Dec 13th to 15th - Mesa

Dec 13^th – Fri

We spent a couple of hours this morning doing the paperwork to buy a small toy hauler!!  Our original idea was to store the motorcycle here for the summer (since we are too long to tow the trailer behind the 5^th wheel) but I had the bright idea to get a smaller unit so we can use the motorcycle in the summer as well.  We looked at truck campers and quickly decided to get a little more room in a toy hauler.  Our “summer home” is being detailed and we will pick it up on Wednesday.

We went to music in the courtyard with North Star.  A group was sitting in the sun beside the pool and I joined them for a while as it can be slightly cool in the shade in the courtyard.

We went to Larry & Julie’s for a “goodbye to Jim & Caroline” dinner.  Julie had tables all set with tablecloths and napkins folded into fans in wine glasses – very festive for a dinner of her yummy lasagna.

Dec 14^th – Sat

We melted a lot of wax again today.  Jerry gave us a stack of shallow, round foil pans which work well.  I wait until the wax is nearly set and score the top so it breaks neatly into 6 wedges.  Terry had to clean out the motorcycle trailer as we had lots of stuff stored inside and we traded it in on the toy hauler.

We cleaned up all the wax paraphernalia in time for Terry to BBQ steaks for dinner.  Then we went to a dance and two-stepped the night away!

Dec 15^th – Sun

Whiskey Row Hackers played golf this morning with the first tee time at 8:22.  It was cool enough for long pants for most of us but it warmed up nicely in a couple of hours.  I felt like I played much worse than last time but ended up with only one stroke more.  Terry said he struggled again.  We went to Red Robin again for lunch with our favorite, attentive waiter Ethan.

Terry had a nap when we got back and I made a batch of Mounds candy which I finished just in time to go to Don & Susan’s for dinner.  Susan tried a new potato recipe which luckily for us took longer to cook than the recipe stated so we had time to digest our lunch before eating a great dinner.  We were kind of worn out so we left shortly after 9 without time to play cards.