Last night we arrived at Corinne's place and this morning we headed off to Palm Springs with her two dogs and our two dogs to a flyball practice. It poured rain last night in Beaumont but Corine assured us that there would be sun in Palm Springs, and indeed there was. By the time we got there at 9:00 the sun was peeking though the clouds and it got lovely and warm at times--up to 70 degrees. Both Geordie and Maggie got a chance to play flyball with their team "2 Fast 4 Paws" and they had a great time. I'm posting a photo of Maggie and me with the rest of the team.
After the practice we went out for lunch, then took the dogs for a bit of play and headed back to Beaumont. And that's when the windstorm kicked up. On the road to the freeway there was so much sand blowing across the road that we couldn't see a thing. It was like being in a blender full of sand. The wind was hitting the side of Mohita so hard that it sounded like a kettle drum. We crept along for about fifteen minutes and it was so bad that we decided to pull into a gas station and wait for things to settle down. The gas station was in crisis because the wind had blown over one of the gas pumps, spraying gasoline everywhere. We waited about an hour and then Brenda (one of the flyball team members) came over and led us around a back way to avoid the worst of the wind. By the time we got back to Corinne's we had come through blowing sand, blasting wind, whipping rain, whiteouts, and flooded roads. The only thing we didn't experience today was an earthquake. It was a horrendous trip. Such a treat to get back to Beaumont and cook a nice dinner and relax. All in all, an adventure. We're hoping that the rest of the trip will have easier weather. The other photo shows Mohita parked outside Corinne's place. The motorhome definitely stands out in this neighbourhood.
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