Warming Up In Pahrump

Hello again. Our last chapter concluded on Sunday, May 8^th, Mothers Day. We are on our lot at the SKP Co-op RV park in Pahrump, our home base, and will probably be here for a while. Right now we have no firm plans for travel this summer except for a short cruise out of Los Angeles in late June.

Monday, May 9^th, we left the coach about 11:00, picked up our friend Millie, and drove to the El Jefe Mexican restaurant for the monthly “dine-out” with the Escapees Club Chapter, Lucky Rollers. While most of the active members of the Lucky Rollers live in the SKP Co-op park, it is only necessary to be a member of the Escapees Club to be a member of the Lucky Rollers. The Chapter represents Escapees for the entire State of Nevada. We had a couple dozen people at the dine-out and it was a lot of fun, and the food was great. After the dine-out we went back to the coach for a while. About 3:30 we went out again and I dropped Jackie off at the hairdresser so she could get a haircut and also get her new wig thinned out a little. While she was doing that I did a mail run. When I was done I picked her up and we went back to the coach. Jackie was happy with her haircut and now has a place in Pahrump to get her hair cuts. Up to this point we always had to drive into Las Vegas because she didn't have anyone up here that she liked. We spent the rest of the evening in the coach.

Tuesday, May 10^th, Jackie went to a 10:00 meeting with some people from the clubhouse group because she will be in charge of the ice cream freezer and the cookie jar for a few weeks while some of the other women are out of town. At 10:30 she left in the car and drove to the dentist to get her teeth cleaned. I did some office work while she was gone. She got back around noon and we spent the rest of the day working around the house. The wind was still blowing, but not nearly as strong as over the weekend. We went to the clubhouse at 4:00 for happy hour with the group, then went home and had dinner. After dinner we spent the night watching TV. Wednesday was basically a stay at home day. I did some chores and worked on some RV repair projects. I did go out to Home Depot for some parts, but other than that I was home all day. Jackie went to the clubhouse at 1:00 for Pokeno with her friends. We went to the 4:00 happy hour, then had dinner and watched TV until it was time for bed.

Thursday, May 12^th, I went over to the clubhouse a little after noon and got set up to do the Zoom broadcast for a monthly meeting of the Silver Seekers group. The meeting started at 1:00 and by 1:30 it was done and I cleaned up all the equipment and we went back to the coach. We left then and did a Walmart run. After Walmart we went home and put everything away. About 4:00 I left and drove to the dentist while Jackie went to the clubhouse for happy hour. The dentist put in my new permanent crown and got everything properly fitted. This is the last of my dental work now until my next cleaning appointment in the Fall. After the dentist I went home and we had dinner, then relaxed with the TV until bedtime. Friday I was out of the coach by 8:30, headed to the Sheriff's Office for my weekly training session for the Peace Officers Advisory Review Board. Today's training was on the custody operations for the Sheriff's Office. The structure of the jail command, what types of employees they have, and how the jails are operated.

Nye County has a large (230 nominal population) jail in Pahrump, built in 2017, and a smaller jail dating back to the 90's in Tonopah that holds around 75. Currently the Tonopah jail is used as a holding facility for arrests in the North County and for female inmates. The County also has a contract with the Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) to old ICE detainees up to a maximum of 100. This is a substantial source of income for the Sheriff's Office and currently funds 30 detention deputies. The jail staff is a mix of civilian civilian Detention Technicians, Detention Deputies, who are “Peace Officers” by state law, but undergo a lesser level of training than Sheriff's Deputies, and regular Sheriff's Deputies. After about 90 minutes of classroom instruction the training sergeant took us on a tour of the Pahrump jail. I found it to be a well thought out design for a small jail. After the tour we were done for the day, about an hour earlier than normal. I went back to the park and we went out to Mom's Cafe for a late lunch, then ran some errands. After our errands we went back to the park. At 5:30 we went over to the clubhouse for the monthly bingo session. Neither of us won anything in bingo, but we had fun. After bingo we went back to the coach and relaxed for the rest of the evening.

