The girls slept hard and woke up refreshed after our day at the Ace Hotel. We are expecting a few more days of warm weather here in the desert so we are going to take full advantage of it. That means we are going back to the Ace Hotel for more.
Even though we have been at the Lake Cahuilla campground for a few days, we haven’t really done much around here. I suppose that is par for the course for our type of traveling. We don’t do a whole lot of sitting around the campfire. We can do that in our backyard at home.
Let’s go Mila, put the fishing pole down, there is a poolside lounger calling my name.
Instead of eating in the dining room of the Ace Hotel Diner, we opted to eat pool side. The menu is exactly the same and we get to eat from those comically large enamel bowls again.
The girls know the drill about putting on sunblock before getting in the sun. But as far as not swimming for a half hour after eating? Forget about it. Keeping these girls out of the water is next to impossible.
It didn’t take long before they started a jumping contest. Here is Mila doing the superman.
How about holding hands and jumping together? Sure, they can do that.
And of course there is the usual jumping and screaming. Check-o-slovakia.
A lot of people ask us about the Stearns Puddle Jumper floaties the girls wear when swimming. They are now pretty popular and can be found in a lot of places on the Internet and locally. They are absolutely the best life jackets for kids aged 2-6 bar none. We’ve tried the traditional style life vests but they never worked as advertised. They are bulky and cumbersome which takes a lot of the fun out of playing in the water. These are smaller but retains most if not all of the flotation capabilities while giving the girls a lot more mobility and control. The fact that they are a coast guard approved product, as oppose to the inflatable slip on variety, lets you know that its been put through its life saving paces. For only 20 bucks, they are well worth the money.
So here is the twist in our trip that was hinted in the title of this post. The original plan was to spend the week here prior to the vintage trailer show just hanging out and visiting some of our favorite Palm Springs attractions. It has been working beautifully so far. But unfortunately, we were alerted by Marlene’s parents that one of her extended family members who has been ill for several months is no longer with us. We need to make it back for the funeral that is scheduled for the day before the show. Instead skipping the vintage trailer show, we decided to take a couple of days from our trip to head back to be with them. We will leave the Mali Mish here in the desert and rendez-vous back with her in a couple of days.
Before the long drive home, we let the girls lose at the playground to burn off that last bit of energy so they can sleep all the way back.
It always feels kind of strange leaving the trailer somewhere that is not your home.
And of course there is the cat. She is coming home with us and won’t be attending the vintage trailer show. Sorry Yoda, I will make sure to take lots of photos just for you.
Good night Lake Cahuilla. We will be back in a couple of days for our 2012 coverage of the Modernism Week 2012 Vintage Trailer show!
over and out,
dan
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