Mar 27th to 30th - Mesa

Mar 27th – Tues
We got to the laundry room reasonably early and had no problem getting enough washers. I sent Terry back to the rig as it doesn’t take two of us to watch clothes wash & dry. He was supposed to come back in time to help hang & fold but that didn’t happen! I got back just as Gloria was arriving for a visit so I unloaded the truck and sat down for a chat. Dennis got here shortly after and we all enjoyed sitting outside chatting. Stephanie was walking by and joined us.
We and Dennis & Gloria hadn’t eaten breakfast so at 11:20 we went to the courtyard for lunch. Ernie & Dianne and Floyd & Diana sat with us for a while and then headed to Fiesta for a jam session.
We put away laundry and made the bed before Terry decided we should go back to the casino. We did so and returned their money before they decided to charge us interest! We just got back when Ron said we were all invited to Mike & Susie’s for happy hour. I had put out a couple of small steaks to thaw so it was easy to make dinner when we got back and we were in time to watch DWTS.

Mar 28th – Wed
I made pancakes for breakfast for a change and then we went shopping – printer ink at WalMart and groceries at Fry’s. We had artichokes for a late lunch and boiled some baby backs for dinner. We were about to go listen to music in the courtyard when Dennis & Gloria drove by and asked us to come over for a drink which sounded better to us as it would have been hot in the courtyard if you weren’t lucky enough to get a seat in the shade.
Friends of Dennis & Gloria – Craig & Caroline – came by at 5 to pick D&G up to go to dinner. We were partway through a second drink so they joined us. We started to walk home and saw Vern who had a problem with his satellite yesterday. Terry asked if he got it working which led to more conversation, an introduction to his wife Darlene and an offer of a drink – which surprisingly enough we accepted!! I helped Darlene with some features of their Garmin GPS which she hadn’t discovered, we all talked non-stop and we were on our second drink with them when Dennis & Gloria and Craig & Caroline walked by on their way to our place after finishing their dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. Since we hadn’t had dinner yet they went back to play cards and we headed home to eat. When we called later (8:30), Craig & Caroline had left without playing cards and Dennis had just kicked back and decided he was “in for the night” so we all called it a day.

Mar 29th – Thurs
Dennis & Gloria came over for cantaloupe and jelly biscuits for breakfast. Very large, sweet cantaloupes are selling for 99 cents each at Frys. After breakfast I put a large pork roast in the crock pot for pulled pork tomorrow.
We made a trip to Total Wines to stock up on scotch & vodka since the price is so reasonable – a lot cheaper than WA state for sure. We stopped at a WalMart for an elusive little battery – sold out – and some heavy thread which I used to mend a folding chair when we got back.
Ron & Terri asked if we wanted to join them for a final trip this season to Eastern Super Buffet so after a drink we all went for dinner. I didn’t overeat for a change but didn’t feel too well when we got back. Terry went to bed early while I stayed up to pull the pork roast apart.
The weather is getting quite hot.

Mar 30th – Fri
I had an unusually restless night with several trips to the bathroom so I didn’t get up until nearly 10 this morning and still felt sluggish then. I made oatmeal for breakfast hoping it would settle my “innards” but it didn’t help much. We and Ron & Terri are having a big farewell party tonight so we made a trip for ice and fresh buns – and Terry stood in line for a lottery ticket!!
We set up for the party keeping in mind that it would be HOT. We put up our end screen and fashioned an end screen for Ron & Terri’s awning so we could sit in the shade beside both rigs.
We definitely needed the shade as we started about 3. It was kind of fun going back & forth between the 2 groups of people rather than having one huge circle of chairs and being able to talk only to a couple of people on either side. I still felt pretty puny and didn’t even have one drink and very little to eat all evening.
When the sun went down, we all moved to our site and lit a couple of buddy burners. People dwindled fairly rapidly and the remaining diehards got a warning to keep the noise down about 10:30 which ended the party.