Oct 16th to 19th - Mesa

Oct 16^th – Wed

After puttering most of the morning away, we had breakfast and then made a trip to Total Wine and the grocery store.  We rode our bikes to get water and then went visiting on our bikes – Dennis & Gloria’s, Allen & Diane’s and had stopped to talk to Thomas when Mike & Susie drove by and stopped to hug hello and chat a while.  By now it was time to go to the courtyard and listen to John & Susie again.  There weren’t many people there but our group around 2 tables had a lot of fun.

We went for dinner at Larry & Suz’s.  Also there were Dennis & Gloria and Larry & Julie.  It cooled off quite a bit by 8 so we all headed home.  Joe & Stella were visiting outside with some others and invited us to join them but I needed to call Marg and ended up talking to her for 2 hours.

Oct 17^th – Thurs

Right after coffee & doughnuts, Terry & Larry helped Larry & Norma move furniture & appliances from one park model to another.  After my exercise class & computer games, I made lunch.  We walked over to pay our utility bill and I stayed a while to work on a jigsaw puzzle.

At 3:25, Larry & Suz arrived and then we picked up Dennis & Gloria to go to an Oktoberfest dinner at Towerpoint which is another CalAm resort.  Val Vista was very well represented there – probably about 50 of us went.  They have a huge courtyard where the dinner was held.  Tickets were $6 for dinner (brats, Polish sausage, noodles & mushroom gravy, sauerkraut, cabbage and apple strudel), open bar with beer, wine & soft drinks, an “Oompa” band and dancing.

When we got back shortly after 6, Phyllis invited us over to sit by their fire and watch the full moon.  We rested for a bit at home and then joined them, Joe & Stella and Bill & Margie.  Turns out the moon was not full so we might have to do it again!

Oct 18^th – Fri

As I mentioned, we are hooked on Candy Crush and I didn’t know how to get more friends for Terry on Facebook which are necessary to get more lives to continue playing.  Bruce offered to help so after breakfast we took our PC & tablet over to his place.  The solution was to log me out completely and then login with Terry’s account so he could request friends. 

At 3 we went to listen to music in the courtyard and dance a bit.  Just before 5 we moved to the ballroom for a steak dinner.  Again, the dinner was good and the staff moved 150 people quickly through the food line.  North Star was providing music from 5 to 7 so we danced after dinner.

Terry figured 7 was too early to quit so he invited a lot of people to our place to continue the party.  We ended up with 33 people enjoying each other’s company and a couple of buddy burners.  We finally tidied up and fell into bed about 10.

Oct 19^th – Sat

Dennis & Gloria dropped in for coffee this morning.  After a late breakfast, we visited Harry & Cathy, rode around on our bikes and then looked at a couple of park models that were for sale.  We spent the rest of the afternoon with miscellaneous chores, computer games and reading.

We went for an early dinner at the Wild Berry restaurant.  Mike & Susie came by for a chat and then it was time to go to a dance here at 7.  There was a new band – Debbie & the Double Eagles – that played very danceable (lots of country) music with only one break in their 3 hour gig.  There was still a small crowd but again that allowed us to join quite a few line dances.