Thurs
- We lazed around until Terry thought he could go get someone to
look at our power problem. A couple of guys showed up a short time
later, took it apart, put it back together and it worked. They asked
that we don't run 3 ACs – I think we had figured that out! We just
shut the doors to the garage so we don't have to cool that area. We
took the bike to town again (with closed shoes!) and stopped on the
way to make a tee time for tomorrow morning. Pretty much the same as
yesterday – casino & a bit of shopping but we stopped at Bobby
D's Diner for huge root beer floats on the way back. Yummy! Then we
put on our swim suits and cooled off in the Colorado River before
settling in for the evening.
Fri
– We teed off on the back 9 of Emerald Canyon GC at 7 this
morning. It rained during the night and the humidity was really high
which made it seem even hotter than the thermometer read. I made
sandwiches, we changed into our swim suits and cooled off in the
river again while we had lunch. Then it was back to the casino. A
neighbor 3 rigs down (Sharon) came over just before we were ready to
have dinner to ask if she could see our home. She also wanted to
have a ride on the bike sometime this weekend as her husband wants a
bike but she is afraid of them.
Sat
– Up early and on the golf course at 7. Must mention that this
early bird special is $10 each for the back 9 including the cart and
the last early tee time is 7 which explains our schedule. Our round
was not as enjoyable as a sand trap maintenance crew was working just
ahead of us and we had to wait on nearly every hole. On longer holes
we could tee off as most of the traps are close to the greens and/or
they had finished with fairway traps. Terry finally got annoyed and
we hit up anyhow. Tends to make for a crappy game. We relaxed a
while, had breakfast for lunch and then took chairs to the river so
we could cool off and watch the boat “parade”. Boats & water
craft of every shape & size running up & down the river.
They are quite orderly and drive on the right side of the watery
highway. The water is quite warm but cool enough to be refreshing.
Of course we headed back to the casino on the bike with a stop this
time at Safeway.
Sun
– Golf at 7 with slightly “not so hot” temps. Not quite
right to say “cooler”. We had to wait a few minutes on the first
hole for a greens mowing crew to leave. When we got to the tee box
on the next hole, they graciously halted work so we could “play
through”. We both had some great shots mixed in with the usual
so-so stuff. We drove the truck to the casino & a bit of
shopping so we could fuel up before we leave on Tuesday. We did well
at the casino so didn't get back early enough to want to visit the
river before dinner. We have taken turns winning a bit at the casino
so our spending luckily is not as great as all the visits might
imply!
Mon
– Labor/Labour Day. I think the park expected more campers
than showed up. Everyone has to wear a wrist band for the weekend to
keep out non-paying guests. I will be happy to cut off the lime
green accessory tonight! We skipped the golf this morning but have
been up early too often so couldn't sleep in. Of course we had to
give the casino one more chance to return our money. Good news is it
didn't take everything! We stopped at WalMart for our favorite
General Tso chicken and a couple of perfectly ripe avocados for a
late lunch. I defrosted the freezer and obviously updated the blog.
Terry started packing up lawn chairs, etc to leave tomorrow. Loaded
the bike and then kicked back. Very quiet in the park.
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