Saturday, May 14^th, we went out about 1:00 for a late lunch at Johnny's, one of the Mexican places in town. After lunch we picked up our mail and did a quick run into Albertson's for some things that Walmart didn't have the other day. After our errands we went back to the coach and relaxed for a while. About 5:00 we left and headed to the Elks Lodge for karaoke. To our surprise, when we got there we learned that karaoke had been canceled for tonight. We sat at the bar and gamed for hour, then headed back to the coach. Worked out OK because Jackie hit a jackpot and cashed out $50! After we got home we spent the rest of the night with the TV.

Sunday, May 15^th, Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife, Jackie. Today was a stay at home day. We went over to the clubhouse at 2:00 for root beer floats, but other than that we just relaxed around the house and did a few chores. Today was also the full moon along with a full lunar eclipse. About 8:00, after the sun went down, we went over to one of the small parks here at the RV park for a “moon watching” party with some of the other residents. Unfortunately, there was cloud cover and we missed both the moon rise and the beginnings of the eclipse. By the time the clouds cleared enough to see it, the moon was in full eclipse and starting to come out. At least we got to see it in it's “blood moon” phase. We had about ten people at the little gathering and we still had a good time sitting out there in the cool evening and chatting. After we got back to the coach we watched some TV and then went to bed. Monday was a shopping day. We left the coach about 9:30 and headed over the hill to Las Vegas. We first stopped at one of the shopping centers in the Southwest part of the valley and visited Kohls, Ross, and Big Lots where we bought a few odds and ends. We are sort of shopping for stuff for our upcoming cruises, but we didn't actually get much in the way of clothes. We went to the In n Out in the same center for lunch, then drove to Costco for some serious food shopping. We were running low on a lot of meat and meal stuff, so we spent a bunch. After Costco we went back over the hill and unloaded everything at the coach. We went to the happy hour at the clubhouse, then back home where we relaxed in the coach for the rest of the night.

Tuesday, May 17^th, we left the coach about 1:00 and went into town to do our laundry. We were done about 3:00, after which we made a stop at the UPS store to pick up mail, then head back to the RV park. We went to the 4:00 happy hour at the clubhouse and after happy hour went home and had dinner. We spent the rest of the night with the TV. Wednesday I left the RV park by myself about 10:30 and headed back over the hill to Las Vegas again. I had an appointment at the ophthalmologist to be tested to qualify for upper eye lid surgery. The doctor had recommended I consider the surgery last year and again this year during my checkup. I never gave it too much thought but I now notice that my lids are very droopy and interfere with my vision. They gave me a test that checked my field of vision twice, once with normal facial expression, and then a second time with the upper eyelid taped up. According to the doctor it was a no brainer that I would be approved for the surgery. Medicare requires these tests and prior approval before they will pay for the procedure. I am now tentatively scheduled to have the surgery on August 9^th. I also stopped at a couple of stores while I was in Vegas and made it back over the hill just in time to go to happy hour at the clubhouse. After happy hour we had dinner and then relaxed with the TV the rest of the evening.

Thursday, May 19^th, we left the park about 12:30 and went out to lunch at the Artisan Cellars winery for lunch. They don't have a huge food menu, but what they do have is really good. We had a nice lunch and shared a bottle of nice wine. After lunch we went to pick up mail and then did a Walmart run for a few things before going home. About 3:00 the guy we hired to wash the motor home arrived and spent an hour cleaning the outside of the motorhome. At 4:00 we went to happy hour then came home, had dinner and spent the rest of the evening watching TV. Friday I left at 8:30 for another session of training at the Sheriff's Office. Today the Undersheriff was the instructor again and talked about the Records section of the department, as well as the laws and policies regarding official records. After the coffee break he had another introductory session covering the detective division. We got finished about noon so I stopped for lunch then went home. I spent an hour or so washing and putting up our old outside window shades on the motor home. It appears that we will be staying in Pahrump for most, if not all, of the summer because of the cost of travel right now as well as the fact that we really don't want to go to California at all. Since it will be getting really hot soon, I dug out the old outside shades, which we stopped using when we had the inside ones installed a couple of years ago. They will help keep the inside of the coach dark and cooler when the real summer heat hits. After that I did some inside chores and office work, then relaxed the rest of the day.

