May 13th to 16th - Mesa

May 13^th – Wed

We were on the road before 8, stopped for doughnuts and then diesel. We got to VVV before noon and signed up for a week. We are parked in 116 (Ron & Terri's spot) as someone was going to be coming into 114. Terry had to climb over things in the 5^th wheel to get some items that we forgot including the hair clipper which we used right away.

We went to Bill & Beth's before going to a spaghetti dinner at 5 here in the park. Bonnie insisted that we take back the tickets that Terry won before we left. Our table was called first to get dinner but we didn't even finish eating when we HAD to get up to line dance to Rich Mancini. We had a great time but were disappointed and slightly surprised that a lot of people left before it ended at 7.

Of course a group was not ready to quit so we went to Bonnie's to continue the party. Rich even joined us for a while. The weather has cooled down a bit so it was wonderful to sit outside.

May 14^th – Thurs

I called the passport office as the pictures were delivered yesterday morning. The person I spoke with confirmed that the envelope was indeed there and then told me that the 20 working days processing time started over! I told her that a prior employee told me that it wouldn't take long to complete the passport once the pictures arrived as most of the processing had been done. I had some steam coming out my ears when I abruptly ended that conversation!

Terry went to get the truck cleaned up while I got a haircut from Holly. Then it was time to do 2 weeks worth of laundry. It was quiet the rest of the afternoon & evening.

May 15^th – Fri

We went golfing at Greenfield Lakes GC with a group from VVV. We left here before 7 and ended up golfing with Jerry and Mark & DJ. It is a pretty casual golf course so a group of 5 was not a problem and we were able to easily keep up to the group in front of us. We forgot to get a score card which was good as neither of us played particularly well. I did pull off some good putts and parred 4 holes. Terry finished in fine form on the second par 5 with a 330 yard drive and a second shot that rolled up on a little hill behind the green. No eagle but he did get a birdie.  All the golfers went to The Duchess restaurant for breakfast/lunch after the game.

It's a good thing that we played golf early as there was lot of rain in the afternoon. This is very unusual in May so the TV stations all aired stories about the rain and the snow in the northern areas of AZ. It was a good thing that we didn't plan to BBQ for dinner.

We went to Total Wine as we realized that we didn't stock up enough for the summer! We stopped at Dick's sporting goods looking for a Golf Buddy. They were out but said Van's would probably have them. We tried to follow their instructions and finally turned on the GPS to find a different location which did have the unit. It was raining so hard when we stopped that I stayed in the truck while Terry ran into the store.

May 16^th – Sat

It continued to rain most of the night – or at least it was raining every time I woke up. It was still fairly cool when we went to the Marketplace a bit later in the morning. We stopped at In 'N Out for burgers for lunch and then did a bit of shopping including Costco.

We actually went for a walk to see if Neal & Robin were home but they weren't. We came back and got the motorcycle and went cruising around the park. Bruce & Ann stopped by after their golf game and had a drink with us. Then it was time for dinner & TV.