Monday, December 26, 2005
Gold Canyon RV Resort, Apache Junction, AZ - Dec 20-26
By 12/20 we were both barely recovered enough to drive here. Our friends Pat & Dennis are work-camping here, and we found a coupon letting us stay a week for $10/night, so we jumped at the chance. We had been here once before, also with a coupon, since the regular rate is far to rich for our pocketbook. The park is one of the nicest we have stayed at, with large spaces, low-level lighting, pool, spa, even a small 9-hole par-3 course. 12/21 is P&D's anniversary, so a concert was on the program for the day after our arrival. Unfortunately, Willie was in no way well enough to go, so we went as a threesome and got a rain-check for Willie's ticket. The concert was only so-so anyway, rating only about a 5 on the ubiquitous 1 to 10.
Time spent with P&D is usually pretty special, and this was no exception. We all enjoyed eating, playing cards, and just being together. We also found time to play some duplicate bridge when they were working. We did well in general at our duplicate playing in Mesa, and we found the club to be as friendly as we remembered from last year. We were also able to get together twice with a bridge-playing couple we met at Chaco last May, who live in Mesa in the winter.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 8:24 PM 
