Oct 24th to 27th - Mesa

Oct 24^th – Fri

Ron & Brian helped Terry install lights on the underside of the motorcycle so, in his own words, Terry will feel like he is riding on a cloud at night. It was quite the job with at least one trip to the store for more bits & pieces in addition to what they all had in their toolboxes.

Terri, Dar, Gina & I made a trip to BigLots since Gina had never shopped there.

I made a late lunch and then at 3 we went to listen to music by Fall River. After music, we were joined by Ron & Terri, Joe & Stella, Brian & Bev and Larry & Julie for snacks & drinks. They had barely left when Bill & Beth, Jerry & Becky and their friends Larry & Debbie came over. Terry & Terri had to cruise around to show off the new lights on the motorcycle.

Oct 25^th – Sat

I finally shortened a Tshirt that I bought a couple of years ago in Alaska! We went to a thrift store and found pants for Terry for Halloween. We stopped for lunch on our way to WalMart for some groceries and a few other items.

We went to Tina & Terry's (Terry Lee) for dinner. Also there were Larry & Julie, Jerry & Becky and Larry & Debbie. Sort of like last year – the guys were Terry, Terry, Larry, Larry & Jerry! When it got dark ,Terry wanted to show off the bike lights but they wouldn't work. We thought the problem was with the remote as Terri had noticed that the Off button didn't work well yesterday. Terry went to Ron & Terri's as they had an extra remote but Ron discovered that the problem was a loose wire. Will have to secure it somehow.

We didn't stay too long after dinner as Terry Lee was falling asleep. So we, Jerry & Becky and Larry & Debbie stopped to have a nightcap with Bill & Beth.

Oct 26^th – Sun

We had 4 groups golfing this morning at Desert Sands. The greens were a lot better than last week but the rough was still long & sparse so balls settled right down to the ground and were still hard to find & get out of there. It got quite hot and our group was struggling on the back nine.

Rather than going to a restaurant for lunch after golf, we are all going to chip in some money and take turns making lunch. Brian & Bev did today's lunch and provided burgers, potato salad, macaroni salad & coleslaw. They have park model with a large enough carport/patio to seat us all in the shade. We all brought our own drinks to keep things easy.

We were both tired so we rested (Terry's “rest” involved closed eyes!), watched TV & played computer games. There was a big gathering starting at 5:30 at the bocce courts but we just couldn't dig up enough ambition to go.

Oct 27^th – Mon

Terry dug out our rope lights and put them out while I got laundry ready. He still wasn't finished so I took the truck to the laundry room. I walked back to get 3 water jugs and filled them at the dispenser behind the laundromat. I had a few minutes to chat with Vic & Jackie, put clothes in dryers (Terry showed up about then) and we went back to visit again. Then the usual – hang & fold, put away & make the bed.

We picked up our Halloween costumes and headed to Total Wine. I remembered that I needed golf balls so we stopped at Dick's Sporting Goods and ended up with shoes for Terry as well. We stopped for a burger on the way back.

Dennis & Gloria are having a coating (paint?) put on their driveway/carport so they had to be out of the house – or stay inside! - most of the day. Julie invited them for brunch and they came to see us about 1:30. We chatted & had a drink which we barely had time to finish before going to MCY in the ballroom. Palmer Howard was a new-to-us musician and started out with a couple of songs not suitable for dancing. But he figured out what worked and we had a good time. We got to greet several couples who have recently arrived for the season.

Terry was inviting people to come over after music so we had a couple of tacos between dances. We ended up with friends arriving & leaving at different times so the mix was constantly changing. Ralph & Elsie just got back today and Terry talked them into coming as well.