As
most of our readers know, we do keep busy but we almost outdid ourselves today.
We
went with 10 others from the park to float the Salt River. We picked up Neil, Patti and Chief &
Debra. We were joined by Jerry &
Becky, Harry & Cathy and Dave & Phyllis at 9 for the 20 minute drive to
Salt River Recreation where we rented float tubes and took a bus up the river a
ways. We packed our gear to the river
and started to float. Right away, Dave
& Phyllis had a runaway tube which Terry nabbed but he couldn’t get to
shore right away so they ended up walking in the river to where Terry was able
to stop at the shore.
The
river level is dropping and we were told it would take from 4 to 4 ½ hours to
get to the take-out spot. We had to lift
our butts in many shallow spots to avoid hitting rocks – but we still scraped
moss off rocks. Dave was having a rough
time with a bad knee so Neil graciously traded his lay-down lounge floaty for
Dave’s tube. We stopped on a rocky beach
for lunch and arrived at the take-out spot about 2. The water was quite swift at that spot but it
was shallow and slippery so it was hard to get to shore & stop. We had to carry our gear up a pebbly beach
and a short paved road. By now Dave was
really hurting and unable to walk to the bus so the Sheriff’s department came
to pick him up. The trip was a lot of
fun.
When
we got back and were dropping off Patti at 3, we saw Larry & Julie arriving
at the ballroom for music. We dropped
off Neil, unloaded some of our gear, changed clothes, mixed a drink and went to
the ballroom to listen to Jeff Stevens and have a few dances. Neil & Robin were going to a casino and
asked if we wanted to join them so of course we did. Patti also came along so we and she got yummy
beef dip sandwiches for dinner before hitting the slots. I ended up covering most of Terry’s
losses.
We
watched TV a while when we got back and then hit the sack.
Sept 21st – Sat
We
had a much quieter day today. We took
clothes to the laundry room and came back to have breakfast while they were in
the washers. Chief dropped by as we were
finishing eating so I left him visiting with Terry and went back with my book
to put the clothes in the dryer. Terry
showed up in time to hang & fold.
We
watched TV & read for a while, walked to make an appointment for a haircut,
walked to Larry & Julie’s to figure out how to install a room AC and then
went grocery shopping. Terry went to the
pool but I was enjoying my book and stayed home.
Dinner,
TV, etc.
Sept 22nd – Sun
We
rode our bikes to Larry & Julie’s but they weren’t home so we visited with
Jerry & Becky for a while. We went
to pick up a few groceries and stopped for a burger on the way back.
We
went back to Larry & Julie’s and this time they were home. We installed an air conditioner in their
bedroom, replaced a ceiling fan in their patio, put together a new vacuum,
fixed a garbage can drawer in the kitchen and fixed a leaf blower. By this time we had earned a couple of drinks
provided by Larry.
We
came back to put on our bathing suits and joined Larry & Julie and Dave
& Phyllis in the pool. Chief was
there to chat and asked if we wanted to play dominoes at 7. Larry & Julie wanted to take us to dinner
so we hurried home to change, picked up L&J and went to China City for the
buffet. We were only 9 minutes late for
dominoes with Chief & Debra, Jerry & Becky and Harry & Cathy. I used up all my luck winning the first 4
games and lost by a small margin to Debra who won 4 games in a row.
The
weather has cooled off somewhat. There
are no highs in the 100’s for the next week.
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