Friday

The day was overcast, but still got very warm.  I think 80F was about as warm as it got.  It sprinkled a bit after supper, but nothing serious.  It's amazing to me how hot it can get when the sun wasn't hardly even out.   They are talking about rain on the weekend or maybe on Monday.  I would love to see what they call a gully washer & if we get a heavy rain you may see some pics.  The picture of us having lunch in the desert was in a dry wash & they tell me they get too deep to get across at times.
  Marg had a road trip today with the gamblin' gals, or her casino friends.  Anyway they went up to Fort MacDowell, but came home without making the big strike.  She said they had lots of laughs, except with the bingo results.  She was gone pretty much the entire day, but left me instructions on how to make my lunch.  You would think I never made a sandwich before, although it's nice to see she is concerned.  She sure left some nice rye bread.
  I went out for a bike ride, but still did not quite get to Idaho.  Nice morning for a ride.  Some of the guys in the park want me to join them, but they go 7 - 16 miles & I'm not there yet.  When I got back I went out and picked up new telephones.  We called Bill last night & we couldn't even carry on a conversation.  Seems the old phone had it.  Bought Marg a new flip phone, just got the old number transferred over, along with the minutes [they are pay as u go].  Got myself a phone too, but it's not a flip & it doesn't have a camera.  It's mainly to call her and ask what aisle she is in, so I bought the cheapest one they had - $9.88.  Then I had to add minutes to it, got a deal on 140 minutes for $19 & I'm all set.  The phone had a wall charger & 12v car charger included at that price.  Some stuff is a pretty good deal.
  I stopped for gas on the way back, boy has it gone up.  The price increase is about 23 cents per gallon since we got here in mid-December.  It was $3.17 per gallon today.  That was odd because they usually don't raise it until the day before I fill the motorhome.  I saw the dollar fell to 99 cents today, so we are getting a double whammy on the gas here.
  I played some pool this afternoon with a couple of guys from Saskatchewan & one from Michigan.
  When Marg got home we had brats for supper.  They were pretty darn good.

  Ron & Sue started up the animal races again, so we went to support them.  Marg won every race, me I won 1 or 2.  Who would think a Hippo or Camel would beat a Zebra?   Well she did, I guess.  One of her gamblin' pals won 5, but she held the record winning all 6.  It was lots of laughs and it got pretty raucous in the room.  There was a pretty good crowd  and I'm sure this will become a regular Friday evening event.