On Saturday I installed all the fence boards and it really looks nice.
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Sunday afternoon I attended a meeting with the other Security staff who work for Visitadores. It was held at the boss’s house in Lompoc. He had grilled Yellowtail and provided all the goodies for fish tacos. Very Good!!!
Monday I cleaned up all the old wood and boxed up what I will take to burn at Visitadores next week.
Tuesday morning we left the house at 6:30 AM for the 4 plus hour drive to Indio to attend our friend Tom’s funeral. It was a fairly easy drive as we had only moderate traffic going our way. The temperature kept climbing as we neared Palm Springs until it was 101 degrees when we arrived at the church.
The Catholic service started with the rosary at 11:30 with the Knights of Columbus providing watch over the casket. Mass began at noon and with all the pomp and ceremony lasted until 1:40 PM. It was quite a tribute to Tom. As we left the church, the heat really beat down. I had forgotten how bad that can be as we haven’t lived in that kind of environment in years. There was a reception with food in the church hall which gave us time to pass on our condolences to all the family members and acquaintances who attended the service.
We spent the remaining part of the afternoon resting at the motel. Later we went out for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. I finished the night by watching the Lakers beat Utah on TV and answering emails. The motel had good WiFi.
Wednesday morning we were in no hurry to leave as we wanted morning rush hour traffic to thin out before we headed home. The motel provided a continental breakfast which was very adequate for our needs. As we headed home we drove through Palm Springs as Clyda had never been there.
The trip home was without problems and we arrived about 2:30 PM with temperatures much decreased from a few days ago. In fact the fog had started to come in which really dropped temps.
Today I drove to the County Transfer Station to get a pickup load of free mulch to cover the flower beds in front of the house. This mulch is made from the “greens” we put in special barrels for pick up each week. That completes the front yard except for the flower bed in front of the garage. I am waiting to plant this until we paint the house later this summer, I hope.
