This is John Olea, a friend from college days. He decided to celebrate his 62nd birthday in Indian Wells, Ca. That is by Palm Spring. We celebrated last week end, Friday, and Saturday, and Sunday. It does not get better than that ! If you know Palm Spring, Ca this time of the year, it is only around 102 deg on a good day, and down to around 84 deg by 4 am. So what do you do in the hot desert, .... it always pool time at any of the resorts. Usually in the weekends there is bar by the pool, and the Margaritas flow, and flow for hours and hours.

John contacted his buddies from college days, and said am going to celebrate my birthday in Indian Wells, so come on over. We were: John & Carmen, Jim & Roberta, Mike & Rose, Steve, Evelyn & Chuck, Jennie & husband, and Samantha, Erma (my roommate in younger days), and Rouel. We have known each about 40 yrs, we studied, partied, and caroused in the old college, CSULA. Now we are: Physicist, Mathematicians, Doctors (Medicine, & Psychology), Nurse, and .....

Yep, in this desert the pools are made into a paradise. This time of the year the resorts almost fill up in the weekends, and empty out on Sundays. During the season: Dec, Jan, Feb, & Mar, they are busy daily, especially the RV Resorts.

RV Resorts that’s  where I hangout. My friends where at the Hyatt Resort in Indian Wells.

Above is me by the pool at he RV resort, the only one there, 100 deg, ~ 3 pm. At the RV Resort there are ~400 sites, because of the heat there are only about 10 RVs there now. However, they are already book solid for the season, Dec, Jan, Feb and Mar.

Evelyn and Chuck are 80 something. No, they did not go to college with us. Evelyn is John’s older sister. Last time I saw her was about 36 yrs back, at one of the many parties we had at his mom’s backyard. In the video watch “Chuck”, that is how we want be in 20 years, ... still dancing.

Have been very fortunate in life, these people, became family then. We caroused almost daily, for about 4 yrs. Worked in the Physical Science Bldg. in the various departments, parties, many hikes, dinners, dances and Margaritas, graduated. And we are still at it, 40 yrs later.

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