Dec 7th to 9th - Mesa

Dec 7th – Wed
It was cold this morning but was nice and warm in the sunny end of the courts when we played bocce ball at 10. We forgot that we were supposed to go to another park with Ernie & Dianne but they had to wait for a carpenter so it all worked out OK. We went to a Country Store at nearby Good Life RV park. It is also a Cal-Am park but they have a much larger ballroom that is filled with vendors and a few overflow into another activities room. We saw our neighbor Judy from when we stayed there for a week about 3 years ago.
We all went for a nice lunch at Red Mountain Café and returned to the park so Ernie could oversee the work being done for them. We made a trip for a few groceries, sat around watching TV for a while and decided the empty afternoon called for a casino trip.
Our money lasted until 7:30 at the Lone Butte casino. I had enough leftovers from dinner last night to make a very easy dinner for us.

Dec 8th – Thurs
We attended the coffee & doughnuts meeting in the ballroom this morning. The Camping World representative sponsored the session and he always brings items to raffle. Our lack of luck held out and we didn’t win anything!
We did some bike riding and visiting, had lunch and then went to find a Stein Mart store. The first one that I found online was closed and we didn’t find the second as I was so sure the first one was there that I didn’t write down the exact address.
We went to another music- in-the-courtyard that was moved to the ballroom. The singer was Curtis who lives in this park and is a great performer. There was a large crowd and the floor was filled three times with line dancers.
I had a huge pork roast in the crock pot to make pulled pork. It is a new recipe and turned out great.

Dec 9th – Fri
It was cold last night with frost on our table this morning. We played bocce ball again this morning and loved the sunshine and total lack of wind. Terry’s court was the last to finish so it was nearly lunch time by the time we got back.
After a pulled pork sandwich, we went to Costco to pick up my contacts and a couple of other items. Dennis & Gloria came over to visit and then we all went to Duane & Sue’s to have appies & drinks before the Christmas parade. The parade went right by Duane & Sue’s site at 4:30 and then we picked up our chairs and moved to Ernie & Dianne’s site to watch the parade again as it came by the clubhouse. We stayed there until about 6.
We invited Duane & Sue and Bob & Maria over for dinner. I made chimichangas with the pulled pork and we topped them with Salsa Salad – yum!