Dec 12th to 15th - Yuma

Dec 12th - Sat - Yuma
Blog & emails before making brunch. We had a 12:30 tee time and the weather was gorgeous. There was a tournament in the morning and then a shotgun start for anyone who wanted to play at 12:30. Well, the participants in the tournament were playing with 8 players on a hole to keep each other honest! We decided to tee off in front of the group that was taking a very long time to finish a par three but they weren’t really happy when we did so. They informed Rick that they would be hitting into us and they had 5 holes still to play.
We WAITED behind them, we all had bad second shots and finally decided to go to the pro shop and make other arrangements. They would not let us play 9 later and then 9 tomorrow on our 18 hole punch cards so we made a tee time for Tuesday.
With no other plans, we headed out for a bit of shopping. We checked out Sam’s Club and decided it was too much like Costco and has fewer west coast stores so wouldn’t join them instead of Costco. Found an Albertsons for some groceries and then back to cram them in the fridge.
Happy hour with P&R, dinner at home and then Terry & I went to a dance here at the park. A couple (Larry & Bernice) invited us to join them at their table and we ended up meeting 8 new friends. The band was on a trial and was not very good. The floor was over-waxed so we had to be careful not to land on our butts but we still had a good time. Larry thought the dance went to 10 so we were all surprised when the band just started packing up at 9 without so much as a goodbye or thanks for coming. Maybe they were upset that not many people were dancing.

Dec 13th - Sun - Yuma
Laundry this morning. I goofed and didn’t get one machine started with the others so it took us a while. Terry got into a jigsaw puzzle at the library and I helped him finish it after the laundry was all done.
We just had enough time to make & eat some lunch before it was time to head to the cantina for an afternoon of music & beer. There is a 6 piece group that plays every Sunday and they were much better than the group at the dance. Some of our new friends were there and came over to say hi - very friendly folks. We danced a couple of times and had a good time.
P&R came over for happy hour and for chicken fettuccini dinner.

Dec 14th - Mon - Yuma
Terry, Pat & I left at 8 for our dentist appointments in Algodones. True to form in Mexico, we all got in after the time of our appointments. Pat did not need a filling so got a cleaning instead. Terry will be getting 3 teeth pulled on Friday. They took his top partial and will have it ready with an additional tooth to replace one that will be pulled. During his next appointment, they will send his lower partial to the lab to get 2 teeth added to replace the lower 2 being pulled. The lab will have the work done by the time his teeth are pulled.
My crown did not satisfy my dentist - too much space between it and the next tooth - so she sent it back to the lab while she cleaned my teeth. I had to wait for it to come back and then wait for the dentist to finish with her next patient but we were out of there about 11.
We stopped at the casino for “2 for 1” buffet lunch and then played slots for a while. We dropped Pat off and went to get an oil change. We went to the same place in the Foothills area that we went a couple of years ago since we liked the job that they did. Then we continued on to find our friends Francis & Nichole. They do not have a phone or email so we wanted to deliver a dinner invitation in person. They weren’t home so we left a note - hope it was the right place!!
It will be a challenge to feed Terry until Friday since he only has one back tooth on the top. I had leftover fettuccini from last night so that worked for tonight.

Dec 15th - Tues - Yuma
We had a 1:00 pm tee time today and wondered how fun it would be since Terry was up at 5:00 folding our chairs & tables up so they wouldn’t blow away. But the sun came out and the wind died down so it was perfect for golf. None of us are used to playing 18 holes and we were all tired at the end.
I had put a big pot of stew in the crock pot and invited P&R to join us for dinner. After a couple of drinks and dinner, we were all pretty quiet.