Saturday, May 21^st, we left the park about 11:30 and drove to the Saddle West Casino to visit the Home Show that was being held in the ballroom. It was a decent sized gathering of business around Pahrump that something to do with home improvement or maintenance. We picked up some good information and free goodies but missed out on the door prize drawings. After the show visit we drove to the VFW post near our RV park for a veterans tribute rib dinner, but when we got there learned they were out of ribs. We then went to the Mountain Falls Country Club restaurant for lunch. It was a nice day so we were able to eat at a table on the patio overlooking the golf course. We both commented that it didn't look like we were eating in Pahrump, more like Palm Desert, near where we used to live. After lunch we went home and relaxed for a bit. A little before 5:00 we left again and drove to the Elks for karaoke. They had canceled last week without notice, but he was there tonight, so we got some drinks and enjoyed the show. Our friends Len and Debbie came tonight, the first time we have seen them in about three weeks. I got to do three or four songs and had a good time. We were done a little before 9:00, then drove home and watched a little TV before going to bed.

Sunday, May 22^nd, was a stay at home day. I did a few chores around the coach and we went over to the clubhouse about 2:00 for root beer floats. Today I did have my first tour of duty as part of the Security Committee of the park. Members of the committee are assigned by the chair of the committee and usually do three or four nights per month. The security person goes out about 8:00 at night and does a tour of the property, checking on all the Co-op buildings and making sure they are locked up properly. They also do a full sweep of all the streets, looking for water leaks, burned out lighting, and anything else that looks out of place. The final step is locking up the clubhouse at 9:00 and making sure it is secure. Members of the Co-op are allowed to be in the clubhouse after 9:00 and there are combination locks on a couple of the doors for that purpose, but it is rare that anyone actually does go in after 9:00. Because today was my first tour I went out tonight with our friend Linda Sullivan, who has been around for a number of years. The whole process took about an hour, after which I went back in the coach and relaxed with the TV until bedtime.

Monday, May 23^rd, we left the park about 10:45, with Millie in the car, and drove to the China Wok buffet for another of our MASA luncheons. MASA is basically medical transport insurance, which we bought into in 2007. We have a lifetime membership, but existing members are still invited to the sales presentations. Makes for a free lunch several times a year. After the meeting and lunch we went to Walmart for some supplies and picked up mail before heading back to the park. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in the coach. I did go out at 8:00 for an hour of my security patrol, on my own tonight. Tuesday was a stay at home day. Did a couple of chores around the coach and spent some time in the music room with my guitar. We did happy hour in the clubhouse at 4:00 and I went out at 8:00 for my last “tour of duty” this month on security. After I got back a little after 9:00 we spent the remainder of the night with the TV.

Wednesday, May 25^th, we had another stay at home day. Jackie went to the clubhouse at 1:00 for her Pokeno group while I stayed home and did some chores and practiced guitar. After dinner we watched TV and then went to bed. Thursday we left the coach about noon and went to Denny's for lunch. After lunch we picked up mail and did a quick Walmart run. At 2:00 we went to the nail salon where Jackie got a pedi and I got my toe nails trimmed. After our chores we went back to the park. We did happy hour with the clubhouse group, then went home for dinner and watched TV until bedtime.

