Denise and Rick Cunningham

Like many boomers we're planning the "next chapter". We live a fairly chaotic life in Georgetown in Washington DC. I'm a former fashion executive and journalist. Rick's an engineer and computer scientist. We're about ready for a little change of pace. Travel... perhaps moving to warmer climes ...and definitely savoring more moments. We never set out to buy an RV...matter of fact, we had never even been in one and I definitely don't camp. But, now, with more time and a growing aversion to the insults of air travel, we bought a 40' motor coach. Our grandson, Ian, named it Gigantor. We call it Tor for short.

We're seeing things you just can't from the air and finding that we've so much to discover on this continent. In the past two years, we've taken three marvelous six-week trips. This time, we're "chasing the sun for as long as it fun". We left on October 5, 2009. We'll see how long we last!

We're searching for great places to stay, sights worth seeing, golf courses worth playing, great restaurants, shopping, farmer's markets. We're on the road in search of the high road.


Monday, March 1, 2010

Ahh, The Flip Flops Again!

February 13 ~ 20

Sun at last!  We went back to Motorcoach Country Club in Indio, the fabulous resort where we spent Christmas.  Sadly, they had no accommodations for us at this last minute at the height of the season.  Went across the street to an Outdoor Resorts (orindio.com) and happily found a terrific site...we've decided to stay a month...see how that works out!

This resort is very nice.  If we had never been to Motorcoach CC, we'd think it was the nicest RV resort we've ever seen.  Here's our home 'til mid-March.

We're situated on the second green of an 18-hole par 3 course.  We have a great view.
















And a terrific outdoor kitchen.  We are so going to have one of these when we end this adventure!


The clubhouse facilities are very nice; pools, hot tubs, saunas, a large party facility, tennis courts and something called pickle ball courts, a small snack bar and a good gym, which I'm now back at since we'll be here for awhile.

The weather is near perfect...mid 70's and most always sunny.  The early evenings are wonderful and it's made such a difference adding the outdoor space to our living quarters.  It's just too nice to be forced to stay inside Gigator to watch TV in the evening.  We fixed that!  We bought a small flat screen TV that plugs right into the cable box on the patio.


I find the vivid contrasts in the California desert very appealing.  Looking at stunning flowers, palm trees and snow in the mountains.
We've actually been concerned about our ability to stay put in one place for so long.  The reason we launched this adventure is to do and see new and varied things.  We'll see if we get restless, but right now, are very grateful we were able to find such lovely accommodations at the spur of the moment.

1 comment:

  1. It was time that you wrote again.Too long between blogs. We love our outdoor kitchen. Wonder if you will buy a home in Indio? Do not forget that you are doing what many would like to do, but do not have the courage that the two of you have.

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