{"id":1974,"date":"2013-09-18T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2013-09-18T17:30:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T00:30:13","slug":"spending-time-in-palm-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2013\/09\/18\/spending-time-in-palm-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending time in Palm Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent some time in the morning working on computer issues at our old business in Salinas, CA. Got that patched up for now (we will be there in a few days to say &#8220;Hi!&#8221; to the folks).<\/p>\n<p>Our first stop was a visit to the Marriott Desert Springs Resort to have a Starbucks. We used to have a Marriott timeshare and, other than our home resort in Hawaii, this was our favorite.<br \/>\n<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-1975-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-10-21-57.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-10-21-57.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-10-21-57.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1765\"\n               data-title=\"The lobby artistically?\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               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src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-10-51-29.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"56\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-10-51-34.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-10-51-34.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-10-51-34.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1772\"\n               data-title=\"The mini-golf course\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"the-mini-golf-course-2\"\n               class=\"shutterset_1975\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"The mini-golf course\"\n                    alt=\"The mini-golf course\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-10-51-34.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"56\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-11-55-26.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/2013-09-18-11-55-26.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-11-55-26.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"1773\"\n               data-title=\"Art in the lobby.\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"art-in-the-lobby\"\n               class=\"shutterset_1975\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"Art in the lobby.\"\n                    alt=\"Art in the lobby.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/gallery\/palm-desert-2013\/thumbs\/thumbs_2013-09-18-11-55-26.jpg\"\n                    width=\"42\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-18-13.00.19.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1977\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1977\" alt=\"With our pal Babe\" src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-18-13.00.19-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-18-13.00.19-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-18-13.00.19-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-18-13.00.19.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With our pal Babe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that was done we had to do a little shopping but, fortunately, it was at Ross and being frugal is fun! It was early afternoon and we were really close to Babes Restaurant so, why not have a late lunch\/early dinner? Babes is a favorite of ours and we can&#8217;t resist their ribs and baked sweet potatoes. We split a half-rack of ribs, some sweet potato fries, and a half of a baked one.<\/p>\n<p>On the way &#8220;home&#8221; we stopped at Lowe&#8217;s and picked up some screws to repair a loose shelf in the refrigerator that I had forgotten about and the grocery store for some O&#8217;Douls and milk. Tomorrow, it is off to the Santa Barbara area &#8211; Goleta, actually &#8211; to visit some (young) old friends we have known for about 20 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2013\/09\/18\/spending-time-in-palm-desert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2013\/09\/18\/spending-time-in-palm-desert\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent some time in the morning working on computer issues at our old business in Salinas, CA. Got that patched up for now (we will be there in a few days to say &#8220;Hi!&#8221; to the folks). Our first stop was a visit to the Marriott Desert Springs Resort to have a Starbucks. 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