Medical Care–American Style!

I made it out to the flying field this morning, but the weather was a changing, and there was a forecast of some rain here today.  The wind came up on the field, and we called it a day early due to high winds…

I got back to the RV, and immediately headed down to the hot tubs to soak up some mineral water!  Felt good. Judy was doing pool exercises as usual.

When Judy got back to the RV, I had decided I had enough of a blocked ear this past weekend.  It started last Thursday afternoon, and we tried a number of home remedies to unblock my left ear… none worked!  I had lost 90 % of my hearing in the ear, and it was starting to bother me.  We made a call into a walk in clinic in DHS, and they said they could take me.  Next, Judy made a call to our out of country medical coverage provider, and after 1/2 an hour of many questions etc, they gave us the go ahead to see the Dr. in DHS.

We made it in by 12:30, and the Dr. took a look in my ear to see if she could see my brain, but said nope, not there!  My ear was totally blocked in the canal.  They next placed a few drops of some fluid in the ear, stuck in a cotton ball, and told me to come back after lunch at 2:00 p.m.  Made it back, and the blasting began!  Ouch!  They use a device that looks an a lot like a water pic for your teeth, and spray away… After about 5 good shots with the device, the dam broke, and the blockage was cleared!  Ya! 

Must admit they were very efficient, and offered good service to us.  Minimal waiting time, as I basically walked in.  Paper work took most time of all.  The end damage… $187.50 which we had to pay, and will submit the bill to our insurer.  Feels good, I can hear Judy again! 

This pic below is of Mount Jacinta… you can barely see it behind the clouds today… we had some strange clouds, and a wee bit of rain, not much

After I finished at the Dr. I headed into Palm Desert, to visit one of my favourite stores… “Uncle Don’s Hobby Shop”.

They called me today to let me know the new plane I had ordered was in!  Yes, new plane!  A new baby!

Check it out!

This is a new Hobby Zone F4U Corsair fighter plane.  It is was is called a “Micro Plane”, but flies real big!  These things zip around, and have full 4 channel controls, “throttle, rudder, elevator, and ailerons”.

 

It is very light, only weight in a 1 1/2 ounces!  Will stay in the air for 15 minutes on the battery!  Should be a blast!  Won’t be using this one though to knock other planes out of the sky!

Will get it up in the air tomorrow if the weather is good, Judy says it will be, and we are headed for another heat wave!  Alright!

Till tomorrow…

Hanging around with the PGA Pros…

This morning, the winds were gone, and the sun looked like it was ready to shine again, so Judy and I decided to head into La Quinta, and attend the Humana Golf Challenge, which of course was formerly known as the Bob Hope Desert Classic.  This is the first year for the name change.

This is the big Humana sign that greets you, as you enter the PGA West Course, in La Quinta.

Humana is the big new Corporate Sponsor of this Tournament, along with the Clinton Foundation!  Remember, back in November, Judy and I visited Little Rock, Arkansas, and visited the President Clinton Presidential Library.

This is the path of entrance into the Course… the grounds are simply beautiful!

 

After we got into the Tournament, Judy and I walked around some of the displays, and driving range where the Pro’s were warming up, and then we headed over to the number 1 Tee.  We watched at around 11:30 this morning as some groups of the Pro’s teed off.  Then to my surprise, who walks out on the first Tee, no more than 20 feet from me…. yup, President Bill Clinton!   I just about s_ _ _ my you know what's!    I have never seen a President of the United States in Person before, let alone, be 5 feet from him!  This reminded me of Canada Day in Ottawa, a number of years back, when I was 5 feet away from Prime Minister Paul Martin.  President Clinton was larger than life.  He was shaking hands, (but not mine… ) and talking to the crowd after the golfers had teed off.  Some one yelled to him, “Hey Bill, you should run for President!”.  His answer… “ I would, but there is a problem with the Constitution!  It would take all you people to do something about it!”   It was sure great to be so close to the “Leader of the free world”!  I would have taken a picture of President Clinton, but I did not want to have to give up my smart phone…  The stock picture below will have to do for now!

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Judy and I decided after seeing the President, that we better have lunch and then watch some golf!  We noticed that one of Palm Springs better restaurants had a booth at the food court, so we went to Sherman’s Deli for lunch!  It was amazing… I had the brisket sandwich on sour dough and it was to die for!   Met a nice couple from northern BC who shared our table… more on this couple later in the post.

This picture below is walking up the 18 hole, towards the Clubhouse… what a view… Judy was totally amazed at the views on this course… it is spectacular for sure!

This pic below is taken along the 9th fairway on the course, and again, the views are terrific… what a beautiful day for golf!

Here is another cool thing about this course… it is lined by beautiful homes… the couple from BC, went through an open house on the course yesterday, and they told us the prices of the homes are around $425 to $450 thousand… not much if you say it fast!  Next, you have to pay $125,000.00 for a golf membership, (augh… no problem…) and then you have to pay about $1,200 a month to golf!  Piece of cake! 

We got to follow the Pro’s, as they made their way around the course… Judy was amazed at how close we could get to the actual game being played!  It is just like the seat against the glass at a hockey game, or on the sideline at a football game!  You are RIGHT there, and can hear the players talk to each other! 

Now here was the bonus to the whole day!  This is the first time we have ever saw Big Horned Sheep in the wild!  We have looked for 3 years now, and had to come here, to finally find them!   Check it out… there was 8 of them!

They were munching on the grass today, like they do this everyday… ya, they probably do!  We were right against the mountain, so they just came down and started eating… the Pro’s walked right by them and did not even look at them!  Go figure!  Got their game face on! 

Judy and I watched a lot of the golf on hole 17, which is a very difficult par 3.  It was great, as they had a grand stand we could sit in, where we could see the tee off onto the green.

One player scored a hole in one today here, on this 200 yard Par 3!  Just not when we were there!  

This view below is again on the 18 hole, which was an amazing view.  The winner was Mark Wilson, who shot a –24 under Par… Simply amazing! 

Overall, it was a great day… we enjoyed every minute, even if they treat those players like Prima Dona’s… and they do! 

This is the first PGA event we have ever attended, and we just enjoyed walking around seeing the sights more than anything else… just like going on a hike for the day! 

Till tomorrow…

The Desert winds were blowing today!

You had to have you hat tied on tight today, as the winds were a blowing!  Right from when we got up this morning, it was windy, and it is still blowing as I watch the final moments of the Leaf Game tonight… ouch, it hurts, they lost!

We simply took the day off today, as it was too windy to do anything.  We went out for a quick walk, and checked out the craft show at the big Hall… but other than that, not much going on. 

I started watching some of the Humana Golf Challenge on the golf channel this afternoon but it got delayed as the wind was too high for golf…

Tomorrow, we may head in and watch the final round, will have to see… my blogger friend, Rick, from Rick & Paulette's RV Travels wrote a real good rant about the tournament, as they have a crazy rule about not allowing cameras into the tournament!  What is that all about? 

Till tomorrow…