QZ - Mar 6th - 13th

Mar 6, Tuesday
We went golfing at Emerald Canyon in Parker today. It is a very challenging, interesting course. Very narrow fairways - you have to be accurate or your ball is bouncing off a canyon wall, hopefully back onto the fairway. We had a 2:00 pm tee time and we just finished the last hole before it was too dark to play. It was a slow round so we were finishing at 7.

Mar 7, Wed
Slow day today. I played Bunco in the afternoon and Terry spent the time with Clem. They were trying to figure out how to make a wheel chock work on our 5th wheel in order to stop some of the bouncing when someone walks in the rig. Couldn’t make it work so we’ll have to try something else.

Mar 8, Thurs
I spoke to a second level (!) support person at Homeland Security today about my green card. He was so rude! After telling me that I would have to stay in one location until I got my card (they can’t be chasing me all over the country!), he looked at my case and said it was still assigned to Seattle. He said they might allow me to show up on a Wednesday since I had an appointment that I missed and they might just deny the case and make me start over. I got the feeling that if it was up to him the case would be closed. So I wrote another letter to Spokane asking if I could show up on any Wednesday or if they could make another appointment for me. Crossing our fingers!
Marlene dragged out her sewing machine for me today so I could hem some T-shirts. Then we all (us, Clem & Marlene) went to Blythe for some groceries and lunch. We also bought a different wheel chock. It helps but there is still more movement than we like. I think part of the reason is that this site is really level so the rig is not “rolling downhill” onto a chock.

Mar 9, Friday
Terry sent my letter to HS by priority mail to try to get a quicker response. Did laundry before Skip & Kathy arrived. They were side-tracked at a casino so it was just right for sitting outside for a couple of drinks before having dinner. It did get hot today.

Mar 10, Saturday
Golfing at Parker with Skip & Kathy. Hot again. We were glad that we had our water misters with us. We stopped at the casino after golf - I won a bit, but again not quite enough to cover Terry!! Back to the 5th wheel for dinner & drinks.

Mar 11, Sunday
We did a bit of shopping in QZ today. Skip wanted a battery operated fly swatter once he saw ours so we found a couple for him. They also got a couple of spinning outdoor decorations.
Then we went to the Desert Bar. They thought it was very interesting and unique. A stop at the casino again on the way home and had dinner in the buffet there.

Mar 12, Monday
Skip & Kathy left after breakfast this morning. Kathy called later and asked if we could buy another spinner for her so we went out and got it for her. Dairy Queen was calling my name so we had to stop for a Blizzard. We played pinochle in the evening. HOT again (90s)

Mar 13, Tuesday
WAHOO!!!! Got an email today from Homeland Security in Spokane and I have an appointment there on April 5th to complete the processing for my green card. So we spent time on the Internet and booked a ticket from Phoenix. We have paid for the RV site in QZ until the end of March so we can spend some more time here (being bored!) after we get back from Palm Springs and then move closer to Phoenix. We are so excited to actually have a date and be able to do some planning.
Supposed to be in the 90s for the rest of the week and through the weekend.