Canada Day and ...............

 No it's not July 1st already, but Sunday it was Canada Day at the park. It's the annual party for all Canadians who escape the winter and come to Palm Creek

    There's Tim Horton coffee, Red & White iced cupcakes, Loonie toss's, and other crazy Canuck games, trivia and name that tune. Everyone has a Canada tee shirt or something red on.
Monday Mary, Bev and I golfed at Fransico Grande, Tuesday we took Bev to the airport for her trip back home, then we went to Costco for a few items before heading back. Wednesday golf day again, Me at F.G. and Mary played in the park, even thou she claims to be no good, her team still came in first place, another few $$ on her card."what to buy?" 
Thursday Mary continued yoga, I have been walking a bit (small bit)  around the park. We did some grocery shopping and later played happy hour golf, [only $8.000 after 4:30 pm] just went 9 holes as it was quite warm. Friday the weather really warmed up, I went to the driving range with Brian, then in the afternoon, we lazed in the sun reading... and Mary played pickleball for a few hours.
Today our social calender is full, Neighbours have sold their place and a party is happening to see them off. As well we have the annual Jerry and Terry ~~ Sauerkraut and Brats / Beer and Margaritas party { 2 of our golf buddies throw a fun party}

   
The Scottie's was on all week, so what better way to enjoy an evening, then to light the fire and watch it outside on the laptop

 

Week # 7

Sunday Feb.14, St Valentines Day, stayed home and relaxed in the sunshine, Barbecued some nice steaks later on in the evening. 
Monday Feb 15~ Marys routine, yoga at 7:15AM Pickleball at 10AM /// Cliff : Men's golf at Palm Creek. (came in 2nd low net) now I have a whole $25 in prize money on my card, what to buy?
Tuesday Feb 16~ drove up to Phoenix, to pick Bev up. Stopped at Costco for a little shopping (steaks and wine) and I got a new pair of glasses. Bev (Favreau) is coming for a week of  fun in the sun.
Wednesday Feb 17. Mary and Bev golfed Palm Creek early, while I went to my usual guys golf at Francisco Grande. Did I mention that the temp was a record 91* F
Thursday Feb 18, the wind came up and a few clouds rolled in, but it was still nice and warm.- we stayed close to home. Mary and Bev went shopping.
Friday Feb 19 ~ went up to Chandler and played Bear Creek golf course. It is in a little better condition than some of the ones we have played locally, just a bit more greener lusher grass.

 After golf it was back to PC and happy hour down at a neighbours turned into happy hoursss, later it was just a snack as we happy houred thru dinner.
Saturday Feb 20 - the woodworking show and Quilt show are on in the park, as well as the monthly patio sales (garage sales) 
Headed out for a short road trip to Maricopa, a community west of us and south of Phoenix. We had never been there and Bev needed to see some more desert. I was surprised how big the place was, we toured the golf course (The Duke) looks like a good course, (have to keep it in mind for future). This was an area that John Wayne had a horse ranch thus the golf course name "The Duke"

 
Carrying on we drove to Chandler for lunch at Murphy's Law an Irish pub, then back to PC. Another great day in the desert.

Touring AZ

Well this week we put on a few miles: 

• Tuesday ~ 220 miles round trip
• Thursday ~ 176 miles round trip
• Friday ~ 80 miles round trip

Sunday was a quiet day, stayed in the park, laundry and relaxing. Monday Men's PC golf and Mary's yoga. Tuesday we hit the road with Chris and Brian, went to Tubac Az. It is a community that has a lot of artists and shops. They were having an Arts festival which we thought started on Tues. but we were one day early, which turned out OK as it was hot and pretty crowded. There were a lot of displays getting set up, we could tell that later on in the week it may have been a Zoo.

http://www.examiner.com/article/tubac-festival-of-the-arts-slated-for-february-10-14-2016

Back to our regular routine on Wednesday. Mary golfing with the Palm Creek Ladies and me at Francisco Grande with the guys, "did I mention that it was great to play in some above average temperatures.". Thursday another road trip and golf. We met Jim and Milena at Saddlebrook (just north of Tucson) for golf. Another fun day capped off with dinner (t~bone steak for $14 with all the trimmings) at Chaparral Canyon, a lonely deserted Biker Bar on the way home. 

Friday saw us attend our 2015 European River Cruise reunion (as we called it) Sylvia (from Pr. Geo) a friend we met on the cruise was in Mesa, so her and husband came down to Queens Creek (Jim and Milena's) for dinner. We had a fun time reminiscing over drinks and dinner about our River Cruise and where we should go next!!
Today, it may be time for some pool side tanning.

Wind, cool temps and sunshine

As I stated we were due for some unseasonal weather, it was sunny, but the wind blew and the early AM and PM temps were very cool.This coming week is finally going to get NICE  have a look ...

Monday Men's golf was not well attended due to the weather. I did manage to play a bit better, even getting the 2nd spot on the KP hole, however this week they only paid the 1st spot due to low attendance.  Mary didn't go to the 7:15am yoga as it was too cold for her to ride her bike up... Tuesday we drove up to the Queen Creek Olive Mill to look around. It was a factory setting where they produced olives and had most every imaginable Olive Oil concoction. We also had a few other stops planned and ended up at the Outlet mall by the Wildhorse Casino, where Mary managed to find a few bargains.

Wednesday golf had a cool start but did warm up. Mary continued with  few more pickleball games. This week at Palm Creek was cancer awareness,last nite was the hot air balloon festival, but again it was too windy to have the balloons go up, so they just fired the flames from the baskets, also had a silent auction ~~Mary bid on and won a Pampered Chef basket full of kitchen tools. Today being Saturday , we golfed in the Palm Creek Cancer tournament with Brian & Chris. We had an acceptable score but not enough to be in the prizes, BUT to no ones surprise Mary did squeek out another CLOSET to the PIN win, this one was 9' 6" and she got a gift certificate for dinner for 2 at a local Mexican restaurant.

that's it, with next week's good weather we are planning golf, swimming, suntanning, pickleball, yoga, bike riding, ~~~~yahoo