March 2nd

  Didn't do a blog yesterday, but I pretty much worked at putting down the sub floor in the park model.  It seems there is no shortage of repair work up there.  Kenny spent the day with me and we had lots of laughs while doing it. 
  Marg made grilled sandwiches and brought them and Doris down for lunch, so we had our first lunch in the unit.  Lots of visitors on a regular basis, kind of lost count on them now.  Marg did laundry then cleaned the motorhome.  It seems there is always dust on stuff here, that's the main reason we are replacing the carpet with laminate flooring.  Anyway she had the motorhome all spic and span by the time I got back to it.
  Finished up early and I showered in the park model before leaving.  It's nice to have a regular tub and shower again.  By that time Marg showed up looking for me, so we walked back to the m'home together.  Saw some people who just arrived, seems they were late getting away from N Carolina.  Had to stop and chat with 2 or 3 people on the way back.  Well it is the far end of the park and the m'home is in the middle.
  Barely got back and had a shave and Kenny was here to pick us up.  It was Ron & Mary's last night in the park as they were leaving to a couple of Monaco rally's in Tennessee & Florida.  Quite a few manufacturers do this.  Marg & Doris had planned a farewell dinner with them at Zer Kate, a nice German restaurant we have gone to in prior years.  It was Hanner's first time there and they were suitably impressed.  The food was great, as usual and they serve only German beer and it was great as well.  Funny part was, both the other couples have German heritage and it was us non-Germans who found the restaurant and introduced them to it.  We had lots of laughs, they are good company.
   While we were at dinner, the long forecast rains came.  For the last week, it was the highlight of the weather forecast and it had been 70 days since the last one.  Rain does fall in the desert, although not the much.  When it comes it usually ponds and takes a long time to sink in, so can be quite disruptive.  Last night there was about 1.8 inches and at times it just poured with a small river running down our street.  Something was under the slide in the middle of the night and we think it might have been a coyote or two.  You really don't just go charging out in the dark in Az, especially in a downpour.  It was quite a storm, even had a tornado touch down in Mesa, probably 15 miles from here.
  Sunday was a nice day, although cloudy & saw me back on the tools.  Marg made omelets for lunch, so had a nice break.  The problem was that walking back to the park model, too many chances to chat.  How bad is that?  Well Marg cleaned up and did dishes and caught up with me about 4 units down the road.  LOL
  Kenny showed up right after church, without changing clothes, but stayed around and helped with holding and planning anyway.  Got the sub floor finished anyway.  The parts that took the most time were the small ones, like the walk-in closet and pulling out the fridge & range to do those areas as well as cutting the holes for the AC vents.  The ladies were there in time to do all the clean up, so now it's on to the next phase.
  Supper was bbq at the m'home.