On Thursday, we drove up to Chandler, AZ and had dinner at the Perch Brewery.
The Perch Brewery is not only a Brewery and Pub but home to a collection of over 50 brightly colored, tropical rescue birds. The food was very good, and the beer selection was amazing.
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On Wednesday, Pam and Terry went to Picacho Peak State Park. With all the rain have had, the desert flowers were blooming early.
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This week started out with Mark & Connie Miller visiting us, our good friends from the Cascadia Caravan. They stopped by Casa Grande on their way to the Cajun Country Caravan. We met at Dukes Bar at Francisco Grande Resort. John Wayne loved Francisco Grande as he kept a penthouse suite at the top of the hotel where he often stayed since he co-owned the largest cattle ranch in North America to the west of the property. Afterwards, Mark & Connie followed us to Palm Creek to see Billy and get a tour of the resort.
On Tuesday, we headed north to Pheonix to watch a Brewers vs Cubs game at American Family Fields. What a great little ballpark to watch a ball game. We had great seats behind first base. Kelly almost caught a foul ball and then got close to 2 balls throw to the crowd by first baseman Rowdy Tellez. The Brewer’s won 6 to 3 on 3 home runs.
Wednesday night and Thursday morning, it rained quite a bit. The front nine on the golf course was shut down due to flooded holes. Thursday evening, we walked over and took some cool night photos with the palm tree lights reflecting off the standing water on hole #7. Also, the night sky after the sun set was beautiful with the trees and the water.
The rest of the week, we continue to play golf and pickleball. Pam took a group pickleball lesson on Saturday. We continue to get our steps for the Camino de Santiago walking challenge. Kelly is 42% complete and has walked 202 miles. Pam is 38% done with 185 miles. We have received a couple more post cards.
Finally, for those who want to see the magazine article / plans to make Pam’s Rolling Pin of Many Colors, here they are. It is 4 pages of illustrated instructions from beginning to end. The article was in the premier edition of Woodturning Design Magazine in 2004.
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Pam took another wood working class this week. There were 4 students making a beautiful rolling pin from 4 different woods (Black Walnut, Cherry, Maple and Padauk). It was a 4 day x 3 hour class. Ron (from Canada) was the instructor – just great and very patient. Pam really enjoyed woodturning. She is going to buy her own 4 jaw chuck so she can keep making stuff in the woodshop and not have to borrow a chuck.
The rolling pin is made from plans from: Woodturning Design Magazine, Spring 2004 (Issue No. 1) – The Premier Issue. You could hardly read the instructions (a copy of a copy of a fax), so I found an old copy of the magazine for sale on Amazon and bought it. Click on the magazine cover to see the instructions.
I also found a very similar version for sale on Etsy for $100!
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On Sunday, we went to the WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, AZ. We decided to follow 1 group around the golf course: Ricky Fowler, Jason Day & Sungjae Im.
It was actually cheaper to go on Sunday – Superbowl Sunday – than any other day of the week ($50 vs $75). Parking with a shuttle bus was free and easy.
We enjoyed walking the entire course, but it was surprisingly hilly.
Pam and I were “Hole High” when Rickie made his hole in 1 on the 7th hole from 216 yards. We did not see the ball until it hit the green, but I did see it go in the hole!
This reminded me of 1996 when my dad and I attended the Greater Milwaukee Open. It was Tiger Wood’s pro debut. We were “Pin High” to the left of the green on hole 14. I saw the 188 yard shot all the way. It bounced s couple of times and rolled it. A great memory that day with my dad. YouTube Video here.
It was a fun day, but we were exhausted when we made it back to see the Super Bowl and all the commercials.
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