greetings from palm springs

hi all,

this is our penultimate day in palm springs, or indio to be precise. There are definetly NO hurricanes here. It is currently about 98 F outside, which is about 34C. Thats in the shade, and out of the sun. In the sun its much hotter, and it only really gets down to about 70-75F at night. But, its not humid, just dry, because we are in the Mojave Desert.We have done quite a few things this week. We played golf twice, because we found a good deal which gave us a round of golf and a golf cart for $10 each. We thought about going a third time, but the sun is just too hot to be in, even though you aren't even walking around in it.
Its off-season here, as their main tourist season is in the winter, when its cold everywhere else. Here, it still gets up to 90 or so, so people come to play golf, eat steak instead of going somewhere where it is humid and there is a risk of hurricanes, ie Florida.
Anyway, we are heading back tomorrow morning, but we are going via Santa Barbara to drop shawn off at his house, and we will probably stay over night somewhere on the way back up, as it is a longer trip to go by the coast than it is to go by Interstate 5, which runs up from LA to Seattle, and is a long, straight, fast road.
Did steve and dad get back alright? Did they have a good time, and what does dad want for his birthday!!!!!!?????

Ok, hopefully will talk to you soon, not sure if we will be home in time on sunday to do that, and if not, will email or post here soon.