Feb 27th to 29th - DHS

Feb 27th – Mon
Nothing but coffee, computer games, reading, a bit of cleaning and breakfast this morning. At 1 we picked up Moe & Trish to go to the Fantasy Springs casino where you get $50 free play once you play $20 with a new players’ club card. Unfortunately we found out when we got there that they changed it to $30 free play the first day and another $30 a few days later. Trish and I hung around together for a while as I showed her how some machines work – and I won a few dollars.
It was too early to go for dinner when we all ran out of money so stopped at a Big Lots looking for a crock pot and then went to Spotlight 29 Casino which is really close. Trish won a few dollars which Moe immediately put in his pocket to cover some of their losses. It was happy hour time at the bar so we enjoyed a couple of drinks before leaving the casino. Trish had the largest glasses of wine that I have ever seen served in a bar.
We went for dinner at the Elephant Bar. Terry made a bet with Trish that she wouldn’t retire this year and he lost so dinner was on us and Trish got to choose the restaurant which turned out to be a wonderful choice.
There was a wait when we arrived so we found a table in the bar and took advantage of the last 10 minutes of happy hour to have another drink. We were lucky to be seated for dinner in a secluded booth rather than in the noisy, rather crowded center area. Terry ordered an appetizer combo which was as wonderful as all of our dinners. After we got our meals, Trish & I agreed that we should have split a dinner as neither of us could eat all the food, especially after the appetizers. It was a super day with great friends.

Feb 28th – Tues
It was nasty, cold and windy for ladies’ golf this morning. A lot of women wimped out – I almost did! – and players were shifted around to end up with foursomes as much as possible. We played a “total putts” format with 2 teams of 2 in each foursome. Midway through the 3rd hole I developed a “who cares” attitude which didn’t do much for my game!
When I was done about 11, we went to the Sidewinder Café for breakfast. Cliff & Pauline were there with Pauline’s brother and his wife. When we went to leave, we found out that Cliff had paid for our meals – sneaky brat!!
We started packing stuff up and washed our big mat. One side is quite stained and we couldn’t find anything that would clean it so Trish had us try some awning cleaner. It didn’t work either so we walked back to return it and to check out their new chairs. They ordered 4 chairs like ours yesterday morning and they were delivered before they were up & about this morning. Of course we had to go in and chat for a bit which also called for an early start to happy hour.
Then we just relaxed and had dinner.

Feb 29th – Wed
It was Terry’s turn to golf in the wind which started when he was on the 3rd hole. I had just started to make breakfast at 10 when Larry dropped by. Terry called the Elks club to see if he could get our new membership cards and found that they were at the bar for us to pick up. I suggested that Larry & Barb join us there for lunch. I put the breakfast things away and we settled for a dish of cantaloupe so we didn’t ruin our appetite for lunch.
We had a very nice and inexpensive lunch at the Elks. Naturally we had to start with Bloody Marys to wash down the complementary tortilla crisps.
After lunch we had time to do the laundry. We hit a good time with plenty of washers & dryers available. We had put everything away when Moe stopped on his way to Russ & Judy’s where he & Trish were joining us, Larry & Barb and Gilbert & Grace for dinner. Trish is having a problem with her feet so she arrived after an appointment with a podiatrist.
Since laughter is good for you, we all should be in good shape as we talked & laughed for hours. Oh yeah, we fit in a nice dinner too.
The wind continued all day & evening and into the night!