Cooler, but sunny and wandered about the College of the Desert Street fair.

Where are we today ?

Catalina Spa, Desert Hot Springs, California

      Well heck we having cool weather. Wonderful during the day when the sun is shinning, even though we may wear long pants a sweat shirt. But hey we liking it. Extra blanket at night with no heat on, window open and cool dry fresh air, great for sleeping. About 40f overnight and in the high 60's today and mostly sunny, we will take it. Do we have a choice? Nope still love this area.
      So this is Sunday morning and we can wander on down to the College of the Desert in Palm Desert about 30 minutes away, bright and early 9 am beat the crowds. And beat the crowds we did. No website for the street fair anymore but it's free to wander about.

        We parked right close and got a few miles of walking and looking at things.

the fair is close to where we parked

        This vendor's sign below says it all. "Cool Stuff you didn't know you needed"

this sign says it all

       We looked and we browsed, people watched checking out things we don't need and are always overpriced here. But still a fun outing in the fresh air.

now would this not be a cool towed vehicle?
Suzie said not!

lots of nice entertainment

not too busy yet

jewellery ?

clothes?

purses

paintings?

more music

a sail boat?

more music?

over priced food?

how about games?

produce? no great deals

I like black liquorice  so bought a small pack

I also like dates so bought 6 only .50 cents

and of course artwork

       Couple hours wandering about here and heading out as the crowds began to arrive. Don't like crowds. Then down the road 2 blocks to the Mall. Suzie wants to check out Dick's Sporting Goods. She is looking for a deal on a vest! Similar to  mine, can you believe it? Well she found a cheap one for a good price, mission accomplished! Did not get a picture of it but will at some time when she has it on. Then back home for lunch.

you know this is a high end shopping mall when
 they have VALET parking!

         How about this to keep the men occupied while the women shop. A putting green right in the centre of the mall.

putting green in a shopping mall?

        Now home for lunch and puttered around for a while and had wonderful facetime with daughter number 2 and grandsons 1 and 4. So nice to connect again with them again over Christmas. 

        Before we knew it was getting late in the day after reading outside for a while. Really no time for the hot pools today. Really funny how the days just slip on by when you are retired.

nice sunset in Banning pass towards
Los Angeles this evening 4;15 PM

        But with my nightlight turned on fired up our Weber Q 100 grilled a turkey breast and some cauliflower, broccoli and onions in foil for a few minutes.
          While the turkey was cooking I whipped up a batch of fresh cranberrys with orange zest. Really love this, tasty cranberry sauce, you can check out the recipe if you like by clicking here.

turkey breast low and slow about 45 minutes 175f internal temp,
and the veggies in foil about 15 minutes

so moist and tasty, and lots of leftover turkey for sandwiches

       That was our fun day here in the desert, even got quite a few walkabouts done as well.

       Hope you had a great one too. 

       Thanks for stopping by.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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College of the Desert Street Fair (COD) was a very nice outing.

Where are we today ?

Catalina Spa RV Resort, Desert Hot Springs CA

          Perfect weather again, 65f at 5 am and getting warmer, how can you beat that?           We headed out to the College of the Desert Street Fair (COD) this morning shortly after 9 am. It been a couple of years since we have been there and with perfect weather a great outing.
          Free parking and a free shuttle from the parking areas and look around people watching mostly. Almost everything here is too expensive, (Palm Springs ya know) but we had fun walking about in the shade checking out all the stuff we don't need.

one of many FREE shuttles available

        We began walking probably a couple miles by the time we were done with over 300 vendors here. New this year is all the shade they have under these roofs. AND the roofs are created from solar panels, impressive to say the least.

entertainment here and there

everything you need if you want to pay the price

this young lady, sleeveless short dress and high boots

food court

propane fire pits

fresh produce

we did pick up some very nice cauliflower and asparagus
for a good price

live enteratinment in the food court was fun

            Lots of food choices here, whatever you want to eat. We choose to head back home, we have lots food there.

Coffee vendor with a Canadian flag,

 but no "Tim Hortons Coffee " !

Back on the "free" trolley about 8 blocks to our car

       We had a nice outing, more local stuff and lotsa walking. Did not buy anything other some consumable fresh produce, just the way we like it. What do we need?
        After lunch a nice walkabout the resort and time my haircut. So clippers out and go all over my beard and hair, then Suzie did the final trimming. No more hat head!

nice red flowers in bloom

then with such a hot day a nice soft ice cream by the pool
only $1.00 each, hit the spot

       Now a bit more reading in the shade makes for a perfect afternoon. Soon time fire up our Weber Q, grill with some sweet potatoes, apple and cinnamon in foil.  Recipe on my recipe blog or click HERE. Added some tender sweet asparagus, sprayed with olive oil and a dash of sea salt. Only grill a couple minutes to warm it up.

sure hit the spot tonight

        Dinner done, garbage gone, a walkabout by the pool all nicely lit up a night. Such a beautiful warm evening.

the pool and hot tub look so nice and lit up

        Another fun day here in Southern California.

        Thanks for stopping by to join us, and if you can find us don't be afraid to stop on by. Oh, forgot to tell you are we relocating down the road in the morning to Desert Pools resort for a few days.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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