Apr 5th to 7th - Mesa

Apr 5th – Tues
Steph told us about a couple of park models that were selling for $2000 or less so Terry thought we better check them out and maybe buy one and rent it out - !? The first one that we saw was old but very clean and included only some furniture. Steph had bought the washer & dryer as hers still work but need babysitting & manual intervention. Terry called Julie (who we met here last fall) to see if they wanted to rent it and she said she wanted to buy it. She & Larry stayed 3 months here in a very small motor home and had an accident on their way home to Spokane so they didn’t know what they would do this winter.
We took Dennis & Gloria and Ernie & Dianne to Hobby Lobby to look for a small coffee table for Gloria and a couple of small items for us. No coffee table and all we got was a basket for magazines. Dennis & Gloria came over to take measurements & pictures of our coffee table so they can build one this summer at home.
After an early dinner, I talked to Julie and said we could go to the park model, take some pictures and email them to her daughter. We just had time to do that before going to play bocce ball with a group of friends. The bocce ball court is lighted and the weather from 6:30 to 8 was just beautiful.
Julie definitely wants to buy the park model.

Apr 6th – Wed
After breakfast, we talked with Dennis & Gloria and then Ernie & Dianne to get information about transferring the title for a park model. We went to see Ed – the owner of the park model that Julie is buying – but he was taking a nap so we went to help Garry & Steph move out their old washer & dryer and move in the new ones. Later, when Terry was talking to Ed and Garry was changing the dryer plug, I talked to Julie while I was in the park model so I could answer any questions. She and all her friends are so excited about them getting this unit. Their daughter Natalie and her husband are going to come down with them in August and bring all their stuff in their toy hauler.
We made a quick trip to Costco (and grabbed lunch while there) and then I put together some appetizers for later. At 4 we joined Ernie & Dianne and Garry & Steph at Dennis & Gloria’s for a farewell happy hour(s) for Ernie & Dianne. It’s a good thing we were in a covered patio as it rained - at times very hard. The wind was blowing also and we had a hard time getting Dennis’ new buddy burner to light.
At 7 we dashed back through rain, changed to long pants and drove across the park to play LCR and Chase the Ace at Dan & Carol’s place – along with the other 6 from our earlier gathering.

Apr 7th – Thurs
We went to Denny’s for breakfast with Ernie & Dianne before they headed home to Kelowna. We got tickets for a potluck dinner here tonight and then had to go to the store for a couple of ingredients to make baked beans as our contribution. Dennis & Gloria came by on their bikes to tell us about an open house to show off a park model remodel so we had a look and then showed them the unit that Julie is buying and talked to the sellers a bit.
Dennis & Gloria came over to visit for a bit before we all went to the potluck. The park provided fried chicken and we had a wonderful choice of side dishes brought by a large crowd of diners. After we ate, the activities director had a slide show of pictures taken in the park during the past season. We stopped briefly at Dennis & Gloria’s to eat part – we were too full! - of the root beer floats provided for dessert and came home.