Sunday - Last day in AJ

The end of February already, how time flies. We will be leaving here tomorrow, we have really enjoyed our stay here, met some nice people. Just one of the down-falls of RVing, eventually there comes a time to move on. Rainy day today, so we will have more packing tomorrow. Kenny & Doris have asked about 3 times that we reserve this spot, next to them, for next year; nice people. Watched the Canadian Gold medal performance in hockey, what a great game. Shows how good the hockey can be when you take the violence out of it. Really funny - at the end of the game Marg started blowing the horn on the motorhome. LOL. It was a good olympiad for the Canucks, not that we are flag wavers, but makes you proud. Went out for chinese with Carol/Phil & Gerry/Deb and her daughter. After dinner it was ice cream social, so had a chance to say goodbye to lots of people. There was a gospel musical couple after ice cream. They are from Quebec and performed quite a few tunes. Surprised me, it was quite nice. Never did anything like that before.

Saturday

Wow - Go CANADA Go! The Proulx's spent the night again and we went to the parade in AJ to celebrate the start of Lost Dutchman Days & the rodeo. It was 3 hours long.

Weather was a bit cooler, but a nice day. Guys went shopping, girls went shopping, they came back with more bags, LOL. Richard & I went to the In & Out, a burger joint, it was pretty good. After we got back Dave & Cathy Trout showed up and we all watched the Canadian curling team win GOLD over a few beers! Trouts just got back from a trip to Viet Nam and drove in to AJ this PM. The record level of Canadian medals is certainly a topic around here. A lot of these yanks just don't understand curling, so will be more interested with the mens hockey tomorrow. After the game, the six of us went to dinner after which the others left for their places. Seems so quiet around here. LOL Well tomorrow we will start packing up and leave for Surprise on Monday.

Fri day

Still a nice day, but a little cooler today. We went over to the flea market and gave Richard & Evelyn their first look at the grand market. They managed to pick up a few things, including new luggage. I exchanged some pocket books. Richard & I got some hats & a mirror for the golf cart. Evelyn got a cowgirl hat and some other stuff she really needed. After that we had lunch at Chili's and it was very good. The portions were so large that we were all swearing off food. LOL. The afternoon we went for a bit of a drive & found some areas we have not seen before, then stopped at Phil & Carols. The girls each picked a bag of oranges off the neighbours tree, and they were yummy. Went to the big liquor store where I sampled scotch. They charged me 10 cents for 4 drinks and they were all Glenmorangie single malt - life is good. The rest had honey flavoured bourbon and said it was good. At the check out Richard was gazing around and in the process goosing the guy ahead in line with his shopping cart - too funny! Managed to get some more good deals on spirits. When we returned we tried out the outside TV connection and watched Sweden best Canada for the gold in curling over a few beers. Off to the Village Inn for dinner.

Feb 25th

Well last night we went to sky harbour and picked up Richard & Evelyn. The flight was on time but as usual luggage slow. Thanks to Barbie in the GPS we got to their place about 11:30 and barely had time for a few beers. Nice place they are staying at and they seem to have everything at their disposal. In the morning stopped at the 5&Diner for b'fast and then on to the 101/202 back to AJ and Carefree. Walked around the park and Richard & Evelyn got to meet some of the neighbours and see the general layout. Managed to make it out to Tortilla Flats where we had a beer & dog in the warm Az sun. Richard thought the road was a little windy - it would give a snake a back ache, LOL. He drove through the little river that crosses the highway and got lots of looks from the tourists. Sat with some people from Camrose who knew people we knew. On the way back we stopped at Goldfield and again Evelyn ran in to someone from the Falher area, small world. Snooped around the old ghost town and picked up a few postcards. Supper last night was the chinese buffet where we have been before. Few drinks and some cards then the Proulx's stayed over on the hide-a-bed. The weather has warmed up a bit, I think we were about 72F, so shorts were the dress of the day.

Feb 22nd

Wet & cool again today. I think it got up to about 55F, better warm up tomorrow as the Proulxs will be here and won't believe we come here for the heat, LOL. Went to the optical this AM, 8th trip with the new glasses. They took them back and gave me a credit, glad to see the end of that. Not sure what went wrong, but Margs were perfect, mine were perfectly awful. Marg made a nice tomato soup for lunch and it really hit the spot. Played pool after lunch. Had to endure the yanks making fun at my expense about their hockey team win over us last night. I asked them about the womens curling and their reply was - what is that game anyway, can't understand how it works. So then I told them to just wait, the womens hockey team would give them a lesson. Their reply - its hard to tell the guys from the women, they thought we had some guys in drag. So all that was left was to beat them at pool. On Wednesday we pick up the Proulxs and drive them to Surprise, so will probably over-night at their place. Stay tuned. ;>)

Feb 21st

Well all you canucks can feel better about your weather today, ours was not good here. It rained and was cool, I think the high was probably 58 or 59. So what to do on a rain, well we went to the super liquor store in Chandler. That is the one that claims to offer 1,000 different beer brands. Bought a new scotch, called Battle Hill, its quite nice. Also got quite a bit of other stuff. Get this a 1.75litre Crown Royal for $32. Marg picked some nice wines and some other stuff. They were out of slivovits, sold out, can you believe it. Soem beer as well, they had a nice micro brewery pac with some of the beer I had at Four Peaks a couple of weeks back. Had lunch at the open air mall where the liquor superstore is. Oh yeh, there is a Dillards there, so Marg checked it out. Then we did something we have never done, went to a matinee at the movies. Saw Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness. Pretty good show. After it was too late to make dinner so we went out to IHop. With pancake week, they offer all you can eat pancakes all week. They make the best pancakes. Then when we got back we stopped in at Clyde & Ann's to wish them well as they are leaving in the morning.

Saturday

Cool & rainy today, so we planned to lounge around and have a lazy day. That was not to be. Carol Canuel & her friend were at our door about 9:00AM, apparently they thought the patio sale was today. Had to have them wait outside so we could change out of our pj's. Then Gerry, Debbie & her mother & daughter showed up for the same reason. Went to Ron & Sue's as she knew of where there was a big sale and they were still in bed at 9:30. We laughed as we both had the same plan to lay in today. Anyway after coffee, we sent them off to the patio sale sue recommended. Oh yeh, the baby blanket Marg won yesterday; Debs daughter is expecting, so gave it to her; too late if any of you were considering how to get it, Hah! I played pool after lunch. Played with Pat from Saskatchewan, Elroy from BC & Luther from Minnesota, good bunch. Marg went out for a few groceries and somewhere along the way stopped in for a pedicure where they talked her into a manicure as well. This was a first for her, first pedicure in 61 years, about time I would say, LOL. Nice nails dear!