For the past few days, we have been disregarding responsibility and having fun. I am getting the hang of playing again, not sure if that's good or not! We took advantage of the quiet in the clubhouse, went into California about five miles from here to the big new Quechan Casino and went to a Merle Haggard show. He's 73, has lost part of a lung to lung cancer, has a wife of about 30 and his grandson plays guitar in his band. There were 13 people on stage, his voice isn't very strong anymore, but everybody had a good time. Before the show, we signed up to get their player's card and was playing the free $10.00 they give ya to get ya hooked when DH stepped into the aisle and I heard a familiar voice say, "Well Danny Brown, what are you doing here?" It was Stan Luke from our town in Ne. He and his wife own a house and spend the winters here. Their son was with him so we had a little visit. Went to their place the next afternoon and she was sick so we left. Will try to see them again before we leave. We made our donation to the Quechan and won't be making a habit of going out there!
I decided we needed to explore all the amenities here since they are included and so I went and bought tennis racquets and balls! Yep. We tried out the tennis courts! That's only the second time DH has played in his life and it's been so long for me, I couldn't remember how to keep score. It was pretty pathetic and I wouldn't have called it a game, but pretty good exercise and today I can tell I used different muscles.
We went from there and played in the splash pool and sat in the hot tub.
That may have saved the muscles a little bit.
It really felt good. We had fun with KayCee yesterday.It was her 5th birthday and she was spoiled with treats and presents all day!
Today we sat outside and watched the jets and Chinook group go out to the desert for maneuvers and come back in overhead.They are just awesome to watch. Some people are irritated with the noise and I count my lucky stars they are doin' the drills to learn and keep us safe!
We have been getting things around for DH to go to Mexico.This will be his "ride" for the 1000 mile Rally. The story about the Baja Race is at the NORRA website. www.norra.com. The only thing we haven't really got figured out is the phone thing. He doesn't want to use his cell phone from here, but I called Verizon and they said he could. I don't think they'll have reception all the way down to LaPaz anyway, so it could be interesting. We about have all his stuff ready to go, and then some. I have plenty here to keep me entertained while he is away. The weather is warming up again after a windy cool time. It was almost 80 today and full sun. We just about have all the toys now! Tennis Racquets and swimming goggles!
Oh Boy! We went swimming this afternoon and soaked up them Arizona Rays. I'm glad we are waiting to go to the Grand Canyon for a while longer. They had snow up there this week. Thunderstorms and tornadoes are making their presence known in the center and eastern part of our nation. I'm not ready for that either! I talked to two ladies that worked at the golf course at Rio Bend, over where we were after the big earthquake. They left on Tuesday after the quake becuase she was really spooked about not being able to get out of there, and sinking on the golf course. We swapped some stories about the place and I don't feel one bit bad for getting out of there when we did! I can hear the coyotes barking and howling just beyond the fence in the desert tonight. That's a lot different than the non-stop noise of I-10 south of Casa Grande. We are truly in our oasis in the desert! We made the daily trip to Wal Mart today and the UPS store to mail some packages for some Grand babies turning 1 year old. The news came today that they are closing the post offices and there will be no mail delivery service on Saturday. More people with their jobs shortened, but in this day and age of the internet, it was bound to happen. It's nice to have the service if you need it but one less day won't affect me one way or the other. It means one needs to be organized and plan ahead a little bit.
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