More live music options

One of the new couples that we had met invited us to join them for Music on the Terrace...

This group of musicians gets together on most Tuesday afternoons during the season and play together. With iPads or other tablets, they can share their music. They take turns, each performer choosing a song they would like to perform, sharing the music and the key of the song with the others, and they all "jam" together. It is really neat how they all work together!

Moving Gracie

Gracie has been in the storage lot here at Venture Out while we had tenants in our RV spot. They left a couple of days before the end of March, so on the last day of March, we moved Gracie back from storage to our RV lot.

When we got to the place where Gracie was parked, the recycling bins were set out both in front and behind her in preparation for the city to pick up the recycling on that day.

We moved a few of the bins in front...

... and then Carl was ready to get her moved.

We had to plan our trip a little carefully -- there are corners within our community that can be navigated by a car or golf cart, but not by a motorhome. We had thought through our trip and got her back to our RV lot with no difficulties.

Impromptu concert

The last Friday night dance of the season had been completed on March 27, so we figured our options for live music in the park had ended. But, the son of one of our fellow residents and his wife were visiting, and they did an impromptu concert on the patio on a Saturday evening...

The patio is an open area between the fired clay / sewing / laundry / real estate building and two tennis courts. It is used for various outdoor events...

It was a little warm the evening that they performed, but after the sun went down, it was comfortable enough.

They had a tip jar out and I think they felt they were well appreciated! They usually entertain near their home in North Dakota (https://49thparallelfargo.com/). They were glad to have the opportunity to perform for friends of their parents, and we were glad to hear them!

Window washing

We decided to have our windows in the park model washed. We had noticed that there seemed to be a film on the glass -- we think inside -- possibly from off-gassing of materials inside the house during the summer when the air conditioning is not on. We didn't know how long it had been since they had been washed, so it was time... 

The fellow who did the windows also lives in our community.

He did a great job -- taking all the screens off and cleaning them, cleaning the window sills, and cleaning the windows inside and out. Several of the windows required being up on a ladder, and we were glad not to have to do that. It is amazing how much brighter it is inside the house!

Volunteer appreciation event

The Activity Director, Kimberly, hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Event for those who had volunteered during the season...

Kimberly kicked off the event with thanks to all of us who had volunteered during the season. The entertainment was by a young lady comedienne and she had a slide up with Senior Citizen Texting Code.

The "snacks" were sub sandwiches and fixin's -- very good.

There was a good group of folks there for the event.

The comedienne was self-proclaimed "famous" and "seen on national TV" which she proved by showing a screen capture of her in the audience in an Arizona Diamondbacks game!

The comedienne was enjoyable, she provided a lot of "senior" humor (she obviously does a lot of shows in senior housing communities!). It was nice for the Activity Office to recognize those who help to provide services to others in the community.

Springtime romance

Even though the weather feels like summer to us winter visitors, it is springtime for the local residents...

We had our sliding glass door open, and we could hear some "billing and cooing" going on -- there was a pair of doves on the railing of our front porch.

I moved to another window to try to get away from taking the picture through the screen...

You can also see the yard decor of the house across the street.

Love is in the air!

End-of-year concert

The end-of-year event was a concert by an Eagles tribute band, Eagle Eyes.

We had gone over earlier in the afternoon and set our chairs up. Just before the event, we helped with parking before the event started.

We had set up our chairs toward the side of the stage area -- we didn't have the highest fidelity sound, but it wasn't as loud as the areas right in front.

We were sitting with other line dancers, and we danced in the area behind where we were seated.

Carl went out in front of the stage to take some pictures and experience the sound from the front area.

He said that even at the back of the seating area, it was still quite loud but the sound quality was very good.

This was the last evening that Pamela and Dylan would be with us -- they would leave early the next morning to return to Albuquerque. Carl took a selfie in our house -- I have Miss Kitty, and Dylan has some miniature tomatoes that we got from a friend in our Rooted group -- for snacks on their drive home.

We enjoy taking advantage of the activities around our community.