Life in Mesa
Well we're still here. Lately I've been wondering if we'll ever leave Mesa! We are getting too settled in. We had such a long list of things to do in Mesa, some of which are done, but now we're down to the, hopefully, last week and the crunch is on. Wash the motorhome, oil change the car, oil change the motorhome, wash the dogs...and everything seems to take half a day. Our new license plates are on the way from SD, so that turned out to be easy. Just got a temp plate here while we registered by mail in SD. Amazingly, when you call the DMV in SD you actually get a human...her name is Angie...no waiting, no hassle.
And boy have we spent our share of money here in Mesa! First it was the previously loved van we bought to replace our van with broken down AC. Then Jim's bike was stolen (our security was lax). It was 8 years old but looks like we'll get nearly full replacement value. So he got a new bike, and since we always buy bikes in pairs...I have a new one too. Actually the new bikes are way more comfy because we are sitting up straighter so we'll do more riding for sure. Then we donated my old one to Goodwill and will take a $350 donation write off.
We've visited lots of spots here and feel at home. Yesterday we checked out another park, rated #1 in the nation. It looked pretty good except it had no trees and did not allow pets...so not for us. I really love the palm lined streets in this park...and all our neighbors say they "love" to hear Rocky howl. (They should live with him.) We also went to the Superstition Ranch Market (reminded me of the old Irvine Ranch Market) and bought lots of dried fruits and nuts to make a trail mix. Stopped at Bates Dates and replenished our Medjool date supply.
Sometimes people think that our life is a vacation...true. But it is also filled with the daily "stuff" of living.