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Golden Village Palms January Seminar Series

By sunland | Published January 10th, 2012

We know the event folks at GVP are great at keeping your body active and keeping you entertained with music, dances and dinners. Well, now they are shaking things up by adding brain food to the mix. Golden Village Palms Event Coordinator, Tracie Rodgers, has a full spectrum of educational seminars lined up for resort guests all through January starting with a Brain Seminar on January 10th. The full line-up and details are listed below.

  • Today, January 10th
    BRAIN SEMINAR  Brain Fitness with Debbi Harper

    Learn the top 5 brain fitness activities you should be incorporating into your daily lifestyle.
    Easy, fun, stimulating and effective ideas to keep your brain fit. Invigorate your brain and stimulate your syn- apses! www.CanyonPress.net
  • January 13, 2012
    Reversing Heart Disease & Diabetes
    Join us for this educational health seminar. A heart healthy free lunch is included.
    Please sign up in the Activity Office
  • Thursday, January 19, 2012
    DRIVING SEMINAR RV Basic Training with Gary Lewis
    Check out his spot on KTLA morning news on his www.rvbasictraining.com
  • January 23, 2012
    MaryKay
    Come enjoy an afternoon of facials, massage and eye brows maintenance. Dinner is  included.
    The cost of this pampering affair is just  $10.
    Sign up now as space is limited and advanced tickets only (cash only from Activity Office)
  • Friday, January 27th
    CPR  Certification
    This class is for friends and family. You will not  eceive a certificate but you will be updated to save a life.
    Book cost $3.00 per couple.  Please sign up in Activity Office

You can always check for the latest updates on activities and speicial events at Golden Village Palms RV Resort at http://www.goldenvillagepalms.com/event-calendar

Desert Wildflowers in Bloom

By sandbag | Published April 7th, 2011

Travel out to the Palm Desert area, near our Emerald Desert RV Resort, and enjoy a natural wonder!

Good amounts of rain in October and December promise a spectacular wildflower season in Palm Desert, according to Park Ranger Emily Hoerner. She said that one of the most popular wildflower, the Penstemen, is a pink flower that is a favorite of the humming bird.

Spring arrives the most gently. It’s a tiny shift in the air from stark to lofty, when suddenly you feel like you just got lighter in weight and you notice suddenly that the crickets are singing like an orchestra all around you. Patches of bare desert become carpeted with wheat colored grasses that smell slightly sweet like honey, and if we are lucky the purple and yellow wildflowers bloom. The mountains shed and lighten. Everything turns bubbly as if we are in a bowl of champagne: the air, the ground, the people, the animals.

The Bureau of Land Managements provides wildflower bus tours to some of the best hiking spots. You can check their website for upcoming events or contact them for more information.