started first grade thru third before we moved to Burbank.

Nascar, Phoenix International Raceway

Over 9 amps of sun power.

Charging at 13.6 volts

On our way to the Nascar Subway 500

A fly over from the Air Force base near here.

Fireworks at the start.

Ready for the start.

Our seats were across from the pits.

And the Green flag.

Party's going on up on the hill.

Green light and green flag.

At the first turn.

Really loud, had to use ear plugs

I found a 3-d program so I practiced on the solar baby parts. Not to scale. Lots of fun.