Dec 25th to 28th - Mesa

Dec 25^th – Merry Christmas

We joined a group for a now annual gathering at the pool at 10:00. Two years ago there were 6 or 8 hardy people in the hot tub and this year there were several groups totaling around 50 people. But today was a gorgeous day to be at the pool. We went initially with long pants and sleeves. When we got too hot we came back, changed into swim suits and returned to enjoy both the pool and the hot tub.

I made a sweet potato dish for later but otherwise we were pretty lazy until we went for happy hour at 2 & dinner at 3. It was hosted by Julie and Tina and they set up tables in Jim & Caroline's park model next door to Terry & Tina. Jim & Caroline are not here right now but gave permission to use their carport which was perfect – especially later when it cooled down and a couple of propane heaters kept it comfortable. Neal & Judy, Jerry & Becky and Brad, Clare & Shannon also joined us. After dinner, Bill & Beth, Ray & Vivian and Thelma came for dessert, drinks & lots of laughs.

We got home about 9:30 and were very happy that we turned on the electric mattress pad before we left.

Dec 26^th – Fri

Terry left at 8:15 for golf. They had a frost delay – initially supposed to be 2 hrs but ended up an hour late – so he didn't get back until after 2. While he was gone, I enjoyed being lazy & puttering around. Dennis & Gloria stopped by to print boarding passes for Julie & River who leave this evening.

Jeff Stephens was in the courtyard and we danced a lot. Beautiful sunshine and a bit cool in the shade. When we walked back we stopped to say hello to Doug & Delores who arrived late yesterday. I had a ham in the crock pot so I asked them to come for dinner. They were happy to do so as they hadn't gone grocery shopping yet. They left about 8 so they could go get a few groceries.

Dec 27^th – Sat

I made a late breakfast for lunch after we were very lazy in the morning. We tend to get up later when the rig is cold. A bit later in the afternoon we went to Reese & Diane's to pick up the last Spyder Santa “costume” and ended up having a drink and chatting with them.

There was no dance here so we joined a group from VVV at a dance at Good Life which is very close and another CalAm park. The band was Junction 87 – country music and we did a line dance to nearly every song. The ballroom is large and the attendance much smaller than here so there was lots of room to dance.

Dec 28^th – Sun

Another lazy morning before we headed out for some errands. We dropped the “Santa” tote at Dale & Sharon's for storage in their shed. We had lunch at the 5 'n Diner. We went to Power Square and got slacks & a shirt for Terry for the New Year's dance. Then we wandered through Superstition Springs mall and finally found a pair of earrings for me. A stop at Fry's for groceries and then home.

We found baby back ribs for $1.99 a pound. Duane & Sue walked by after playing pool so we asked them to join us for dinner. I added more ribs to the pot and we had a good dinner. Then we played a hard fought game of Ponytail Canasta which the guys won by 80 points.