Indio, California: No matter how carefully we have planned our departure check-list and schedule... I thought today was Wednesday until about noon, when I noticed my friend on Instagram posting TBT photos people mentioning it was, indeed, Thursday.
Our week (so far) in review:
MONDAY: Normal busy schedule with exercise and DT on way-too-many conference calls... but also our last "normal" day at the Motorcoach Country Club, and the last night I will cook dinner in our outdoor kitchen for quite a very long while.
(Insert Sad Face Here)
We started our final-week-in-Indio lunch tour at Tacos Gonzalez. Nothing unusual there. Two chicken tacos. We are going to miss this restaurant (Hwy 111 & Jefferson) so so so so so much when we leave next week.


TUESDAY: Cinco de Mayo. The day the Mexican Army defeated the French Army in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Our farewell lunch tour took us to Stuft Pizza in Old Town La Quinta for their delicious BBQ Chicken Salad.

I love it so much, I have tried my best to copy the recipe - though without the fried onion.
The Motorcoach Country Club restaurant and bar is usually closed on Tuesday... except if Cinco de Mayo happens to fall on a Tuesday... so Tuesday the staff really did-it-up for the few remaining campers holding-out at our resort. A full Mexican menu, margaritas, Mexican music and a very festive atmosphere all-round.


We were a table of six - with Sally & Alf, Mary and Captain Jim. Enchiladas and nachos and plenty of beer for our group. It was a very fun night and we are all so proud of the Mexican Army!!!
The restaurant at the Motorcoach Country Club - Top of the Falls - will close for the season Saturday night, so we have vowed to go the restaurant every night this week for dinner, or - at least - a drink.
WEDNESDAY: Proved to be a very strange day.


Don't laugh.
After Dave returned, with icy-cold air blowing from the dash and a full tank of diesel, we went with our neighbor, Lois, for lunch to Fisherman's Market & Grill for their famed $7.99 Baja fish taco lunch special.

Our afternoon chore was to visit the local Costco. The task also allowed us to witness this little situation:

My clever cousin referred to this as "tequila shooters".
Dinner? We split a quesadilla at the clubhouse.
THURSDAY: The happy news that Oregon-alum and new Tennessee Titan quarterback, Marcus Mariota, is the Sports Illustrated cover boy for the fifth time! Twenty-one years old and on the cover of SI five times. Wow. Just wow. His parents must be bursting with joy.


No time for lunch today, but dinner was an au revoir to Brasserie Bistro - one of our favorite local haunts - a French place - with great service, great nightly specials and a menu filled with French favorites (DT had oysters, followed with a small steak with marrow bone). Brasserie Bistro takes the trouble to fly-in oysters from the Pacific Northwest and find fresh cheeses from around the world. (And don't forget, the poor French Army lost to Mexico, Cinco de Mayo 1862, so we needed to give the French some love.)

We had a terrible wind storm in the Coachella Valley Thursday evening. Winds over 30mph. Dave and I saw two bird nests blown out of trees tonight (hope the babies had already flown the nest!). Scary night.
There is still a lot of organizing, cleaning, arranging, planning - and tacos - on our weekend calendar. Until my next update, I remain, your four-more-days correspondent.
RV PARK: The Motorcoach Country Club