Being so exhausted yesterday meant I slept the first half of the day away, and had 'breakfast' after 12!
In the afternoon, our obliging hosts drove us to Riverside, a larger town an hour or so away, where we walked around in the hot sun looking for elusive items like a new tennis raquet for Gordon, and a fold-up umbrella for me. Apparently umbrellas are hard to come by as the rainfall in this area is so low, there is not much need for one. We were advised to try when we got to England, where we were assured there would be an abundance of umbrellas. The other focus of our trip to Riverside was to hop onto the internet at a Starbucks cafe. We bought a card to allow us internet access and spent the next hour, with much help from one of the Starbucks assistants, registering this and signing in for that, and having to remember the umpteenth pin number, before we finally made our way onto the internet - so much for the 'hopping' idea.
Anyway, now that we're back at Hugh and June's, they've allowed us to use their computer to get onto the internet, which is great, but it may mean that I can't stick my photos up until we reach England in a few days' time.
Dinner tonight included the most massive steak I've ever been served, and afterwards we chatted about going to Disneyland on Tuesday. Hugh and June seem happy to drive us there and then continue on to the coast for the day while we enjoy the Disneyland experience.
I should take the time here to describe where our hosts live. Their house is one of over 3000 in a retirement complex called Sun Lakes. It has more than one golf course, a fitness centre, several swimming pools, tennis courts and clubs for almost anything you can think of. I'll try to get some photos up so you can see how beautifully manicured this place is. I wouldn't mind retiring in a place like this.
Observations on life in the US, where everything is back-to-front:
1) Meals are eaten with the fork in the right hand
2) Vehicles are driven by front-seat passengers
3) When crossing the road you must look first to the left
4) Toilets flush anticlockwise
5) Salad is not serve on the same plate as the rest of the dinner
6) Light switches flick off upwards
7) Next week on 21 June will be their longest day
8) The plug to close the drain in a sink is operated by a knob pulled upwards