Friday

It was a bit cool when we got up but by noon the sun was out and the temp was up in the high 70's.
  Got Jerry B to drive me to the Walmart on the trail this morning where I picked up a new bbq or grill as it is most often called here and a new propane tank. It was already assembled, so needed a truck to get it back here.  Now that we will have a shed at the park model we can store it here year round and I won't have to make do with the compact one that fits in the storage bin on the motorhome.  Just like anything in the park, everyone knew about it within 15 minutes of the transaction, LOL.  We had lots of offers to attend the inaugural use of it.  I just told everyone they and their steaks were always welcome.
    Marg went to splash and thrash this morning.  I guess they had a smaller group, 9 I believe, but still managed to get the pool well churned up.
  We went out to pay for the cable vision only to find out the bill was not due for another month.  Good thing we went in to the office as the bill was somewhat confusing about the time it was for and when the payment was due.  Speaking of bills, got the Aquatera bill in the mail today, $49 for the month, with zero water usage and zero sewer usage.  The only one of our utilities that does not offer a no payment required option while on vacation.
  After lunch Marg made up a pasta salad that included a bunch of stuff like: ham, cheese, broccoli,

etc. for the block party.  This is the third one this winter and everyone brings something as well as chairs and drinks.  It was well attended [there must have been more than 100 there] and there was lots of good food.  One fellow here makes all his contributions in a dutch oven and today made two with cobblers.  Let me tell you, they were great.  There is one more party scheduled, on Happy Hour lane, which will be our new address.
  In the evening, it was the animal races.  We had our share of wins tonight, we each had 4.  Well Marg usually wins lots, me not so much. We have developed some friendly rivalry about who wins and how often; that really adds to the fun. We do happy dances when we win to celebrate and generally have a good time.  There is a bit of a lull between betting and the race so they can calculate the payouts for each animal in case they win and during that time one of the organizers or sometimes the audience tell jokes.  It's a hoot!