Friday, May 27^th, I was out of the coach by 8:30 and headed to the Sheriff's Office for more training. Today the lecture was on the county ordinances that created and regulate the Peace Officers Advisory Review Board. The lecture was supposed to be given by the County Manager, but he got tied up with something and the Undersheriff had to sub in for him. We also had the Sheriff in the class for most of the session giving her perspective on the POARB. The session was out about noon, a little early, after which I stopped and picked up mail, stopped for a quick lunch, then went back to the coach. We went out about 1:00 to do a casino visit for some gaming and went to the Pahrump Nugget. Neither of us did well, losing or $40 stakes in an hour or so. After that we went back home and stayed in the rest of the afternoon except for going to the clubhouse for happy hour. After cocktails we went home, made dinner and watched TV until it was time for bed. Saturday was pretty typical, we left about 1:00 for a late lunch at the Pour House, a place that primarily serves Indian food, but also has great pizza. Jackie usually gets a lamb dish and I get a pizza. We had a great meal after which we picked up mail and then drove back home. We relaxed for a while before heading out about 5:00 to the Elks Lodge for karaoke. It was a big crowd, including our friends Len and Debbie. I learned that one reason for the increased crowd, most of whom were familiar to me, was that the Moose Lodge was no longer doing Saturday karaoke. Everyone got three songs in for evening. Jackie spent most of the night at the bar playing poker. After karaoke we went back home and watched TV until it was time to go to bed.

Sunday, May 29^th, we left the coach after lunch and went into town to run some errands. We went to Home Depot first, mainly to scout small air conditioner units and ceiling fans. We got approval from the Co-op to put an A/C in the storage shed as well as a ceiling fan in the enclosed patio area. We wanted to get an idea of what the retail costs would be so we can do some shopping. After Home Depot we did a Walmart run, then headed back home. We put away our stuff and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in the coach. We did some pork chops and corn on the cob on the BBQ for dinner, then watched TV until bedtime.

We are now about three weeks into this episode and it is time to get it published. Until next time, ponder the words of actress Mae West. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” See ya soon.

More Spring Adventures in Pahrump

 Welcome back. Our last chapter concluded on Easter Sunday, April 17th, while we were at our spot in the SKP park in Pahrump. Monday my brother Ken and his wife Susan came over about 10:30, picked us up, and the four of us went to Las Vegas to visit with one of our other brothers, Russ and his wife Zen. Russ has lived in Las Vegas since the mid-80's and works as a supervisor at the Golden Nugget Casino in downtown Vegas. Zen cooked a fabulous lunch and we all ate our fill. We all sat and talked and caught up until about 4:00 when we left and headed back over the hill to Pahrump. Ken and Susan dropped us off about 5:30 and went back to their coach up at the Wine Ridge RV Resort. We changed clothes, fixed a cocktail and just relaxed with the TV the rest of the evening.

Tuesday, April 19th, we left the coach a little after 1:00 and headed to our dermatologist's office. I try to go at least every six months for a “body check” since I have a history of skin cancers. Over the years I have had all three of the most common skin cancer types removed. Jackie also goes because she has occasional small items of concern on her skin. Today I was mainly concerned with my eczema, an issue I have dealt with on and off all of my life. The doctor told me my skin was exceedingly dry and I needed to moisturize it. He gave me a prescription for the eczema break-out on my legs, and recommended a good moisturizing cream. For the first time in a long time he didn't find any other issues on my skin and I didn't even get sprayed with the liquid nitrogen. Jackie had two little lesions that he sprayed. After the doctor we went to Walmart for some supplies and then stopped at Walgreens to pick up my prescription. We also stopped at the bank so Jackie could get some nickels for the games she plays at the clubhouse. After our errands we went back to the coach and relaxed until 4:00 happy hour at the clubhouse. After happy hour we went home and spent the rest of the evening with the TV.

