Ah, at last there is a bit of sunshine for us. Now if it will last long enough to dry the lawn so we can mow it!

We were running errands this morning so took advantage of the time to stop and visit the Winnebago motor homes again. And they are all still where we found them several days ago. Now we will wait for some more models to arrive within the next few weeks to see how interested we are.

We are excited that all of the children and grandchildren will be with us for Easter, so we are busy making some preparations. With limited bedrooms, we will have bodies sleeping in everything from the guest bedroom to the motor home and the Westfalia. The next challenge is arranging the living room and dining room to seat 12. The last time we were all together was the Christmas season of 1999 when we met up at Keith's in Baltimore. And now that Brian and Sheila are living in Mt. Home, Idaho, we expect to see more of them and the boys.

Travelogue: After our week in Las Vegas and having avoided losing wads of money, we spent a hard day of driving to Mesa, Arizona where we met up with Daryl and Jan Ziemer, Glen and Nancy Reinbold, and Bobbie and Brian Ziemer - all from eastern Washington. The Resort is limited to the over-55 crowd, and Daryl and Jan have stayed there in previous years. It was all new to us. Bob and Sharon Jayne and Chuck and Janet Hafner caught up with us our second week there, and we were delighted to have Gary and Carolyn Ousey spend the week with us.

Many of the sites contained permanent park models which are short, one bedroom single-wide manufactured homes. And
interspersed among the park models were we RVers. There was everything from shuffleboard to ceramics available to fill one's time, and you could start with coffee at 6:30 in the morning. There were lots of rules and everyone was very nice, except the office staff that tended to be pretty short and demanding, but we don't think we are quite ready for that scene yet.

We found the Phoenix area to be very sprawling and quite congested with traffic. We stayed in Mesa, and it took us an hour to drive to Peoria to watch the Mariners practice. They had only been in town a matter of days, and not all the players were even there, but it was fun to see some of the players up close. I could have reached out and touched Bret Boone. Unfortunately, we left before the games began, but based on what I was hearing, I think many of the games were already sold out. So much for the image of a laid-back ball game while sitting on the grass.

Next blog: Mesa Market