Sunday

A really nice day in the valley of the sun, I think it was about 80F. We slept in a bit and then I went for a bike ride before the sun got too intense. The temp is supposed to be in the 80 area for the coming week. Marg ran a few errands then we went out for a while. Stopped at Fry's for petrol and got 20 cents a gallon off on Marg's loyalty card. Gas was $3.83, but $3.63 after the discount. I think it has gone up the better part of a buck since we got here. Still holding off on fueling the motorhome, I want to wait until it peaks. Arghhhh! I guess I'll just have to make it up some other way, like cheap beer, LOL. Went for a drive out to Gold Canyon to see a golf course & restaraunt, nice place. The tee times there are priced by the time of day and demand. They range from $189 down to $66 & can run from one end to the other within 20 minutes. There was an old movie studio just up the road from the course, but it mainly burned to the ground. Some old b&w shows were shot there, the most well known was probably the Rifleman TV series with Chuck Connors. A couple of John Wayne movies were shot in this area as well. Gold Canyon was having an arts festival and we stopped in to have a look. We've been thinking that it might be nice to have some southwestern art. There have been lots of people leave the park and new ones come in. The aren't any vacancies in the park, but lots of people have made travel plans for the end of winter. There have been quite a few people spending their first winter down here and they are moving around to other areas, much like we did in our first year. Hard to believe we have been doing this for 4 years now. Ice cream social tonight, the last one will be next Sunday. Just another example of the end of the winter season. Anyway we offered the usual: sundaes, banana splits, root beer floats & cake & had a pretty good turnout, about 70 I believe. Next week it will be free to all the residents, something we do every year.