March 10th to 15th - Mesa

Mar 10^th – Tues

We had a mostly lazy morning & early afternoon. We went to MCY with Palmer Howard (not a favorite) and then it was time to change for the second performance of the variety show. Terry & Ron had tickets for tonight and Terry went early to get front row seats. We were more relaxed and had more fun tonight. After the show, there was a “cast party” in the courtyard until 10:00 with drinks & pizza. 60 pizzas were ordered so there were leftovers to take home. Henry brought his guitar and there was a singalong as well. Good fun!!

The bad news was we had to say goodbye to Ron & Terri. They are leaving early as Ron is having knee replacement surgery and has to be there 4 weeks ahead of the surgery. They have a friend – Larry – here from Yuma to help drive the coach home to Vancouver/Surrey.

Mar 11^th – Wed

I heard doors & engines very early this morning as Ron & Terry pulled out. Then I went back to sleep!

I was ready for a slow day and this was it. The variety show ended up being fun but it was a lot of preparation and practicing. Darned if I can remember what we actually did today!!!

Mar 12^th – Thurs

We went for a motorcycle ride today – 5 Spyders & 3 regular bikes. We were supposed to leave at 10 but ended up waiting for a couple of people and then had a stop right away for fuel so didn't start riding until after 10:30. Ralph led us south on a very nice route to Eloy. We had a little glitch when Al lost sight of the group and blew past us after we turned & stopped. Terry decide we should try to catch him – wrong!! We went about 10 miles to Florence and he still hadn't stopped so we turned around and joined the rest of the group at the parachute jump facility at Eloy. We watched a couple of plane loads of jumpers and then had lunch. We came through Florence, north to I60 and back to the park.

We were in time to catch most of Dakota Kid in the courtyard. Another group was playing after so we, Richard & Nancy and Joe & Jean ordered pizza delivered to the courtyard. Then we moved to Rancho's patio to listen & dance to Wayne & Deb until 9. Great day!

Mar 13^th – Fri

We took the toy hauler in early for the rest of the warranty work. When we got back we ended up with an impromptu gathering for coffee on the patio which is one of the super things about this park. We went out for lunch at Little Mesa Cafe.

We enjoyed Fall River & dancing at the courtyard. We went right from there to Ernie & Dianne's for a chili dinner with a lot of friends. Good food, good friends, good time!

Mar 14^th – Sat

I went to the laundry room first to see if I had enough money on the card to do laundry. When I got there I found that I grabbed a casino card instead so I got to make another trip and got a few more steps on my Charge! I got everything ready and found lots of washers empty. We did our usual walking back & forth and had it all done shortly after 10.

We went to MCY at 1:00 with Wayne & Deb but left early to change into our swim suits and head to the Fiesta pool & multipurpose room for a steak dinner organized by Al for bikers and pool players. The dinner was catered by CalAm so we just got to sit back & enjoy.

We had plenty of time to decompress before going to a dance at 7:00 with Rare Collections.

Mar 15^th – Sun

There were only 3 groups for golf this morning. We played with Larry & Barb and then 8 of us went for lunch at BJ's. We sat at a large booth which was really nice as we could all talk easily.

We took it easy for the rest of the day and I finally thawed soup for dinner.