January 15th

  Another nice day.  While the sun shone brightly, it started out windy and it blew most of the day.  The morning was pleasant and by mid day it was nice and warm, shirt sleeve weather.
  The start of the day saw the young couple across finish packing up and pin on to their 5th wheel to go to California.  There was a small group around to lend a hand and to wish them well at the end of their 3 plus years in the park.  Things like inflating the tires on the trailer as the pressure had dropped to below what would be safe on the highway.  They were to go to coffee this AM, but I think that was a ruse so they could sneak away.  Marg gave Maranda a card this morning on her birthday, a few of us guided them out as they had to back their 42 ft trailer down our street and jockey it around the corner to get out.
  After we went for coffee and donuts.  There was a good turnout this morning, but no fritters in the donut selection, so we each chose one without icing.  It was pretty funny, our friends had a full table, but added chairs on the end to accommodate us.  Wasn't to sure what that was about, but I think it may have had something to do with a couple of them who were trying to mount a Dave for office in the elections for the tenants association.  I believe I have put that foolish notion to bed, thanks for the support, but not thanks.  Don't really have time for that.
  Just as I was getting ready to leave, Larry asked me a favour.  His bicycle was repaired and he needed to pick it up, but needed someone with a truck.  A quick trip down to the cycle shop and he was happy to be planning the ride for tomorrow morning.
  I left at 10AM going to Gerry C's to play golf at Encanto.  It takes about 40 minutes to get there without considering traffic.  With him not being here last winter, I used the GPS to make certain I had the right exits on the two freeways.  Got there in pretty good time, but ended up running pretty close on our tee time.  I think we only had about 5 minutes until our 11:15 time and the couple of guys we were paired with were already on the tee when we pulled up.  The course was in nice shape and it was my first time there this year.  It was mostly good, had a couple of difficult holes, but I was happy at the end, never lost a ball, so for me that's always good.
  Marg went over to the space emptied by the neighbours with Linda and they brought the wood bench to our place.  It will be great out back on the patio.  They had a bench out of what looks like logs and included it in the deal we made on the lattice work for our fence.  It needs stain, but that is easy to remedy.  Will post pics when she gets it spruced up.   It seems then that Linda had another couple interested in the step they left.  Most people have a wood step rather than relying on the rv steps when they are in one place for a long time.  They had no way to move it, so she backed the Rhino in and hauled it over to their site.  In the process she apparently got some offers to trade it for a golf cart, but we already have one of those.  In her day she walked around the park a couple of times and in the process Elmer gave her some oranges from his tree.  He advised she leave the leaves on the stem as the oranges get sweeter & stay fresher that way.  She had a visitor [who has their park model for sale] asking for a refresher on how to use her steamer and in the process asked if we are still interested in their trailer.  A couple years ago they had indicated they would be selling, but when we came back in spring, the had changed their mind.  Now this year they have it for sale and it includes an SUV.  It's a really nice place, but we're not interested now that we have this place, just wasn't meant to be.
  Marg went to happy and I guess there was a pretty good crowd tonight.  I can't say for sure as I never got back to the park until after it was over.  Play was slow today and as a result, traffic coming back home was really heavy.  I'm talking 5 lanes each way bumper to bumper that should be going 65 mph, but barely crawling and frequently stopped dead, making for over an hour travel time. 
   When I got back she had supper on the bbq.  Kind of funny as it was the first time she has used this bbq and it needed quite a bit of cleaning before use.  That and the electronic ignition is a little different, but she figured it out.  The end result was a nice supper of roasted potatoes/vegetables and chicken breasts.  The timing was about as good as you could get, good guess at my arrival time.