Jan 29th to 31st - Yuma

Jan 29th – Fri – Yuma
We went to WalMart this morning for groceries. We happened to go past the electronic section and detoured to look at the computers. There was a Dell that was marked down from $798 to $598 as they aren’t going to carry that model any more. They only had the display model left but it was in a locked case so wasn’t subjected to a lot of abuse. But they could not find the box which also had the power cable in it. We decided to think about whether we wanted it and came back to drop off the groceries.
Another WalMart was supposed to have 2 of the computers so we decided to get one. On the way we stopped at the 3rd WalMart in Yuma. They only had the display model and it was out for public use & abuse. On to the last store only to find they had just the display computer and it was missing a key. OK – back to the first store for one more check for the missing box. The electronic department was no help until Terry got the assistance of a customer service employee who mobilized the troops and the box was found.
But the saga is not over yet. When Terry paid with his credit card, it was denied. We had used the card earlier for groceries and were nowhere near our limit. We tried my card with no luck. There is a bank nearby so we left to get things straightened out or get enough cash. We were nearly at the truck when our phone rang. It was the Bank of America Fraud department asking if it was really us trying to make the purchase. Some combination of events had caused their computer to deny the transaction – too close to Mexico?, out of the home state?, multiple transactions? The lady said she would reset our card and mark it “extended travel” so it should not happen again. We returned to the store and finally got our computer.
We only had breakfast so we were starved and got dinner going as soon as we got back. We got to relax for just over an hour when it was time to go to the dance here at the park. The 2 person “band” was not as good as the guy at the previous dance but we still danced a lot. We sat with Freeman & Louie and Larry & Bernice who we met at the first dance we went to.

Jan 30th – Sat – Yuma
We went to breakfast at the park and then went for a bike ride since it was sunny & warm. Didn’t get too far when we stopped to talk to Jan and then were joined by Louie. Finished our bike ride and then did some multi-tasking – baking (pretzels & toffee bit squares) & loading up the new computer.
Freeman stopped by after his golf game to learn how to make a buddy burner. Terry told him about them at the dance last night.
About 3:30 we headed to Charlie & Julie’s for HH and dinner. We were joined by Mike & Jewell, Bob & Karen and Rick & Karen - newly arrived friends of Charlie & Julie’s. After dinner we moved back outside and enjoyed Charlie’s new buddy burner.

Jan 31st – Sun – Yuma
Got a fairly early start this morning and got the laundry done. Had a late breakfast and then rode our bikes to see Bob & Karen’s new park model. They weren’t supposed to get possession until tomorrow but the previous owner decided to leave one day earlier so we got to see it. I think they will enjoy it a lot.
We packed up some things in preparation to leave tomorrow and then went to the Swap Meet to get a couple of new flags. The wind here kind of frayed our flags.
We picked up a few items at WalMart and then went to Aunt Jessie & Ed’s for dinner. Aunt Jessie spoils Terry and made cabbage rolls for dinner since that is one of his favorites.
The moon was just coming up as we drove back into the park and it was beautiful. It is the largest full moon of the year – incredible.