Yes, after a short hiatus we're back writing about our great adventures. To be honest, I've been so busy that I have not had any time in the past 5 days to Blog. The pictures are going to tell the story, but let me give you a quick run down of what we have been up to since our last blog entry.
February 28th we said farewell to Tucson. 6 weeks of southern Arizona adventure seemed to skip by. We had a great time but it was time to load up the 4Runner and head north to Mesa where we spent a fun filled 4 days with Mike and Darlene at their hacienda at Mesa Regal RV Resort.
We arrived at Mesa Regal in time to catch the 3rd period (and overtime) of the Canada vs USA gold medal game. When Sid the Kid scored the OT winner the RV resort erupted in cheering. I ran out of the house and into the lane. It was like New Year's Eve. You could hear hooting and hollering coming form all over the park. Of course not everyone was cheering, but the Canadian sure were. Btw: there are about 2,600 sites and approximately 5,000 people at Mesa Regal at any given time. Gives you the scale of what I am referring too.
Monday, March 1st - 0830 Coffee with the boys at McDonalds. A regular thing on any weekday. Lots of good natured banter about the Gold Medal game and other stuff. Visited an orange grove. Picked up a bag of "fresh" oranges. Orange juice from fresh oranges can't be beat! Some pool time in afternoon at the small pool. Barry and Mike played tennis for an hour before dinner. There are 5 tennis courts at the resort. We got to use a ball machine so we could practice our returns. Great fun! Barry and Mike capped the day with a game of pool at the "pool hall in the RV Resort". This pool hall has about 24 tables.
Tuesday, March 2nd - Visit to Old Town Scottsdale in the morning and for lunch. Barry and Mike went to Jobing.com arena in Glendale to watch the Phoenix Coyotes vs St Louis Blues. This was an "experience". First of all, unlike going to a hockey game in Vancouver, or anywhere else for that matter, you get to the "theme park" early, like 4:00. 3 hours early. You don't pay for parking. The theme park or entertainment centre that surrounds the arena included many fine restaurants, stores, places to hang out, water fountains, a theatre complex, a couple of hotels.... We walked around and took in the sights. We shopped at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville store and then eat at the Margaritaville Restaurant. Then we went to the Jobing.com arena. Mike had obtained a couple of discounted tickets ($25 each) off the internet that got us into the arena and into the lower bowl section. We didn't like the seats we had so we moved and settled for a couple on the Blue line just high enough so we could see game without having the glass obstruct our view. There were so many empty seats we didn't know which ones to take. We thought that there were about 5,000 at the game. This for a team ahead of the Canucks in the standings. It was very sad. The game was good, but not great, and the home team lost. Too bad, I guess.
Wednesday, March 3rd: Darlene and Dana had the morning together to visit. Mike attended a jewellery making workshop at the resort. Barry went to the big lap pool and did a few laps.
Dana and Barry head for Peoria at about 10:30 to take in the Cactus League (spring training) home opener for the Seattle Mariners. The M's played the SF Giants. The park where the M's play is fabulous. It holds around 5,000. Most seats were filled. Beautiful sunshine, Temperature around 77F. Back at the resort for dinner with Mike and Darlene. Another terrific dinner served up (thanks Darlene! Mike too.....)
Thursday, March 4th (today) - Back on the road. Separate Blog entry for this day..... Sedona and the Grand Canyon...
Gold Medal for Team Canada! As close as we got to the actual game. We will all remember this day for a very, very long time!
Dana with Bronze Pig statue in Old Town Scottsdale.
Jobing.com arena in Glendale, Az.
Entertainment centre that surrounds Jobing.com arena. In picture is Margaritaville restaurant, fountains and billboards.
Stadium in Glendale where the Arizona Cardinals play football. The grass in the picture is the playing field. It is one piece of grass that is rolled into the stadium when they need it. Otherwise it stays outside in the sun and rain (when it does rain....)
Seattle Mariner's home opener at Mariner's facility in Peoria, Az
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