Wednesday, April 20th, we had a stay at home day. About 11:30 we went over to the clubhouse for a pot luck luncheon followed by a show put on by a local group called the Pahrump Valley Silver Tappers. This is a group of about fifty local women who sing and dance and put on a pretty good show. Everyone in the group is 50 or older and the leader of the group, who still performs a little, is 97. Our friend Debbie Forrest is a member of the group. She didn't dance today because they were in Yuma for a few months and she had not had enough time to learn the new numbers the group was doing. She was behind the scenes, helping with the dressing changes of the performers. Our other friends from outside the park, the Howells, also came. The show went about 90 minutes, after which we went back to the coach. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in. Thursday was a stay at home day. We went to the clubhouse at 9:00 for the monthly meeting of the Co-op Board of Directors. That meeting went until a little after 10:00. Shortly after we got back to the coach I got a phone call from my son Roy Jr. that he had arrived at the SKP park and was up front waiting for the office to open. A couple years ago he sold his condo in Phoenix, bought a motorhome and has been full time since. He is not even 50 yet, so he can't retire, but he has found his niche doing work camping. He has done several stints with the U.S. Forest Service in Northern Arizona and for the last four months or so has been working in Death Valley National Park as a maintenance guy for the contractors who run the hotel at Stovepipe Wells. He has finished his contract there and is on his way back up to Northern Arizona to work at one of the Forest Service campgrounds near the Grand Canyon. He stopped here at the SKP park to visit for a week or so. We managed to get him parked in the spot right next to us. Jackie played Pokeno with the girls in the clubhouse in the afternoon. We had pork chops on the BBQ with Roy for dinner, then sat and talked with him until about 8:00, after which we watched TV until bedtime.

Friday, April 22nd, I left about 8:30 and headed off to the Sheriff's Office for my second training class for my work on the Peace Officers Advisory Review Board. This session was on the ethics, culture and code of conduct for the Nye County Sheriff's Office. The class was taught by the Undersheriff, the second in command of the department after the elected Sheriff. In Arizona this position went by the title of Chief Deputy. It was interesting and lasted until 1:00. After I left I ran some errands, picked up mail and a newspaper and headed back to the coach. We relaxed for a few hours and then at 5:00 some friends who live in the park, just down the street from us, Dale and Sue Vice, picked us up to go to dinner. We have known Dale and Sue, who came in the SKP park about the same time as us, for a while and I have worked with both of them on various committees. They are very pleasant people and we wanted to get to know them better. Jackie mentioned this to Sue a week or so ago and she invited us to have dinner with them on their anniversary. We went to the Mountain Falls Country Club and had a very nice dinner. We learned a lot about their history, having been married for 27 years, and truly got to know them better. After dinner we came back to the park and sat with them in their park model for another hour talking. About 8:00 we walked back to our place and spent the rest of the night with the TV.

Saturday, April 23rd, we left the coach about noon and went out for lunch at the Pour House. This is an Indian restaurant that also has excellent pizza, thus pleasing both Jackie and me. Roy went with us to lunch and the two of us shared a pizza while Jackie had a lamb dish. After lunch we all did a Walmart run before heading back to the coach. We relaxed for a while and about 5:00 Jackie, Roy and I left again and headed for the Elks Lodge for karaoke. Roy doesn't sing, but wanted to go along to hear me and do some gaming with Jackie at the bar. The usual crowd was there, including our friends Tom and Phyllis. Roy and Jackie both hit jackpots at the bar and both walked out with over $60 more than they came in with. Karaoke ended about 8:30 and we went back to the park. We relaxed with the TV for the rest of the evening.

Sunday, April 24th, about noon my brother Russ came up from Las Vegas, and my other brother Ken and his wife came over from Wine Ridge RV Resort up the road, for a family get together. This was the first time that I have been with more than one of my four brothers at the same time since my mom died back in 2009. I have seen all of them at least once over the years since, but only one at a time. We had a great time sitting on the patio and talking. Later in the afternoon I did some hamburgers on the grill and we had a great cook out. Russ and Ken left around 5:00 after which we went in the house and relaxed for the rest of the night. It was good to see family together again. Monday we went out about noon to have lunch with some friends of ours from the Escapees, Les and Kim. We had planned to go to an Italian place, but Kim called us just before we left to say it was closed for the day. We ended up going to Romero's, a pretty good Mexican place here in town. We had a very nice lunch and learned some more about our friends. After lunch we did a couple of errands and then headed back to the coach. About 4:30 we, along with Roy, drove up to the Wine Ridge RV Resort to have happy hour with Ken and Susan. They are leaving on Wednesday to continue their travels, so this will be the last time in a while for us to see them. We had a nice happy hour and headed home about 6:00. We stopped at Lakeside resort for dinner since we had not planned anything at home. After dinner we went back to the SKP park, Roy went home and we watched TV until bedtime.

