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Firearm Enthusiasts Firearm ownership is a very responsible process of training, safety and familiarity with your firearms. More and more of our members are learning the importance of practice. Take the opportunity to practice at least once a month to maintain your skill level and familiarity with your firearms. Remember to save your targets if you want an evaluation. If you need a shooting partner, check on the roster and make a call. This is a good way to meet your fellow enthusiasts. Meetings are the first Friday of the month at 4 pm in Lodge Ballroom. Contacts, Ron Morgan (951) 315-0466, e-mail ronm627@aol.com, or Steve Meier (909) 528-3342, e-mail sm45para@gmail.com. Reminder: No Firearms Allowed On The Lodge Premises. ~ Ron Morgan Air Conditioning & Heating Residential ��� Commercial Sales ��� Service Have You Serviced Your System Lately? ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� Maintenance Contracts Fresh Air Adjustments Thermostats Filters Heating & Air Conditioning Service Fireplace Repair We Carry Parts HVAC Consultants Monte Beach State Lic. #C20-278262 ��� All Major Credit Cards Accepted 52 Years Experience ��� Solera Resident Ph (951) 845-6889 (909) 768-8933 Fax (909) 798-3623 42 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MARCH 2013 | sports activities Motorcycle Club We now have 15 members in the Motorcycle Club and, weather permitting, we continue our Thursday social ���Day Rides.��� Last month���s ride was a little different in that some of us had to adjust the distance to accommodate other time commitments. Seven riders left the Lodge at 9 headed in the direction of Julian for lunch. Reuel and Howard left the larger group near Palm Desert and took the Palms to Pines Highway up to Idyllwild for lunch so that they could be home by 1 pm with a total of 140 miles traveled. Steve and Rob turned off at the Salton Sea to do some exploring and returned to have lunch at the Road House in Palm Springs. Bob, Dan and Rick completed the Julian run for a total of 255 miles and arrived back at Four Seasons at 2:30 pm. A good ride and a good time were had by all. If you would like to join us please drop in to our meetings which are held in the Ballroom at 6 pm on the first Wednesday of the month. ~ Howard Lyon Golfing for Fun Geriatric Golf ���How was your golf game dear?��� asked Jacks��� wife. ���Well I was hitting it pretty well, but my eyesight���s gotten so bad I couldn���t see where the ball went,��� he responded. ���But you���re 75 years old Jack!��� admonished his wife. ���Why don���t you take my brother along?��� ���But he���s 85 and doesn���t even play anymore,��� retorted Jack. ���But he has perfect vision. He could watch your ball for you,��� she returned. The next Friday Jack teed off with his wife���s brother looking on. Jack swung, and the ball disappeared down the middle of the fairway. ���Did you see it?��� asked Jack. ���Yup��� his brother-in-law responded. ���Well where is it��� Jack asked peering off into the distance. ���I forgot.��� golfing together on Friday a.m., usually each week, weather permitting. We are a ���kick back��� bunch of guys attempting to improve our game any way we can, sometimes not complying with all the hundreds of rules golf purists have made up. If you would like to join us, please contact Tim Jacobson, tjacobson@dc.rr. com, (951) 707-3563 or Phil Harris (951) 922-6676, philip.harris54@yahoo.com. The ���Distinguished Duffers��� here at ~ Tim Jacobson Four Seasons have similar issues of our own but pursue the goal of having fun Hiking Club March is time to shake off those ���Indoor Blues��� and explore the great outdoors while Mother Nature awakens drowsy plants and newborns. Our first hike of the month is to Mount San Jacinto. It is a moderate difficulty 6.5 mile gain with a 1,400 foot gain up Cornell Peak. Named by geologist Robert T. Hill after his alma mater, Cornell University, Cornell Peak is one of the more striking features seen when viewed from the Desert Divide; easily recognizable from a distance. This hike is on March 13. Our second hike of the month is on March 27, to Pushawalla Plateau. Joshua Tree National Park has a number of mining districts within its boundaries. There were several gold mines and some of those mines produced a significant amount of the precious metal, especially the Lost Horse Mine. None of the mines within the park are in operation but several can be visited for their historic value. The Pushawalla Plateau Mining District is one of the park���s mining districts. The hike starts near Twentynine Palms. The old mining road is rough, very steep and passes some mining ruins. After a 1,060 foot gain, hikers reach the 5,200 foot plateau. From atop the broad, pinon pine and Joshua tree covered plateau unfolds a view of Mt. San Jacinto, the Salton Sea, and some of the northern valleys and ranges of the national park. The hike is 6.5 miles long and classified as ���Moderate.��� Many explorers take side trips to exposed mine shafts and the relics of a by-gone era when ���There���s Gold in them thar Hills��� was the local cry. As the late Huell Howser would endearingly announce at the end of every segment, ���It���s another example of California���s Gold.��� For information, call Lynette Simonson Hike Central, (951) 377-0392 ,lynette.simonson@gmail.com ~ Leonard Tavernetti Top: Rugged country of Pushwalla Peak greets hikers Center: Cornell Peak prominently juts out over the desert Bottom: Played out mining shafts attract amateur prospectors FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MARCH 2013 43

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