Roses are in Bloom

The photo shows the entrance to Mesa Regal Resort where we are staying until April 1st. Roses are absolutely gorgeous. We will be Workamping here @ 12 hours a week each. Starting Thursday we will be working with 5 other couples doing the set ups for all of the events held in the park, i.e. dances on Friday evenings, bingo, church services on Sunday, etc. The men set up tables and ladies handle the chairs. Pretty easy as far as we are concerned.

Our trip out went really well even though we had a rough start getting to I-10 from Alpine. We drove through snow flurries for about 30 miles on Hwy 90 and then stayed overnight in Van Horn at junction of I-10 because road was closed into El Paso due to snow & ice and a whole bunch of wrecks. By Wednesday around noon the interstate was open and the roads were clear. No further weather-related problems were incurred.

CoCo loves it here too as he has lots of buddies to play with, most of whom are way bigger than he is but that doesn't stop him from running after them and playing with them.

Today we put up Christmas lights (on our grapefruit tree no less!) and inside the MH on the dashboard. Our whole street is decorated to the max because a committee is judging to see who has done the best job. Most everyone has a wooden chimney display with a dog peeking out of it to indicate that we are in a pet friendly area. Decorations around the Clubhouse, Gazebo at the pool and the ballrooms are decorated to the max and are just gorgeous. It's taken volunteers almost 2 weeks to get the trees up and all the light put up. Lots and lots of work for everyone. I'll get a picture of some of the decorations and post them for you to see.

Lots of activities planned this month - 1st Street Xmas Potluck is Saturday evening and over 100 people will be attending. On Dec. 25th there will be a Christmas potluck and Chinese gift exchange. And of course there are always bridge, pinochle, cribbage and coffees to attend. Don't know when we'll have time to work!