During our time here we have good visits with former neighbours (Dave and Susan), Cottonwood members (Rick and Glenn) and ex-Xerox friends (Janice and Brian). We played four games of golf at different courses and Rhonda's new putter (from the PGA Superstore) is paying dividends already. When not staying with our friends we have spent time at a nice RV Park in Apache Junction. I went to a Jam Session one evening and over 150 people turned up to listen to 15 people from the park take turns playing mostly country music covers. It was quite entertaining.
We also went to our first Cactus League spring training game, watching the Colorado Rockies beat the home-side Chicago Cubs in their brand new stadium. It is still early in the pre-season and it showed on the field as there were 6 'official' errors in the game, and even more on my scorecard. No problem with my hands though as I snagged a foul ball in our 1B line seats. The ball park was beautiful, with Wrigley Field dimensions (minus the ivy wall) and over 10,000 fans at the game. We plan to attend another game or two later in the month. With 15 Major League teams training in the Phoenix area there are games every day and lots of choices.
Tomorrow we are leaving the Phoenix area and heading north-east into the mountains and Tonto National Forest where we will do some dry camping and hiking for a while.
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| Dave and Susan's lovely kitchen with a vaulted brick ceiling |
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| Squinting into the direct sunlight as we enter the Cubbies new spring training stadium |
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| Taken during a pre-game stadium walkabout. All the seats were filled by game time. |
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| With our friends Janice and Brian just before the foul ball arrived. |
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