Mar 5th to 7th - DHS

Mar 5th – Sat
We went for a hike today with Larry & Barb, Grace & Gilbert and Moe & Trish. We left about 8:30 for the 47 mile drive to Ladder & Painted Canyons. After a stop at a service station to use the “facilities”, we arrived at the parking area and started walking. After a while we figured we must have missed the turn and asked another group if they knew where it was. Turns out we had not gone far enough on the road (didn’t read the GPS which showed another 3/10’s of a mile!!) so we went back, moved the trucks and headed out in the correct canyon.
In addition to rocks to climb over, there is one ladder going down and 2 ladders going up in Ladder Canyon. Out of Ladder Canyon, you ascend quite a bit more on open ground before descending into Painted Canyon. We sat on a rock pile on top and had lunch before continuing to Painted Canyon which is spectacular. You won’t find pictures from this trip as we did the climb last year and posted pictures.
We tried to find a bar with cold beer on the way back but didn’t see anything promising so Larry provided the beer when we got back. We came home for dinner and then attended a show at the hall. Husband & wife Jerome & Jeanne sang and played many instruments. Jeanne has a lovely voice and actually played most of the instruments with Jerome specializing in “picking” but on a guitar, not a banjo.

Mar 6th – Sun
I had a few sore muscles today to remind me that I did some “work” yesterday. We were slow to get going this morning and spent some interesting time finding Ladder & Painted Canyons on Google Earth.
The wind really picked up yesterday afternoon and last night so it was off to a casino again! We were ready for dinner and nearly done gambling when I won some money on a bonus on a machine that we had never played before. So after dinner we had to stay a while longer!
Barb had left a message asking me to look for a coupon for the Best Buy Geek Squad as they got a virus on their computer and had to take it in for repair. The technician thought there was a coupon in the paper but they couldn’t find it so Barb thought there might be one online. I exhausted my search capabilities but couldn’t find anything for her.

Mar 7th – Mon
The men’s & women’s clubs championship golf tournaments started today and what a terrible day it was for golf. It was incredibly windy. The wind would move balls sitting on the green and if you happened to be addressing the ball before a putt it would be a stroke on your score. After golf bags & carts blew over a few times, we started walking to the next ball in pairs so one person could hold the carts while the other person hit. With everyone waiting on the green so the ball wouldn’t move and the time it took to upright bags & pick up stuff that fell out, it took nearly 3 hours for the round that usually takes 2 hours. We golf 2 more days but the wind is forecast to let up.
I sorted the laundry before I left. Terry was waiting when I finished and told me that he had brought the laundry over. I asked if he also brought the stain remover and he said the clothes were already in the dryers. Unfortunately, the stains were also still in 6 shirts and we had to go back to the laundry room to find a missing pillow case so I spot treated the shirts, grabbed a few more items that I hadn’t got to earlier and went to do another load while Terry got hamburgers for our late lunch.
We relaxed, napped (Terry) and worked on the computer (me) until Moe & Trish stopped by to ask us over for a drink. They have moved to a different park model which is much nicer for entertaining. Since we had a late lunch and a few snacks, I worked hard and made a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner.