Apr 3rd to 6th - Mesa

Apr 3^rd – Fri

Terry took the motorcycle to Ralph's this morning to install lights on the front fenders. While he was gone I tracked my passport application – it cleared Customs on March 3^rd and the web site said to allow 20 working days for processing so hopefully it will be on its way soon.

We rode over to see a backrest for the driver on Billy & Lory's motorcycle and figure we will be adding that accessory sometime. Then we made a quick trip for a few groceries.

Bryan Keith was a new singer in the courtyard today and has a very nice voice. Once again we “braved” the heat and danced. We went to Dennis & Gloria's for dinner and Don & Susan joined us later for a visit.

 

Apr 4^th – Sat

We were up early so we were at the Mesa Marketplace by 7:20. We had breakfast and shopped all the rows with only a couple of purchases. We were looking for business card holders but couldn't find one like we have.

I talked to sister Marg to get the scoop on the “extreme wienie roast” pictures that she emailed. She decided it was time to burn some grass in her farm and when the wind came up the fire department had to be called. She guesstimated that about 7 acres were “cleared” of grass and small pieces of wood.

MCY is early on Saturdays – 1 to 3 – and we had another singer who has been here just once before – Armour Gomez. Very few line dancers but we gave it a good shot.

We went to a happy hour/goodbye party at Harvey & Vicki's right after the courtyard. We can manage 2 drinks and 2 folding lawn chairs on the motorcycle! We had a tour of their nice new park model with AZ room. It is situated so the driveway/patio is shaded in the late afternoon and most of us got a nice breeze where we were sitting.

Terry made a quick trip to McDonald's for burgers before we went to the dance with Saguaro Sunset. There were more attendees than last week and quite a few line dancers but we shared the dance floor quite nicely.

Apr 5^th – Sun

After coffee, some computer games and putting dinner in the crockpot , we headed to the casino. There were acres of bright yellow palo verde trees along the way. We had a nice breakfast at the casino and it took us several hours to donate $$ today.

We relaxed at home before having an early dinner. We walked over to see Dennis & Gloria but they had to leave shortly after we got there so we stopped for a nice visit with Bruce & Ann.

Apr 6^th – Mon

It was a morning for cleaning up some issues with phone calls & emails. We actually lost track of time and at 10:57 realized that a group was leaving at 11 for a bike ride. We were on our way back from the office and needed gas so I called Al to see if they were ready to leave. They were so we said we would follow after getting gas. We caught up just as we were arriving at our destination – Tortilla Flats. The outside patio closes from Easter to December so we waited a short time for a table and had lunch. Part of the winding road is very rough and not too comfortable for female riders!!

We were back in plenty of time to head to the courtyard where North Star was playing. They bring out more people and for a couple of popular line dances there were lots of dancers joining us.

We dropped our drink glasses off, got on the motorcycle and headed to Neil & Robin's for dinner along with Larry & Julie, Terry & Tina and Ernie & Holly. We had way too much great food and after dinner we played Rummoli for pennies. I ended up being the “big” winner.