Mar 26th to 30th - Mesa

Mar 26^th – Wed

I got a haircut this morning, picked up our forwarded mail and dealt with mostly junk and a few important items.   We had a lazy rest of the morning and early afternoon.

We rode with Larry & Barb to meet a big group of friends at Serrano’s restaurant for an early dinner.  There was one server for 28 of us and she did a great job.  However, the food was found lacking by a lot of people including us.

Mar 27^th – Thurs

Terry left at 7:30 to play golf and I joined Terri to go for our last coffee & doughnuts.  Then I actually got a little ambitious and did some cleaning.

At 1:30 Terri & I rode our bikes to the old tennis courts for a groundbreaking ceremony.  The park set up tables & chairs, sun shelters and “bleachers” which ended up full by 2:00.  There was free beer, hotdogs & chips before & after the short speech and symbolic turning over of dirt.  Terry showed up just before it ended.

We went to the courtyard to listen to the Weezul Brothers and then had an impromptu HH at our place.  Not done yet!  We went to Rancho’s patio to listen to Wayne & Deb and dance.

Mar 28^th – Fri

I was going to do laundry yesterday but decided that Terry could help today.  While the clothes were in the washers, we went to McDonalds for breakfast.  Then we were very lazy for a few hours.

At 3:30 we went with Ron & Terri and Bob & Dar to Applebys for an early dinner.  We had time to digest a bit, change clothes and go to a farewell dance with music by Saguaro Sunset.  There is a dance Friday & Saturday to accommodate everyone.  The dance tonight was not full so there was plenty of room on the floor for a line dance group and regular dancers.

Mar 29^th – Sat

We said goodbye to Ron & Terri last night as they left early (6:30) this morning.  We hung around later with several people who came over to say goodbye to Bob & Dar.  They were only going to Yuma so finally left around 11.

We went grocery shopping and also picked up some saddle soap so I can clean our leather furniture.  I put away groceries, made a salad and a veggie plate while Terry went to the courtyard for a short time.  Then we went to Bob & Gail’s for wings, beer and other good food provided by everyone.  We keep thinking that the park is looking empty but still manage to get a large group together.

We took the motorcycle to say goodbye to Ralph & Leila and found out they left a couple of days ago.  As we were coming back, Dave (& Sandi) were at a neighborhood dinner and flagged us down.  Dave has been wanting to drive the Spyder so he got a chance tonight.  A guy rode with him and they were both very impressed with the bike when they got back.

Mar 30^th – Sun

We picked up Dennis & Gloria this morning to play golf at Sunland Springs.  We teed off early (9:05) and finished our 9 holes in less than 2 hours.  It was cloudy and a bit cool at the start but the light breeze quit and the weather was perfect.

We had just over an hour before we headed to the bocce courts for an early birthday party for Nancy.  Once again – wonderful food, marvelous weather and, best of all, super friends.  We left at 4 for our next party – next door to us at Bob & Sandi’s.

The clouds cleared so it was quite warm for anyone not lucky enough to sit in the shade.  I don’t know how we ate any more but we managed!  Terry took several people for rides on the motorcycle and when it got dark brought out a buddy burner.  Everyone headed for home early.