Terry
went golfing this morning and I went to coffee & doughnuts with Terri. Then she drove me to Albertsons for a few
groceries. I made 2 batches of Rice
Krispy squares for tonight, worked on the blog, visited with Sue and finally
made it through the level of Candy Crush that has had me stumped for a
while. While I baked a couple of pans of
rolls, I decided to try to get Terry through the level that has him stalled but
I wasn’t able to get it done.
Shortly
after Terry got back, we went to the courtyard for a bit. Came back, packed up our drink bag & food
and went to Dennis & Gloria’s for a potluck, “non birthday” dinner with
about 36 of our closer friends! Gloria
asked Ernie & Dianne, Doug & Duane to provide music. They were joined or spelled off at different
times by Bruce, Ray & Viv and Dale who is new to the park with his wife
Sharon.
We
ate at tables in the carport and then put away the tables to provide a little
room for dancing. Part way through the musical
part of the evening the promised rain started.
One large lightning bolt and a clap of thunder startled everyone. People tried to time their departure to
lighter rainfall but that didn’t work too well.
Robin had her car so she gave us a ride home.
The
motorcycle was out in the rain and our chairs were filled with water. We emptied the chairs and tucked them under
the rig and then Terry drove the motorcycle under the awning.
Nov 22nd – Fri
It
rained hard last night and most of today.
I know this is not bad weather compared to a lot of other places – like
those with snow & freezing temperatures already – but we didn’t even
venture out except to cover the motorcycle.
We
had a late lunch/early dinner so Terry could leave for his first motorcycle
class at 4:15. The class started at 6:00
but we knew one road was closed due to flooding and he would hit rush hour
traffic. He got home at 9:30 which was
when the class was supposed to finish.
They had elected not to have a break and get done early.
I
made apple blossoms (individual pies) and ice cream and we called it a day.
Nov 23rd – Sat
The
alarm went off at 5 as the class today started at 6:30. It was still raining when Terry left but
changed to wind a while later so I put up the awning. I did much the same as yesterday – goofed off
and puttered around.
Shortly
after Terry got back, Brad & Clare arrived so everyone had to greet them
and make Brad nervous backing in with an audience. They had nasty road & weather conditions
for their drive today from north of Albuquerque.
We had
an early dinner and had time to rest & relax before going to a dance at
7. We sat at a different table than
usual and met 2 new couples. The band
was North Star which is popular & sold out but there were fewer tables and
the dance floor did not get as packed.
Nov 24th – Sun
No
rest for the wicked! Before we went
grocery shopping with a large list, Terry helped Ron & Brian move a couple
of large propane heaters in case the weather continued ugly for tonight’s Grey
Cup party at Brian & Bev’s.
After
I put everything away, we went to Home Depot for some decorative rocks to cover
the red dirt/mud where we park the motorcycle.
We figured it would take the park too long to respond to a request to do
it especially since they are still busy pumping water out of the horseshoe pits
which flood any time it rains. Terri has
a rain gauge in a decorative light in front of their motorhome and it showed
nearly 3 ½ inches of rain. This area
broke all time records for the amount of rain in a 24 hour period.
The
Gray Cup party was a lot of fun and made better by Terry winning the pool for
the 3rd quarter score. Ron
takes the organization of this party seriously and had assigned seating for the
men and Clare who was the only woman who said she would watch the game. The rest of the women chatted inside or out
and watched the game part-time. We had
lots of appetizers and then dinner at half-time. Everything was put away and cleaned up before
9 and everyone headed home.
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