Mariner's Spring Training

March 6 to March12
The lost week in AZ. Christy and Norm came down with the horrendous seasonal flu. They were down with fevers for days. The fevers are gone but they are left with quite a cough. I have been enjoying the pool and working on my digital photo book in between playing Nina Nurse. Thank goodness we were nicely settled here before they got sick!
Yesterday was a big day at our resort with a St. Pat's Parade and hamburger feed! The parade consisted mostly of decorated golf carts with people really getting into the decorating. After the parade we all ventured out into the world and went to a Spring Training Mariners game. I’m not a big baseball fan but I always enjoy going to a game. It was fun to be so close to the players that we could see the whites of their eyes. The stadium is small and we were in the second row along the third baseline at home plate. We left after a hot dog and a beer and a 3 run lead. It was 87 degrees!
We drove up to Carefree to see where an old friend of my mom’s had been in on the original development in the 50’s. It is a lovely community that sits up a little higher at about 2,000 feet and is in the foothills north of the Scottsdale area. It reminded Christy and I of Sedona without the red rocks. Huge gorgeous houses were beautifully set in the rolling hills with street name like Ho Hum and Easy Street. Our thrill was to see a family of javalinas running alongside the road. The babies were tiny! It was so much greener than any area we have been in. The ocotillo were in bloom with bright red flowers and green leaves. We stopped at a very upscale shopping plaza, El Pedrigal, for an ice cream. We couldn’t figure out why the place was empty. We were the only people milling around. We ended the day at California Pizza Kitchen to have our favorites for dinner. I love their BBQ Chicken Salad!
　

Sculptures at El Pedrigal



St Pat's Parade at Our RV Resort



Javalina - Note the babies legs behind her.



Ichiro at Bat