November 25, 2009 – Palm Desert

I think we’re starting to settle into our normal travel routine, at least in terms of morning rituals. Don and I got up a little before six, he got the coffee started and sent me out for the paper (a real one, not some phony reusable garbage), got my breakfast right away, and read the paper while waiting for Geri to arise. I napped, waiting for my morning walk, which got going about at nine. This place has a lot of beautiful grassy areas, some of which remind me of the park in Benbow, up in the Redwoods, where all the people were yelling at me and waving what looked like clubs while I rolled and did crazy dog on the lovely grassy area with the little flagpole in the middle of it. There weren’t any people out this morning, so I had my run of the place. Good walk!

Seems to be a lot of lounging around going on today; these people act like they’re on vacation! Don’s still fighting the computer, though, muttering under his breath things that I’m probably not supposed to hear. Around noon, he carries the computer out to the truck, and we all pile in and head off for the nearest Verizon office, which turns out to be in a mall about five miles away. They found an indoor parking place so I could stay cool, and took the computer into the mall with them. They came back an hour or so later, all smiles, with their problems apparently solved; I could also smell pizza on their breath.

We headed back home, stopping at Rite Aid for Geri to do some shopping. Don stayed at the back of the truck talking to me, and I managed to attract the attention of three ladies who walked by and admired me, and had to stop for a few pets. Don says I’m a super babe magnet. When we got back to the rig, we found that we had two new neighbors, very pleasant people from Riverside here for Thanksgiving, and quite appreciative of a gregarious Golden. One of the rigs had a cat in it, which interested me; I like cats, they’re generally harmless and sloppy with their food.

We had planned to hit the road tomorrow for Arizona, but Geri found out that they were smoking some turkeys for a big dinner here tomorrow. Didn’t take a long time for them to reach agreement to stay another day. All right by me, I like it here! And I’m sure to get a few turkey nuggets out of the deal. Don cooked up some stirfry veggies and chicken for dinner, and I got some halfway decent plates out of it, but nothing to really brag about. Tomorrow ought to be better! See you then!