Jan 7th to 9th - DHS

Jan 7th – Fri - DHS
My tee time for the golf scramble was 9 and Terry’s was 9:15. I put on long pants, walked outside to test the temperature and changed into shorts. On the second hole, the clouds moved in and I wished for long pants. A couple of holes later, the clouds moved on and shorts were perfect. Neither of our teams did very well, but, according to the leader of my team “it doesn’t matter how you golf because you will get fed anyway”. We each pay $2 for the scramble - $1 for prizes and $1 for lunch. Today we had a meatball sandwich and a cream puff for dessert. The golf clubs have excess money so on the first scramble of each month all the players get a coupon for a free drink. Normally it is $1 for beer or 50 cents for wine or pop.
We were pleasantly surprised when a couple walked up to before lunch and asked if we remembered them. It was Colin & Linda who we met in Naples, Florida in Dec 2008. We have emailed infrequently and they have followed our blog so decided to come here and see us on their way to Yuma.
At 2:25, we went for our 2:40 tee time with Larry & Barb and found them already walking down the 1st fairway. We caught up & continued to play with them. Terry & I still had shorts on and it was windy and cold. I finally wimped out and left after the 6th hole which is near the entrance to the park. Larry & Barb came over for a couple of hot rums to warm up after they & Terry finished the round.

Jan 8th – Sat – DHS
It remained windy all night and today. It felt like a baking day so I made jelly biscuits for breakfast. Larry came over to find out what we have for internet access (5 Spot from Verizon) as their attempts to get wifi from Time Warner were not successful and more expensive.
I washed a few windows and put up a hummingbird feeder on the window by the desk. In about half an hour we had our first hummingbird.
We made a trip to Costco and stopped at the bank & WalMart on the way. Bank of America has “no envelope” check deposit at ATM’s but WA & CA are oddballs so I could not deposit a check at an ATM here. However, I could deposit checks at ATMs in Arizona!
We came back right past the Aqua Caliente Casino so we had to stop to see if Terry had any free play for his birthday. Unfortunately, they have one day of the month for birthdays and it was yesterday. I won for a while but we both ended up losing – just not as quickly as a lot of times.
It was too late, too cool and too windy to play golf when we got back so we just relaxed for the rest of the day & evening.

Jan 9th – Sun – DHS
Another night and day of wind. We walked up to find our tee times for a tournament that is starting tomorrow. It is named ECCY and we don’t know what the initials stand for! You play 3 rounds on consecutive days and your score is the best score from the 3 days for each hole. It should be fun.
Then we went to see Colin & Linda to invite them over for happy hour. We had sent an email but had no response yet. We ended up having coffee and chatting with them for quite a while. I made a nice breakfast/lunch when we got back, did a little cleaning and made devilled eggs for later. We were heading to the store when Gilbert & Grace walked by so we drove alongside and talked with them on the way back to their place.
Just after 4, Colin & Linda and Linda’s sister Carol & her husband Russ came over. We had a great time and the happy hour turned into 2 ½ hours – as usual! We had been snacking so we settled for soup for dinner.