This weekend we redeemed a mini vacation in Palm Springs (hence the lack of posting!) that we won from a CYT silent auction event back in November. And in true Murphy’s Law fashion, the temperature remained at a scorching 100 degrees Thursday through Saturday, and cooled to a pleasant 85 degrees on Sunday, just in time for us to come home to some cloudy, drizzly weather in San Diego. But the sweltering heat didn’t keep us from enjoying the area & doing a little sightseeing. Thursday evening we visited the street fair in downtown Palm Springs & browsed the local craftsmanship & farmers markets…and came home with 50 lbs of oranges! I don’t think there’ll be any vitamin C deficiencies in the Erpelding/Trapp households for quite a while.
Friday we strolled the El Paseo shops…which mostly consisted of hovering over Jayden’s every move as we browsed some wacky art galleries so that he wouldn’t break anything (and consequently so that we wouldn’t end up having to default on our mortgage for some overpriced heinous statue “they” call “art”). Then we had some delicious lunch at Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza, and spent the afternoon lounging poolside (wishing I had a frosty margarita in hand L). The highlight of the day for me was playing a round of Texas Hold ‘Em using a package of Starburst as the chips...the yellow ones consistently made their way into the betting pot while the oranges were held in reserve, although mine kept mysteriously going “missing” from my stash. Btw, it became painfully obvious that the yellows were everyone’s least favorite flavor…and yet there were by far more of these in the two packages that we purchased than any other flavor…strange. Anyway, the evening ended with a few sweaty but super fun tennis matches & a late carne asada dinner.
Saturday we visited The Living Desert, which, after about half an hour, turned into a mission of finding the nearest water misters & shady benches to cool off on. I even had to coerce Jayden a few times to leave “the dark” (that’s what he calls shade) so that we could keep moving…but he did really enjoy the impressive choo choo display and carousel.
They also have a discovery center, where I surprisingly learned that some (weird) people really are interested in Ants. It’s true. And the day concluded with more lounging poolside (this time with a virgin pina colada!), tennis, cards & yummy food.
We had such a great weekend relaxing & spending time with the family. And for Mother’s Day, Jayden promised me a trip in June to Catalina, so I have another mini vacay to look forward to J What a sweet boy!!
I like the yellows!
ReplyDeleteI also like the yellows! I feel you about the "art" thing. Give me some clay and I'll make you an $800 statue. And sweet Jayden promising his mom a trip to a tropical island... this just might convince me to have kids. :)
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