Mar 7th to 9th - Mesa

Mar 7^th – Fri

Oops- got behind on the blog so it took me a while to catch up - after coffee & CC of course.

We went out for breakfast for Terry and lunch for me.  We stopped for a few groceries and to check for more St. Paddy’s decorations for our motorcycle – no luck.

We went to the courtyard to listen to music & dance for a while and then went to the bocce court where Ron & Terri were hosting a gathering of people belonging to a Winnebago RV club.

Shortly after 5 we joined large group at The Duchess restaurant for dinner.  Then that group and a few more went to a Comedy Improv in downtown Mesa.   The format was competition improvisation with 2 teams of 3 people and one lady who changed from team to team.  Suggestions were taken from the audience which resulted in hilarious “skits”.  Some people were going back to the Duchess for a drink but we were tired and called it a night.

Mar 8^th – Sat

We didn’t get going too early this morning.  When Terry went to dump the tanks, the black tank didn’t dump completely (like last time!) so he hooked up the flush connection with a valve and filled & dumped the black tank many times.  He has a clear fitting so each time the water wasn’t clear he did it again.  We are going to buy some tank chemical that was recommended to Larry & Barb when they had to pay a guy to get their black tank to empty.  Apparently many chemicals can cause crystals to form and then the crystals can combine into a solid ball and really mess things up.  The recommended stuff (TankTeck rx) is made in Phoenix but the nearest RV place that sells it is out of stock right now as they have suddenly had way more demand for it.

We had seen the chemical at another place in Apache Junction so after lunch we took a drive to get it and some other things – unfortunately they close at 1:30 on Saturday.  We got some things at Harbor Freight and then made a stop at Home Depot.

We sat outside when we got back and weren’t alone for long as an impromptu HH broke out.  The wind had come up so Dave & Phyllis put up their awning and then came over.  We had to eat dinner before going to a dance so we had to kick everyone out at 5:45.  Luckily I had marinated some pork chops and then put potatoes on to boil when everyone was here.  Terry put the meat on the BBQ while I mashed the potatoes and put a salad together.  We changed clothes and were at the dance by 6:40.

We and our group of dancing friends now know quite a few line dances so we “danced the night away”.  Sometimes it took a group effort to remember the steps but we had fun.  The dance was not sold out so the dance floor wasn’t too crowded.

Mar 9^th – Sun

We golfed with the Whiskey Row Hackers this morning and went to lunch at Red Robin.  I didn’t even need to start out with a light jacket for a tee time just before 8 – gorgeous weather!

We got a little ambitious when we got back and did some “work” on the toy hauler.  We put in hooks & straps to hold the side benches up against the walls when the motorcycle is inside and discovered that the hooks weren’t heavy enough when one broke and others were opening up.  We were lucky that the benches didn’t come down on the bike when we went to Quartzsite.  We bought heavier hardware a couple of days ago and got it all installed today.

Since we actually got something productive done today we felt free to relax with CC, reading and, on Terry’s part, snoozing.  I wasn’t too hungry but Terry needed dinner so he went to KFC since we haven’t had a fried chicken fix for a long time.