MARK AND CHRIS' PHAETON PLACE BLOG HAS MOVED

Some of you may have followed Mark and Chris' Phaeton Place Blog from the blogs listed in the right margin of our Highway Runner Blog. If s0, you have noticed the list indicates that there have been no postings for months!! WHAT HAPPENED!

I recently contacted Mark and found out they have moved their blog to Wordpress: www.phaetonplace.ca.

I am going to delete their Blog from my list of Blogs so you may wish to Bookmark the above site for future use.

PICKLEBALL HAPPY HOUR AT RICK AND LINDA'S

Sat. Oct. 29 - Rick and Linda invited us to Happy Hour at their patio on Saturday, following the Pickleball tournament. They had prepared Rick's hot and tasty Chili and the rest of us brought nibbles to share.

Rick and Linda.

I couldn't resist!! I caught Rick with his two "brothers"!!

Jim and Shirley.

Pam and Bob.

The odd couple -- Larry and Lynn.

Ken and Faye.

Another Pam and Walt. They had their first Pickleball lesson today.

A great time was had by all. Thanks Rick and Linda!!

ANOTHER PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT AT TT PALM SPRINGS!

Sat, Oct. 29 - Every Saturday morning, Rick runs a Pickleball Tournament at TT Palm Springs. There were more participants for the tournament today, so two brackets were set up -- A Bracket for aggressive players and B Bracket for recreational players. Here is some of the action!!

Ken and Bob.

Dean and Linda.

Faye and Pam.

Dee and Larry.

Ken and I got to play together in one match. He made me a winner!!

Pam and Bob were partners for one match, too.

Rich and Rick. Rick ran the tournament and played as well.

Rich surprised me for this shot when he jumped from behind a palm tree!!

Ray and Val.

Bill (from our home town Richmond, VA) and Dean. The two of them are partners in Nationals in Buckeye, AZ in November!!

Jim and Bryan.

Lynn and Richard.

Bill and Jessie.

Judy and Rick.

Shirley helped Rick run the tournament and kept up with the scores.

Congratulations to the winners of the B Bracket!! Ken, Ray, Pam.

Congratulations to the winners of the A Bracket!! Rich, Jim, and Bill.

And Congratulations to all the participants!! Great fun was had by all!!!

TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AGAIN: PAM AND JOE, PAM AND BOB

Wed. Oct 26 - Back at TT Palm Springs again for a couple of weeks --the first time we have been here since last April. It was fun to meet up with our friends Pam and Bob again, down from Washington. Other friends, Pam and Joe, who bought a beautiful home in Indio last fall, came over, unexpectedly, on Wednesday afternoon and we all had an impromptu Happy Hour!! Our first get-together as a group! FUN!!

Pam, Bob, Pam, Joe, Faye and Ken.

At the first Happy Hour, another was planned!! Pam and Joe invited the group over to their home for margaritas with munchies on Friday afternoon!!

Here we are again in front of their home in Indio. Joe, Pam, Ken, Pam, Bob, Faye

This is their home!! In the spring they changed the grass lawn to desert landscaping.

By comparison, here is the landscaping last April shortly after they moved in!!

At the Margarita party, Bob happened to ask where to get a really good hamburger in the area. Joe said the Elephant Bar had great hamburgers at their Happy Hour!! Thus, the next Happy Hour was planned. We chose Tuesday at 4:30 because Ken and I were leaving on Wednesday morning to go back to Wilderness Lakes and Pam and Bob were joining us there on Thursday morning. But, most important, Joe was having knee replacement surgery on Wednesday morning!! And so, our first Happy Hour this season at the Elephant Bar!!!

Joe, Pam, Pam, Bob, Faye and Ken.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE SURGERY, JOE!!

HOW FAST IS YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION?

An easy way to check the speed of your internet connection!!

Go to www.2wire.com, click on Speed Test. The following screen will appear, showing a speed graph of Mpbs. The speed of your internet connection will be highlighted and shown in the top left box (i.e. My Verizon Mobile Hotspot was 1.6 Mpbs -- not very fast!!)