Thursday AM

Trying to catch up on the blog today.  We are getting into the retirement mentality slowly but surely.

Tuesday was a busy day.  I started by throwing horseshoes with "the boys" while Lela did laundry then came to the sidelines as my cheerleader.

My partner was Gary.  He was worse than I was.  Teams are drawn at random.  Some of these guys are really pretty good. We won one and lost two.

After that our neighbors asked us to go walking in the desert, so we became trailblazers.  Not always the best thing to do in the desert, but were still close to the RV Park.  The weather was perfect.  Actually, we haven't seen a cloud for about three days. 

We ran across a Javelina, dead, on the trail.  If it had been alive, I guess it would have been a lot more exciting.

There are a lot of Saguaro Cactus all around us.  They are facinating to see.  The info on them says it takes 100 years for them to make one arm.

After our walk I took Lela to Paul Jr. house and I went to play golf (9 holes) on the course where "the boys" play on Wednesday.  I thought if I got a look at the course before I played with them, I would at least know the lay of the land.  I played VERY well that day (2 over). It did not translate into a good score on Wednesday.

Then it was back to the park where we grilled some chicken and watched TV for the evening.

Wednesday, I went to the golf course with "the boys".  The course borders the subdivision where Paul lives. Once again the teams are chosen by random lot.  I was paired with two guys who were much older than me and not "real" golfers.  The format is a scramble, but everyone has to count at least five drives from the tee.  These guys could only hit it about 175 yards so I was hitting most of our second shots from 200 yards or more.  Needless to say, we didn't win anything.  I hope to be paired with some better players next week.  The best part of my day was stopping at the River Bend for a couple beers after the game.  That is quite a place (if you like women with tattoos).  It is a real honkey-tonk.

This morning it was horseshoes again.  Partners were chosen by lot again.  I got the same partner from last Tuesday.  We lost all three matches today.

Today and the next few days are flirting with record temperatures for Phoenix.  92 today and 91 tomorrow.  I think we are going to try a day trip somewhere today, but we haven't decided where.

Here's a road sign that you won't see in Missouri.