Terry
went with Mike to help him pick up his utility trailer and then hook it to his
motor home. Mike had his gall bladder
removed a short time ago and still should not be lifting anything heavy. They had to go to Queen Creek so I had time
to finish up on the computer and make soft tacos for lunch.
We
went to Fry’s for a few groceries that we forgot last time and filled up with
diesel. Then we went to Ft McDowell
casino to meet some friends – Terry & Judy from Vernon. We were there earlier than the others and had
fun winning some & losing some and we also saw Don & Susan from our
park. We were also joined by Mike &
Edie (friends of Terry & Judy and who we met in Albuquerque) and
Butch & Shawn (also friends of Terry & Judy and who live in Summerland
BC). We were all going to have dinner at
the $9.99 all-you-can-eat crab buffet until we saw the lines and found out how
long it would take to be seated.
Instead, we waited nearly ½ hour to get into another restaurant. There wasn’t a table large enough for all of
us so we sat with the women at one table and the men at another one across the
room which was really fun for gabbing.
After
dinner I spent some time with Terry & Judy before they left for their hour+
drive to Buckeye. The others left right
after dinner. Then it was just Terry
& I. We both played machines that
are normally busy all the time and ended up not leaving until 10:30 – a little
poorer but not bad for so much “entertainment”.
Mar 1st – Fri
Pick
oranges, beer at L&S discuss buddy burners, lunch at 2:30 in courtyard, Gloria
ankle operation, came by later in golf cart.
Gloria
went for a procedure this morning to scrape her ankle joint. We stopped by to find that all went well and
she was sleeping.
We
went to Ernie & Dianne’s to see if they wanted to pick oranges. Ernie had just loaded up their vehicle with
their sound equipment and needed a shower before leaving in a while and Dianne’s
bike had a flat tire so she joined us in their car. We and Dennis (down our street) borrowed
Dennis Collins’ fruit picker and rode our bikes to the remainder of the old
orchard where we picked citrus once before.
We picked an orange from a tree with lots of fruit and tasted it to make
sure we were getting the sweet variety before we filled our bags. We ended up with 9 grocery bags and Dennis’
backpack and shared oranges with lots of friends.
When
we delivered oranges to Larry & Suz, it was close enough to noon to enjoy a
beer and discuss making buddy burners.
Suz bought a tin but it was too small so they will have to go shopping
again.
Dennis
borrowed Brian & Bev’s golf cart (which is currently stored at Ron &
Terri’s) so Gloria can get around while she is wearing an “air boot” and healing. They came for a short visit before we headed
to the courtyard to have a late lunch and then stay to listen to music. We were shifting chairs into the shade – lovely!
Even
though we had a late lunch, Terry figures he needs another meal so I made a
chicken Caesar salad quite a bit later.
Mar 2nd – Sat
I
made jelly biscuits before Larry & Suz and Don & Susan came over at 9
to make buddy burners. They had gone
shopping for tins & wax but the tins were too large which means a large
flame and burning lots of wax. Suz had a
small cookie tin that she had in the freezer so we decided to make that one to
show them the process. After it was
finished we sat around in the lovely sunshine and chatted.
Terry
took Dennis & Gloria’s dance tickets to the activity center and got their
money back as Gloria obviously won’t be dancing tonight. Then we walked to their place to return the money. Dan & Carol were visiting and were
intending to come to our place next so we took a shortcut through empty sites
while they rode their bikes around the corner to our site. After showing them our rig, we all sat
outside and enjoyed a beer. When they
left they were talking about making a buddy burner and a bucket light for their
boat in Ontario where they live in the summer.
We hadn’t had anything to eat since our jelly biscuits so Terry made a
quick trip to McDonalds while I made devilled eggs for later.
Darlene
is still not feeling well so she returned their dance tickets just before Suz
talked Don & Susan into going to the dance.
Now we got on our bikes and tracked down Patti who collects tickets at
the dances to ask her to save the tickets for Don & Susan.
We
were just a bit late for a happy hour at Gord & Joyce’s down the street
from us. Their friends Jerry & Terri
are going to be staying in Gord & Joyce’s motor home for a few weeks while
Gord & Joyce make a trip to Canada and they wanted Jerry & Terri to
meet some people and especially some golfers.
It was warm enough that we were moving chairs into the shade.
Not
done yet! We had a little bit of time to
breathe and sit outside watching a bit of TV before going to the dance. We got the tickets for Don & Susan and
had a good time.
Mar 3rd - Sun
After
having coffee & lovely sweet oranges, I had a nice long phone visit with
sister Marg. Then I put a roast in the
crock pot for dinner and headed to the laundry room. We timed it right and got 4 washers right
away. We filled up water bottles and
walked back home. Terry was on the
computer when I took my book and returned to put the clothes in the dryers. He came back to help hang, fold, load the
truck and drive back. We were done
putting clothes away and making the bed by 11:30 and had a breakfast burrito
for lunch.
I
did some more dinner prep before we delivered the new buddy burner to Larry
& Suz and tried to find Susan to give her some recipes that I printed for
her. Then we stopped to see Dennis &
Gloria. She is doing really well. Pain medication affects her equilibrium so
she quit taking it yesterday and can walk much better.
We
had a short time to relax before Ernie & Dianne came for dinner. We had a nice chat before dinner and played
Ponytail Canasta afterwards. The guys
are going to be hard to live with after they won both games by a small margin.
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