Thursday

  Well a remarkable day, Marg got up early and went to coffee & donuts in the rec center with me.  There were no real surprises, but it was the last day for nominations for any of the executive positions in the tenants association in the park, so we wanted to see if there would be any.  The incumbents were all acclaimed for another term, so it was anti-climatic.
  My gout was acting up, so I wasn't keen on walking around and just sat and visited with people.  Almyra showed us the little plants growing off of her century plant and offered one for our new place.  It's the plant I put a pic of on here yesterday.  We also learned the spike could grow as tall as 26 feet, so will likely be awhile before it flowers.  Then Marg went down to see the Ralph & Lorraine, who told her their plans would see them leaving on Monday and giving us keys to the park model on Sunday after her sister leaves.  I guess her sister said not to worry about the condition of the place as Lorraine was the fussiest housekeeper she knew.  From our two visits to the place we were of the impression that they looked after things they owned very well.
  Marg went to splash & thrash again, so that took in the balance of the morning.  She was so busy she almost missed it.

  We had lunch plans and went out with Blanke's & Hanner's to Garcia's in Mesa.  We all rode in Kenny's vehicle, so Marg thought she should get a picture of the view from the last seat.

  The restaurant is Mexican and the décor was pretty neat.  The food was great.  I had a burrito & tostado combination that came with Spanish rice and refried beans. 
Marg had a chimichanga dish.

The girls went all out having Margaritas with their lunch.  I must say Marg was surprised at the size of them and I hear they were yummy!

Then it was off to pick up Kenny's guitar.  He bought a Martin & had always wanted one, so took it in for new strings and some adjustments.  I imagine he is pickin' as we are doing this.  On the way back we came by the Johnson Ranch area that has a water feature at the rear of the homes and everyone has either a pontoon boat or a smaller paddle boat tied up at their rear fence.  Pretty neat for a place in the desert.

  After it was home for a light and quite late supper.  We don't usually eat a lunch as large as we did today, so were not very hungry even when we did eat.  Well we did have apple pie & ice cream, as we were the only ones who never had dessert at lunch.