Slideshow Index: California 2015

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• Not much to see between Phoenix and Palm Springs (260 miles)
• California and Arizona don't allow fresh produce to cross the line
• Outer court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden prior to qualifing rounds
• We had the pro shop to ourselves to buy shirts
• One of the palm tree avenues to the east gate
• The main bar area is covered
• Looking at Stadium 2 with restaurants
• Flowers and tennis star pictures
• Stadium 1 seats over 16,000 people
• The patio outside our living room door
• The front area for a second car
• We are on Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage, four lanes of 50 mph traffic
• The dining area, note the hand cut marble floor
• Our kitchen
• The large guest bedroom
• I use this room for my computer work
• The living room from the front
• The second guest bedroom
• The master bedroom with patio access
• Master bathroom with marble shower
• One of the different palm trees in the patio
• As you enter from Bob Hope Drive, carport on the left
• The front hallway
• The living room, guest room on the left
• Looking at Mount San Juacinto over the neighbor's roof
• The patio garden area
• Gas grill on the left of the patio
• One of the patio tables, laundry room on the right
• The other patio table and our bikes by the bedroom
• On March 6th, we attended the La Quinta Arts Festival
• This is one of the biggest in California (and the US)
• Kathy at the start of the exhibits
• Horse sculpture
• Native American
• Kathy went for the German American BBQ
• Arnie at the festival grounds lake
• The fountain at the La Quinta park
• Art exhibit
• Artistic water fountains for sale (expensive)
• These hand crafted wired bodies were unique
• Over the bridge to the refreshment area
• Arnie with a super strawberry smoothie
• A mudhen posed for me
• There were two geese looking for food
• The artist trees
• On March 7th in Palm Springs, flowers everywhere
• There was a free art festival in the downtown park
• A good view of the San Juacinto mountains to the west
• Kathy and the metal people
• The park fountain at the entrance
• The backyard seats for the Koffi house and other restaurants on Palm Canyon Road
• Interesting metal character
• Kathy's new pendant scarf from the Palm Desert Street Fair
• I watched the Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament via the internet on my laptop
• The Palm Desert Street Fair is the biggest flea market I have seen so far
• Kathy is finding a new dress
• The parking lots are covered with arrays of photocells to generate power for the nearby college
• Looking at one of several corridors of merchants
• Fresh fruit dates are plentiful here and taste great
• Kathy is looking very "Southern Californian" with her new dress
• On March 10th, we went to the second day of free qualifying tennis at Indian Wells, $20 to park (Ouch!)
• Watching a match in Stadium 3
• Another match in Stadium 4
• Heading for lunch under the refreshment tent
• Lots of choices for food, and some is reasonbly priced
• Watching Dudi Selas of Israel
• US qualifier, Taylor Fritz, won the match
• We watch much of this match in Stadium 2 (in the shade)
• Lauren Embree about to serve (90F degree day)
• Daria Gavrilova (Russian) serving
• Stadium two seats 8,000 people
• They announce who is at the practice courts
• Milos Raonic of Canada working out with Tommy Hass of Germany
• On the way out. We will return on March 16th and 17th.
• The Palm Desert Art Museum and Sculpture Garde (1.5 miles from our house)
• This is a beautiful sculpture garden
• Two heads are better than one?
• Pond and water fall
• Water falls
• Sculpture in a nice setting
• The statue was on the left of this waterfall
• There were a number of barrel cacti settings
• This native american statue was striking
• I don't know what it is, but it was worth a picture
• The trail was set with blue ceramic stones
• The main museum is in Palm Springs. This is a nice secondary museum.
• Kathy on the Bear Park bike trail in La Quinta
• This trail went up as you went south toward the Santa Rosa Mountains
• This was our turn-around point on the trail
• At Indian Wells Tennis on March 16th
• First match of the day on Stadium 1
• Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) serving
• Coco (USA) receiving serve
• Our seats in Stadium 1 (seats over 16,000)
• It was 94F degrees. We needed sun shade.
• The next match - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
• Andy Murray vs. Kohlschreiber
• Andy (GBR) serving
• Third Match - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Madison Keys (USA)
• We first saw Jelena play at Wimbledon in 2007
• Madison Keys (USA)
• Arnie in our nosebleed/oxygen seats in Stadium 1
• The fourth match was doubles featuring Rafael Nadal
• Rafa played great, fun to watch him in doubles
• Evening ticket on March 17th - Sharipova vs. Penneta
• Maria Sharapova (RUS) ready to serve
• Flavia Penneta (ITA) won this tournament in 2014
• Penneta ended up ousting the #2 seed, Sharipova
• The lights were on at sunset
• Large screen viewing of Stadiums 1, 2, and 3 play
• The 7pm grudge match between Roger Federer and Andreas Seppi
• Roger Federer (SUI) serving
• Andreas Seppi (ITA) serving
• Night view of Stadium 1
• Roger taking a service break
• Roger Federer won easily in two sets
• Notice how he is off the ground on serve reception
• Match 2 of the night, Sabine Lisicki (GER) serving
• Caroline Garcia (FRA) was her opponent
• Concourse level closeup of Sabine Lisicki
• Closeup of Caroline Garcia
• March 20th - On our way through the mountains to San Diego
• We met up with son Steve, who was in San Diego on business
• Kathy and Arnie on the pier at Seaport Village
• Steve and Kathy at a restaurant on the pier
• These "Our Silences" statues are found at major cities around the world
• Lobby of the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel
• Went to visit my cousin Jon Nelson and Anneliese who live near San Diego State University
• Arnie and Jon - We had fun sharing stories about growing up in Grand Forks, ND, two blocks apart
• Kathy and Steve in Old Towne before eating at the Guadalahara Mexican Restaurant
• View from Steve's room on a foggy morning on the bay
• The wind turbine farms outside Palm Springs are the largest in California and the US