Feb 4th to 7th - Mesa

Feb 4^th – Tues

After a lazy morning, we went to Steve’s Cycle and ordered helmets and a Bluetooth “intercom” system.  We stopped for a late lunch at Little Mesa Café on the way back.

Terry went to listen to music in the courtyard and called me at 4 to see if I was joining him – he needed his light jacket!  I went over and caught the last 45 minutes of music.

At 6:30 we went to line dance lessons and got a bit of a workout.  Since we didn’t eat dinner, we had dessert when we got back – so much for the exercise!

Feb 5^th – Wed

Terry picked Ron up at 8 for golf and I enjoyed being lazy and reading in bed for a while.  Then I puttered around and actually got a couple of little projects done that have been on my plate for a while.  I walked to Albertsons for a couple of grocery items and put dinner in the crockpot.

Terry got back from golf just in time to head to the ballroom to listen to music.  “Music in the Courtyard” was moved to the ballroom as there were a few drops of rain and dark clouds at decision time.  North Star was playing so the place was packed and a lot of people danced.  We did quite a few line dances even without the leadership of the better line dancers.

We chatted with a group around a firepit after music ended and then came back for dinner & TV.

Feb 6^th – Thurs

We took the laundry over this morning and thought the laundry room would be packed as there was only one parking spot left.  It turns out that some of the vehicles belonged to wood carvers who now use the old wood shop.  The washers were all in use but we got the 4 that we needed within a few minutes.

We had lunch before going to pick up the helmets.  The intercom system was still being installed so we came back to the park and joined friends at the bocce court.  We played one game – Sue & I beat Terry & Chuck – and then went back for the helmets which were now ready.

We joined Moe & Trish for dinner at Dennis & Gloria’s.  I never get tired of saying “great food and wonderful friends”.  We played a card game that involves money (Arizona Rummy?) and it was Trish’s turn not to win a hand.

Feb 7^th – Fri

We spent quite a bit of time this morning trying out the helmets/intercom.  The settings were a little difficult to change using the voice menu so we connected to a web site, plugged the controllers into the USB port and downloaded the changes through the web site – very nice.  A couple of times friends knocked at the door and were surprised when Terry opened the door wearing his helmet.

I made an early lunch before we went to run a couple of errands – propane, groceries at 2 different stores.  I made an appy for later and read while Terry took the motorcycle around the park to visit people.  We went over for the last hour of music and found the courtyard packed so we joined a group by the pool.

Larry & Barb had HH at their place so that is where we went next.  The last people finally formed a small circle which called for a buddy burner until nearly 10.