Class Day

We left the apartment at around 6:45 AM yesterday to drive the 52 miles to Hemet, CA where our class was being held at the Camelot Community. Breakfast didn't begin until 8:30, so we arrived really early at 7:50. Driving through the gates to this Community gave us a shock that we weren't prepared for. The Camelot Community looks like a castle when you drive in:

It has to be one of the most unique communities in all of the Holiday Retirement complexes. As soon as you walk into the spacious lobby area you see the wooden staircase straight ahead at the end of a long, wide walkway:

On the right was the Veterans' Wall of Honor:

Our class was being held on the second floor and the staircase was in the middle of this huge rotunda:

The breakfast was a buffet style in an adjacent room to our classroom and we just went through the line and fixed plates to take into our classroom area to eat. The classroom was set up very nicely and we were able to get a shot before anybody else arrived:

We were even more amazed to discover that this building was about 30 years old. The restoration and maintenence of the building and the current condition is nothing short of fabulous!

Although the content of the classes was boring - Harassment in the Workplace and Fair Housing - the day was a wonderful experience. We met co-managers from all of the other Communities in our region and had a great time talking with them and interacting with them during the meal breaks - breakfast and lunch - and after class. We broke at 3 PM and Josie and I left to head home. We stopped briefly in Temecula which was a town - along the way - that we had visited while working at Blu-In near Borrego Springs a couple years ago and liked very much.

All in all it was a great day that provided a nice change of pace for us from the hectic schedule we have. We now have 2 long days ahead of us before our next scheduled time off on Sunday and Monday. It will be easier to get through the next couple days after that nice break we had yesterday...