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| Drive-by Car Show, Yuma |
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| Apache Wells Car Show |
March
was a month of car shows, visiting, and parties. The month started off with us traveling to Yuma to visit Jim and
Linda Newton, whom I worked with at ODFW for many years. They got several other ODFW retirees
together for a great dinner and reminiscing.
While there one of the activities was a drive-by car show. We got to our prime spot on a corner and
watched all the oldies go by, and the classic cars too. The other car show we attended was right here at Apache Wells. They have a classic car show every year at the club house parking lot where you can examin the cars up close and personal.
As
soon as we got back from that, daughter Jeanette flew in for a six-day
visit. We had traveled around showing
her the Arizona sites on previous visits, so this one was hers just to sit
around and soak up the sun. While she
was here I went to a showing at the Mesa Arts Center of “Polar Exploration”. Some of the feats were just amazing like circumnavigating
the Artic sea in a catamaran and getting married at the North Pole.
The
day she left, a huge weather front was coming and the managers were setting up
for our Farewell Party the next day. To
say the least, the canopies were no match for the wind and had to be taken down
and put up the next day. The party,
however, was another great success with the new managers.
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| McNasty Brothers and our ladies, Mining Camp Restaurant |
A new activity for me this month was being one of the chauffeurs for
55 ladies for their “Secret Luncheon”.
No one knows where it’s going to be except the chauffeurs and the
organizers, (one of which was Molly).
This year is was at the Mining Camp Restaurant in Apache Junction that
included entertainment by the McNasty Brothers.
Everybody had a great time including us chauffeurs.
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| Herman at Green Valley, AZ |
The other visitation we made this month was a trip down to see Nancy
and Herman Ford in Green Valley. We
stayed for a couple nights and made a quick trip down to Tubac. On the way back we stopped for another night
to visit Nada and Dorsey Hensley in Saddlebrook north of Tucson. Their new dog, Bailey, is much more
disciplined than Cody was. Of course on
the way down and back Molly and I did quite a bit of Letterboxing and found 36
boxes putting us at 700 found.
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| Virgil Moyer's Memorial Fly-by |
The only play we went to this month was “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Mesa Art
Center. To say the least, it was
amazing. A memorial for a friend here
in the park held at the Arizona Wing Commutative Museum at Falcon Field. Virgil Moyer was one of the pilots of the B-17,
Sentimental Journey. The tribute was
very moving and included a fly-by of the B-17, B-26, and SNJ fighter.
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| Easter Brunch with friends |
We finished the month with an Easter Brunch in the late morning and then a
desert party in the early evening. The
weather has turned the corner and was just wonderful for the parties. We have gotten to know many new friends this year and the parties are never ending.
