75 degrees, clear weather, blue skies, traffic jammed roads, and wall to wall people.  But…I enjoyed every moment of it.  Today Bill and Lisa took me to Old Town Temecula.  Temecula is know for it’s wineries, old classic cars which is called the Temecula Rod Run, and Old Town Temecula.  Lots of tourists, lots of restaurants, lots of places to buy things.  I had a wonderful car tour of the area, viewed beautiful homes that Bill and Lisa designed and Bill built.  Amazing structures of art and beauty, fully landscaped with exotic plants and palms and lots of flowering vegetation.  My brain is still thinking about snow in Wisconsin.  I know 5 weeks has probably made a big difference in the landscape there but in my mind it will perpetually be winter there until I return.  I have been in a perpetual spring the last five weeks.  It seems that every place I’ve been spring was just beginning and now in San Diego county it seems that summer is in full bloom.  Fence rows of bougainvillea in crimson pinks and white and reds, Lily of the Nile, geraniums, nasturtiums, roses and bird of paradise.  Up close and person I could see orange trees full of oranges, grapefruits hanging on trees the size of melons, lemon trees loaded with bright yellow fruit and avocado trees in the thousands, each laden  full of  avocados.    Our main staple for  breakfast lunch and dinner is fresh avocados.  Literally!

Just thought I’d let you know that I was applauded today.  Lisa and I were walking across a side street at Old Town Temecula and a biker was stopped at the cross walk with loud pulsing music blaring from his Harley.  Lisa and I started putting a little rhythm in our step in time to the music as we walked across the street.  When we got across the street one of the cars full of young men inching its way down main street right beside us whistled, hooted at us, and applauded.  Well actually I think it was me they were clapping for!  I was doing most of the dancing.  Maybe it was my big yellow glasses that caught their eye.

Bill, Lisa, and I had a wonderful afternoon of reminiscing, looking at old pictures of ourselves when we were  young, eating a delicious dinner of wild Alaskan salmon, and watching the movie “What If”.  Enjoyed the movie as I rarely watch any TV or movies.  We just had a good old fashioned time of visiting, an art that is almost lost.  It is midnight now and my hosts are finally turning in.  I’ll finish writing this short blog and then turn in.  My blow up bed is all blown up ready for me to jump into.  I’m glad.  Visiting takes a lot of energy.  I think I could get used to being retired.

Tomorrow I will be attending the Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego North County.  I like listening to this minister on my IPhone when I exercise so it will be fun to be able to hear him in person.  I really enjoy the way He teaches the Bible.

Today was a fun day: lazy, slow paced, interesting,enjoyable and best of all another day to spend with my precious Lisa.  There was quite awhile that I did not know if I would ever see Lisa again on earth.  She has beat some serious odds against her survival of this awful cancer.  Her story of the past 3 years is incredible.  Please continue to pray for Lisa’s complete healing.

Good night.  I pray you will have a wonderful Sabbath Sunday.