Rather that make a sight-seeing trek outside the resort on Sunday, we remained “at home”, and played golf with the Seitz’s and Starr’s. Too only have played 36 holes in the last 53 weeks, I was pretty happy with the game. We attended a Hall and Oates tribute concert Sunday evening. We rated it as just okay. Hall and Oates had such a distinctive sound that unless it is exactly emulated, it fails to captures their essence.

Monday was a return to normal, sort of. After the e-bike ride last Wednesday, the battery was not properly charging. The RadPower e-bike company does not repair batteries, but sells replacements for $550.00—OUCH! A review of the matter on the internet led to the high probability that a battery fuse had blown, and then several YouTube videos illustrated the process of replacing the fuse. It was not a difficult process except for opening up the battery, and in the process I slices open the top of my left hand middle finger. The fuse was replaced and the battery began charging again—SUCCESS. Both Kay and I played pickleball in our respective round robins; she is doing quite well in the higher skill level group. I so enjoy playing this game.

Another day of pickleball round robins was on the schedule for Tuesday, and we had our fifth “Defense Bridge” lesson from Steve. Mary was the recipient of good cards in the playing session. These sessions are really good, and hopefully we’ll be able to put them all together at some point. Both Kay and I need to play more bridge. Happy birthday to our granddaughter Aker who is celebrating her 9th birthday.

The verdict is still out on January 2024. It wasn’t necessarily a bad month, but it wasn’t a particularly conspicuous one either. On this last day of the month, Wednesday, Kay again played pickleball and I rode with the resort’s Easy Riders e-bike group. The 18.6 mile ride took the thirteen of us to both the east and west sides of Casa Grande Mountain. It was a really good ride and the e-bike battery did great, only using about 20% of its capacity; I did pedal the entire route with minimum pedal assist.

We played Hand and Foot again in the evening, and the guys got whammed again. Oh, you should hear the women boast! In our defense, I did not draw a single wild card all night, and I swear someone “stole” my one and only Joker!