Mar 5th to 8th - Mesa

Mar 5th – Mon
Terry was not feeling very well when he had to get up at 6:30 to play golf with Ron! I felt pretty smug as I cuddled into the blankets after he left.
I had a lovely morning doing all sorts of chores & errands - went to the office to pay for our stay, got a couple of gallons of filtered water, got tickets for dances, checked out the Country Store in the ballroom, caught up the blog and waded through emails.
Terry was starving when he got back so we went to the courtyard to have lunch. We were joined by Ron & Terri who ate and Dennis & Gloria who just stopped by to visit. By the time we finished eating, it was late enough to hang around and listen to music from 3 to 5. We had a nice chat with Rick & Vi who were at the party last night. Terry eventually had a red beer but I stuck to water!
The evening was pretty quiet with a very light dinner and TV.

Mar 6th – Tues
It was nice to sleep in and then enjoy our coffee this morning. After breakfast we went to see Larry & Julie and then decided we wanted our bikes for more running around so we unloaded them and carried on. Ernie & Dianne weren’t home so it was on to Dennis & Gloria’s where we admired his Pinewood Derby car and chatted for a while.
Terry figured he could face Total Wines today and for some reason had run out of Scotch so a trip was necessary. We stopped for a burger, filled up with diesel, robbed an ATM and ran the truck through an awesome carwash. When we drove back into the park, Ernie & Dianne were heading to the courtyard to get a table so we unloaded the truck and joined them to listen to music again. It was quite hot sitting in the sun but a bit of wind and cooler weather is forecast so we enjoyed it.
Julie gave us a ticket to the Variety show tonight which was sold out. We had no luck getting another ticket so I went by myself. Actually, Larry picked me up in his golf cart as Julie was in the show and already at the hall. So many people wanted to go to the show that they had it last night as well with a full house each night. All the entertainment is by people in the park and it is amazing how many talented & hard working people are here. The show really kept moving with non-stop acts for 2 1/2 hours which included a 15 minute intermission so we could stand and get circulation back into our legs & butt.

Mar 7th – Wed
Ron had signed Terry up for a golf tournament this morning and Terri needed the car so Terry drove which left me at home which was wonderful. I puttered around doing all sorts of things and not much of anything – my favorite way to spend a few hours sometimes. I walked to Albertsons for a couple of grocery items, visited the library to exchange books, worked – and played – on the computer, did some dinner prep and read a book.
Terry & Ron did not win anything in the golfing part or the drawing part of the tournament. We took it easy until Ernie & Dianne came over for dinner & cards. Dianne & I could not get any cards that we needed and the guys won 2 games of Canasta.

Mar 8th – Thurs
We had to move to our desired site this morning so had coffee and started putting things away. I saw a car go by slowly and about ½ hour later the same car stopped and the guy asked if we were leaving as he was coming into this site. Turns out he was the guy in the site we were moving to so about 20 minutes later we swapped sites. He had originally paid for a week and when he wanted to stay longer he had to move – kind of crazy!
I joined Suzie, Sandy and Terri for 9 holes of golf at Royal Palms at 11:24. It is a short course but nicely maintained and with some nasty water hazards. We came back to our rig and were joined by Dennis & Gloria for frozen daiquiris. It was a little cool in the shade and a tad hot in the shade – just about perfect.
At 4 we packed up our booze bag and a snack and went to join a group at the bocce ball courts for happy hour. We played a game with Dennis & Gloria, ate some food and played a second game. It cooled down as soon as the sun disappeared so we headed for home. Leftovers for dinner and TV filled the evening.