Friday

A nice day, started off a bit cool, surprisingly cool for how hot it has been.  I went for a bike ride with the guys.  It was a good day to ride as there was no wind and it only started to warm right up while we were riding.  Larry and I made about 5 miles today, not sure about the other 3 guys, but they likely went quite a bit further.
  When I got back, Marg had left for water aerobics group.  They had a good turnout with 10 for splash & thrash, but she said the pool was too warm [over 90F] for her and although many of them liked it, I think Marg would have liked it a lot lower.  Just shows how hot it is here, the pool is solar heated.  I did a few repairs around the place while she was gone, nothing too serious.
  When she got back we had nachos for lunch.  She found some mango salsa again.  We had it in prior years, but couldn't find it at home when we got back to GP.  We may have to take a couple of jars of it back with us.  It makes for a great lunch when it is too hot too cook inside and the sun was already rapidly warming up the day.  We watched the news at lunch and it was full of the two young ladies/girls who died at one of the high schools in Glendale today. Pretty sad when young lives end prematurely; it turns out they were in a relationship that one wanted to end and it became a murder/suicide.

 Kenny & Doris stopped by shortly after, we had agreed to go to Glendale with them to Cabalas.  They have a gun library there where they buy & sell used guns and Kenny wanted to get an idea of what his model 1911 Colt .45 was worth.  I drove and we went right through the centre of Phoenix on the 202/I 10 and it was very busy, slow going through the city centre.  I think it might have been related to the shooting as several roads were closed off.  They took a long time evaluating his pistol and in the end gave him an offer.  He didn't accept it, wanting to see what his options are.  I personally think they gave him a bit of a low offer, however I am not familiar with how they determine values.  The approach they use is to evaluate it and establish a retail value against which they offer 65%.  Kenny also wanted to look at a couple of pistols: one a revolver they advertised and the other a .380 Kimber, but never picked one up.  An interesting process that gave both of us some interesting insights in the process.  Marg was the only successful one, picking up a pair of shorts.
  The way back was very busy

as well with a couple of collisions on the freeway to add to the confusion.  The area right downtown shown in the picture has  9 or 10 lanes of traffic  As usual, it got a lot better after we got through the area where the 101 exits on the 202 are in the Tempe/Scottsdale area.  After we got through there we stopped at Cracker Barrel for supper.  It is one of Kenny's favourites and we enjoy it as well.  We had a great waitress and the food was good.  There was one out in Glendale, but we elected to drive to the one in Mesa as it was closer to home and with the travel a better time to eat.
  When we got back to the park, it was time for the Animal races, so Marg made a pot of coffee and we headed down there.  Marg won 3 races, I won 4 of the 8 held.  It was a bit of a smaller crowd, but still good for a few laughs.  The elephant only won once and that's always good for a humorous time in the room.