Oct 8th to 10th - Mesa

Oct 8^th – Mon – Mesa

I posted the blog and looked after emails while having my morning coffee.  We rode our bikes to Dennis & Gloria’s and hosed off their driveway and a stack of chairs as they will be arriving on Wednesday.   Terry took Bruce to see a truck in the park that Bruce might be interested in buying.  When he got back I had a late breakfast ready.  We did some work for a happy hour this evening – mainly setting tables up with new cloths and food prep.

About 2:30 we joined friends at the pool and came back at 4:30 to change and finish preparing appies for our party.   At 5 people started arriving with food, drinks and chairs.  Attending were Brian & Bev, Jamie & Lorraine, Larry & Norma, Larry & Julie, Neal & Judi, Bruce & Ann (I met Ann in the pool), Bruce & Mary, Joe & Stella and Bill & Lauri.  Lots of new friends, old friends, good food and laughs.  The last folks left about 9:30 and we had just a little cleanup to do.

Oct 9^th – Tues

After coffee, reading & computer games, we went for a bike ride.  We stopped at the office to confirm some arrival dates and checked for mail at the post office.  Brian left early this morning to work for 28 days in Canada.  He flies to a remote area in the Northwest Territories and then has 28 days off when he finishes his work rotation.  Bev has an infection in a tooth and hasn’t slept well for a couple of nights so she asked us to check their mailbox as well.  We stopped to see Julie & Larry and to see how Larry was doing after a little too much to drink last night.  After a little more riding – and visiting - we went by the post office again as they weren’t finished sorting the mail when we stopped the first time and this time our forwarded mail was there.

I made breakfast for an early lunch when we got back and finished going through the mail. 

We hung around in the rig until shortly after 2 when we went to the courtyard to listen to music.  We joined Larry & Norma in a shady spot, had a couple of drinks & some snacks and danced once.  When we were walking back, we saw Bev riding her bike and asked her to join us for a drink.  We snacked on veggies, Bev went home and we came in for dinner and the results show of DWTS.

Oct 10^th – Wed

We lazed around in the morning before we went to do laundry.  We had just finished making the bed and putting clothes away when Neal called and asked if Terry might be able to help him set up his satellite dish.  Terry came back once for some tools but they still weren’t able to get it working.

Dennis & Gloria arrived at our rig just before Terry got back.  They had taken time to unload the back seat of their car and came over to say hello.  We chatted for a time and then went back with them so Terry could help Dennis move a big table back outside and help level their fridge.

We all went to the courtyard to listen to music.  It was pretty hot so I left after about an hour to put on my swimsuit and take Terry’s along so we could fall in the pool.  Dennis & Gloria were smart enough to wear their suits to the courtyard so they joined us in the pool and met Jamie, Lorraine & Bev.

We had Dennis & Gloria over for dinner so they didn’t have to worry about going grocery shopping as soon as they returned.  It had cooled down enough to have drinks & dinner outside.  They left fairly early as they have been traveling & sightseeing for 9 days and were ready to crash.