I
finally got in gear and went for a walk this morning. The weather was perfect at 8:00 for shorts
and a T-shirt. A bit later we went for a
bike ride on the same route and found that I walked 2 miles. Unfortunately the weather is due to change
tomorrow so I won’t get into the walking habit too quickly!
When
I got back, I had to call DirecTV as we had the lack of sound problem
again. This time the tech support person
decided to send out a technician tomorrow.
I caught up the blog & emails and then made sandwiches for
lunch.
We
rode to Julie & Larry’s and I loaded a tax program on their computer. Julie is doing so well with her breathing
problem. She pretty much only uses
oxygen at night now. We had some time to
relax and then went to the courtyard.
The band was Plan B – loud & not our favorite music. We had to leave early as Dennis & Gloria
were picking us up at 5 to go to dinner.
We
went to Pier de Orleans where we joined Rick & Vi and Harold &
Lauri. We were seated in a smaller
dining room and had it to ourselves for the whole dinner. The food was OK but the drinks were very pricey. We probably will not return.
Mar 8th – Fri
Rain
was supposed to show up this afternoon but it started about 11 last night and
there was a HUGE roll of thunder early this morning. Cooler weather calls for baking so I made
muffins and banana bread.
The
DirecTV guy showed up at 8:15 and sat in his truck for a while which gave Terry
time to get up & dressed. Of course,
when we turned on the TV when he was here, the sound came on. He said it could be the receiver, the cable
or the TV. The box has to get a signal
back from the TV saying everything is synced up and ready to send. After some discussion, he said he would
replace the receiver but he only had an older model as ours was quickly
replaced by very small units that do everything. We were OK with that and the tech also showed
Terry how to add our outside TV to the satellite remote.
Terri
needed Rick & Vi’s site number which we didn’t know so I walked over with
her to tell them about golf on Sunday.
The rain obediently quit while we walked. At 11:50 we took Terri to pick up Ron at the
airport. Ron threw his suitcase in the
back of the truck but moved it inside when Terry said it was really wet in the
back. It was a good thing because we
went through a monster downpour on the drive back. A couple of times we passed cars that threw
water on the windshield and you couldn’t see for a moment. By the time we exited the freeway on Val
Vista, the rain stopped and you could see blue sky.
Brad
& Clare took their trailer in to get the axles replaced and were just
setting up when we got back. Brad was
moving really quickly and was done by the time big clouds moved in and dumped
rain.
We
had nothing else planned for the day so we went to the Lone Butte casino. The parking lot indicated that there would be
lots of people inside. It was hard to
find a suitable slot machine and none of them were good to me. We did hang in for several hours and got one
of the monster hamburgers to go so I just had to warm up the fries & meat
when we got home.
When
we got back, wind had blown our mat and tipped over some chairs & small
tables. Also, the large cardboard box
for recycled cans that sits by our tripod was lying by our steps. I guess we missed a big wind storm while we
were in the casino.
Mar 9th – Sat
We
went to get water and saw that there were patio sales in the park so we had to
get our bikes and check them out. At the
first one that we stopped at, I got about 50 long, taper candles to use in
buddy burners. We stopped to visit Larry
& Suz and meet their son Scott who is visiting for a few days. It is too bad that the weather is so awful while
he is here. We didn’t find anything else
to buy at the patio sales.
After
lunch we went shopping for a few miscellaneous items that of course could not
all be found at the same store. We
didn’t do too much the rest of the afternoon.
We had soup for dinner and then went to a dance here at the park. The band is not our favorite but they really
kick up the energy when they play for a dance so it was a lot of fun.
Mar 10th – Sun
Hooray
– the sun is back! It was still cool
this morning but warmed up quite nicely.
We
had breakfast before we joined 14 others to play golf at 11:00. We had 2 foursomes of men and 2 of
women. I really do enjoy playing golf
with women. Because of the problem with
Terry’s hand, this is the first time that we have played in 1 ½ months and it
felt great. Terry thought he could play
his usual decent game and didn’t do as well as he thought he should. I was a little more realistic and wasn’t too
disappointed with my game.
Ten
of us went to Red Robin for late lunch/early dinner after the golf game. Then we were so full we crashed in front of a
golf game on TV. Duane & Sue came
over for a drink but they played golf too so only stayed for a short time. TV and a long phone call to sister Marg
filled the rest of the evening.
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