One Week to Go!

Sunday took the time to drive to the Desert Botanical Gardens...45 minutes from SCG...as we drove to the parking lots there were unbelievable signs... " Botanical Gardens reservations SOLD OUT FOR TODAY....you kidding me!!!!!! Who needs reservations to visit gardens?!?!?!  Turns out you do if someone has lit up acres and acres with a light show.  When we actually found a parking spot I took it as a good sign and we went to see if we could plead with someone...😰 AND it worked .  This amazing kid let me buy the LAST single ticket and quietly passed me TWO stickers to walk the grounds... I am STILL excited for it!  Besides being a good deal, it was well worth the travel and $. Not really for the blooming of the desert, however, but rather the diversity of cacti!  The flowering cacti in our neighborhood far surpass any there, but the Gardens AND the lights were something to behold ( remind anyone you know going there that it is best to wear closed shoes. .. There was a lot of shaking the sand out of my sandals as we walked...could also use a small flashlite 😁)

The FLOWERS in the neighborhood FAR exceed my expectations .  They just BEG you to stop and photograph them...so I do.

We golfed and dined with a MN couple we met at the Wine Club, very nice folks. We hope to see them next season, maybe they might come through Denver before.

I am trudging on with pickleball in spite of the "gentleman" who scolded me last week for missing balls.  ( you should be in CLINICS, not at drop- in 🙄) I like both of my paddles and hope to get Chrissie/Sean/ kids out to try it with me.  A new friend we met at a birthday party yesterday told us he had lost 35 pounds since  he took it up! Made me feel better because I was wondering if I was winded because of my age or inexperience 🙃
I BELIEVE I have learned a lot more about golf, but I rattle easily and forget the " key" element often. I am planning to go out alone when we return to Denver and just think-not-talk with 4 balls for 9 holes.

I do hope we come back next year, buying renting, whichever works.  I will make more use of the classroom teaching