Tuesday, April 26th, we both were up and out of the coach about 8:30 when we went to the medical center to have our blood tests done. We have our annual physical next week with our primary doctor and needed to get the lab work done. I again left the park about 12:30 and went to the dentist. Last year, when we got decent dental insurance for the first time, I went to a local dentist here and started a process of fixing some issues I had. That was almost exactly a year ago and today I started the final part of the process. I had some decay under a crown that I had in my lower jaw. The tooth had a root canal years ago, so I had no pain, but the dentist said it needed to be addressed before the tooth got too weak to support the crown. They had to remove the crown, then fix the decay, then build the stub of the tooth back up, take some molds and have a new crown made. I was in the chair for two and a half hours and left with a temporary crown, no lower partial, but at least no pain. I have to go back in two weeks for the final fitting of the new crown. After I got home we just watched some TV before Jackie made a nice chili relleno for dinner. Roy joined us for dinner and watched some TV with us afterwards until he went home about 8:00. We watched TV until bedtime.

Wednesday, April 27th, we had a quiet morning. Jackie went over to the clubhouse about 12:30 to play Pokeno with the girls. Roy came over with his bass guitar and he and I spent a couple hours jamming in the shed/music room. After Jackie got done we all went to Walmart for a few things. After we got home we had happy hour and then watched TV until bedtime. Thursday Jackie left about 10:30 and went to the DMV Office to renew her drivers license. After she left I used the golf cart to run back and forth to the laundry room here at the SKP park doing our laundry. I was done with laundry by about 1:00, sadly, Jackie was not done with DMV. She ended up not getting home until almost 4:00, sitting all that time waiting in the office. I spent another couple hours in the afternoon doing some work in the yard putting up shade screens for our gazebo. We had happy hour with Roy in the coach and afterwards we had dinner and watched TV until bedtime.

Friday, April 29th, I left the coach about 8:30 and headed to the Sheriff's Office for another training session for my Peace Officers Advisory Board position. The instructor was again the Undersheriff and the topics were the Nevada laws regarding the Peace Officers Bill of Rights, Nye County Sheriff's policies regarding discipline and internal investigations, and a review of the labor agreement between the Deputies Association and the County. It was interesting in that in my day, the mid-80's, when I was the Commander of the Internal Affairs unit, there was no such thing as a Peace Officers bill of rights and certainly no labor agreements. The session ended about 12:30 and I headed back home after a quick stop for lunch. We spent the rest of the day hanging around the coach, doing a few chores and relaxing. We had happy hour and dinner with Roy, then spent the rest of the evening with the TV.

Saturday, April 30th, the last day of April. We left the coach with Roy about 12:30 and went out for lunch and some errands. We stopped at the mail store to pick up some packages that had been delivered, then went on to the 5280 Mexican Grub, a Mexican restaurant and bar in the northwest portion of the valley. This is a fairly new place and we were first here last fall shortly after it opened. They have really good food. They used to run a food truck in Las Vegas before they decided to move to Pahrump and open a brick and mortar restaurant. They still use the truck for special events. We had a really nice lunch, then headed back to the coach. I did some chores around the place and we decided not to go to karaoke at the Elks tonight since none of our friends were going to be there. We had leftovers from lunch for dinner and then watched TV until it was time for bed.

