May 17th to 19th - Mesa

May 17^th – Sun

After a lazy morning we went to Ft McDowell casino since we were able to get our “$40 slot play for $25” offer. It took a long time to call it quits today. I had put a roast in the crock pot so we stopped to pick up some sweet potatoes and then had an early dinner and a quiet evening.

May 18^th – Mon

We left just before 8 for about a 3 hour drive to Show Low to check out some RV parks. Show Low is at a higher elevation than Mesa and has slightly cooler temperatures which makes it popular in the summer. We stopped at the visitor center and picked up a bunch of info which we looked at as we had an early lunch.

We went to Juniper Ridge resort and connected with a salesman right away which turned out to be a good thing as he drove us all around so we could see lots that could be rented. All lots are privately owned with many park models & larger homes as well as RV sites. The activity that interests us the most is line dancing 3 days a week from 9:00 to noon. We tried to find another park and ended up at the Hon-Dah casino where we spent some time and not much money. As we headed back we found & checked out 2 other parks. We stopped at Golden Corral (Terry never remembers that he doesn't like it!) for dinner.

May 19^th – Tues

Neal stopped by for coffee and a nice chat this morning while we were still goofing off and playing computer games. After a late breakfast, we went shopping/browsing at several stores including the huge American Furniture store just to see what it was all about. We were actually looking for a small cabinet to place at the end of the kitchen counter to provide a bit more counter space beside the only electric outlet in the “kitchen”.

When we got back we decided we could use a small table that we aren't using any more to make a shelf so that is what we did. It was a bit of a challenge and an evolving project but it turned out pretty good.

Just as we finished and hadn't even cleaned up everything yet, Neal & Robin came by to see where we wanted to go to dinner with them. We sat & chatted for a while and then went to Casa Ramos for a good dinner. Then went to their place to learn & play a new card game called “7”. It was fun even though Neal & I got badly beaten.

I called the passport office this morning and was told that someone had made an entry in my file on Friday that they had received the pictures but that was all they could tell me and suggested a call tomorrow would be too soon to know any more!