Mar 22nd to 26th - DHS

Mar 22nd – Tues
The normal sign up & competition for the ladies’ golf club is done for the season – not enough women left who are interested – so the pro shop just reserves some tee times starting at 8 and you show up if you want to play. I played with Barb & Carolyn. It was beautiful for the first 4 holes and then got windy and quite cool.
Moe was visiting & drinking coffee with Terry so I made breakfast burritos for all of us. At 2 we went to the hall for a function but there was a sign on the door saying it started at 2:30. Bill & Carolyn, Larry & Moe were also with us so they all played table shuffleboard as we waited while I worked on a puzzle.
In the hall, all the pillowcase dresses that we made on Tuesday evenings were on display and there was coffee & goodies. Then a pair of underpants was put with each dress and the set was packaged in a zip loc bag marked with an approximate size in preparation for distribution in Uganda. Our park made 206 dresses and the neighboring park made 60.
At 4:30 we joined Larry & Barb and Moe for happy hour(s) at Bill & Carolyn’s. We sat out until about 7 and then moved inside until we finally left at 8:30.

Mar 23rd – Wed
Terry did very well at golf this morning and finally got a score less than 40 – he got 38. He tied with another guy but they played “ghost holes” where the score from 2 random holes are thrown out and the other guy had a higher score than Terry on one ghost hole so Terry got second.
After a late breakfast we made a tee time and played with our neighbors Jim & Debbie. We had Moe over for dinner and then Larry & Barb joined us to play cards.

Mar 24th – Thurs
Another windy day and another visit to a casino – Morongo this time but it did not treat us very well. In fact it kicked our butts!
I was just about to dish up an early dinner when Moe dropped by so we had a drink with him and then had dinner.

Mar 25th – Fri
We were supposed to play in the scramble but the wind continued all night and was still ridiculous at 7 so we cancelled and then went out to breakfast. Next was laundry where I had to wait for a couple of washers so it took longer than usual but there were people to visit with and a puzzle to work on for a bit. Tough players were still coming in from the scramble but nearly half of the 84 people who had signed up didn’t play.
At 4:30 we and Larry & Barb went to Moe’s for happy hour(s). He will be leaving soon and wanted to use up food & booze so we all had too much to drink – but since laughter is good for your health we should all be fine.

Mar 26th – Sat
I am happy to hear people saying that there is an unusual amount of wind this year as I would hate to think that it will be this windy next year.
We went for doughnuts this morning and enjoyed them with our coffee. Around 10:30 we headed for WalMart but part way there figured it would still be windy when we got back so we detoured past the Spa Casino. There was a rodeo going on near the casino so we had to hunt for a parking spot but the wind had disappeared in Palm Springs so it was nice walk.
Terry covered my losses again and we came out $100 ahead. That might have been partly due to the fact that we had to get back for a dinner date so he didn’t have a chance to lose his winnings.
We went for dinner at Leon & Marilyn’s along with the couple who are renting the park model that Leon & Marilyn bought this year. We had a very nice evening.