Sunday, May 1st, May Day, May Day! We had our usual relaxing Sunday morning and I did a few chores in the early afternoon. At 2:00 we went over to the clubhouse for root beer floats. After our snack the three of us went to Home Depot to buy some chairs for our patio in the front yard. We bought six relatively inexpensive stack chairs that fit nicely under the gazebo. After we got home we put the chairs on the patio, then relaxed for the rest of the day. We had happy hour with Roy, then watched TV until bedtime. Monday my son Roy left about 9:30 headed today for Mesquite, Nevada. He is going to overnight there, then go to St. George, Utah on Tuesday morning to have some service done on his motorhome. After he is done in St. George he is headed for his summer job on the North rim of the Grand Canyon. Jackie left about 12:30 and drove into town for a pedi appointment while I stayed home and did some chores. We went to happy hour at the clubhouse about 4:00, then after we got home we had dinner and spent the rest of the night watching TV.

Tuesday, May 3rd, we left about 1:30 and drove to my ophthalmologist appointment for my annual exam. Basically my eyes are good, no glaucoma, mild cataracts which are not severe enough for corrective action yet, and 20/20 corrected vision. I do have viscous floaters in one eye, but the doctor was clear that there isn't much that can be done about that. He did recommend that I consider having my drooping eyelids corrected. This is the second time he has brought it up and I asked some questions to be sure that it was covered by insurance and not a major surgery. He said it is an outpatient procedure, twilight anesthesia, and short recovery period. He also said that they do some standard testing to be sure I meet the Medicare requirements to have the surgery. I made an appoint to go to their Las Vegas office for testing in a couple of weeks. Since they had dilated my eyes for the exam Jackie had to drive home while I kept my eyes closed to avoid the bright light. We did go to the clubhouse for happy hour, then came back, had dinner and watched TV until bedtime.

Wednesday, May 4th, May the Fourth Be With You! We left the coach about 11:30 and drove to the Intermountain Medical Center for our annual visit with our primary physician. We got in fairly quickly and had a good examination and time to talk to our doctor. All in all we are pretty good shape, the labs were mostly good as were the vital signs. He did send me for an xray of my hip because of some pain I have been having, but other than that we got our prescriptions renewed, recommendations for pneumonia shots and covid boosters and we were on our way. It was about 2:00 when we got done, so we went for a late lunch to Chatthai, one of our favorite Thai restaurants. After a great dinner we went and picked up mail and then headed back to the RV park. We went to the happy our at the clubhouse at 4:00, then back home and the rest of the evening with the TV. Thursday, May 5th, Happy Cinco de Mayo! We a mostly stay at home day, doing a few chores and relaxing. Jackie went out for an early dinner with some of the other women in the park at Romeros, one of the Mexican places here in town. She was back about 5:30 and we spent the rest of the evening relaxing with the TV.

Friday, May 6th, I had a day off from my Sheriff's training because they had some sort of drill scheduled for today that would keep all of their people busy. I did a few chores in the morning and about 2:00 we did a Walmart run for some supplies. After we got home we put stuff away, then went over to the clubhouse for happy hour. After happy hour we went home, had dinner, then watched TV until it was time for bed. Saturday we went out about 1:00 to the Roadhouse for a late lunch. After lunch we gamed a little, but neither of us had much luck. We went back to the coach until about 5:00 when we went to the Elks for karaoke. The usual crowd was there, however our friends the Forrest's couldn't make it and the Howell's are out of town. We did meet a group of younger Escapees, members of the Escapers group, one of whom is actually on the list for Pair-a-dice. Karaoke was over about 9:00 when we went home and watched a little TV until bedtime.

Sunday, May 8th, Happy Mothers Day. We had a relaxing morning and about 11:30 went over to the clubhouse for one of our friend Millie's “Dilly Muffin” party, the name being a play on her name, Millie Duffin. Today was a fairly small group, only about seven people, but we had fun. We played some games and just spent a couple of hours chatting and enjoying the company of friends. At 2:00 we had cake and ice cream as a Mothers Day celebration courtesy of the park. After the cake and ice cream we went back to the coach and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening relaxing with the TV.

We are now three weeks into this episode and it is time to get it online. Until next time, ponder the words of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard . “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” See ya soon.