Tucson, Arizona, Day 3

Last night I was encouraged to attend Thursday morning coffee and donuts.  It is a weekly event where there is discussion about what is going on around the park and outside activities residents might be interested in.  As well it is a good time for the new arrivals to introduce themselves to the others. It starts at 8:00 a.m. so I had to set the alarm to be sure I was up and ready to get there.

There are a few other formalities that I had not been forewarned about, like it starts with a religious invocation and prayer, and ends with the pledge of allegiance.  I stood politely and quietly for the later.  Part way through the program I was asked to stand up and introduce myself to the group.  Later in the day I ran into people who remembered what I had said and introduced themselves to me.  I have so many new names to remember, I am making a concerted effort to retain them all, something I am notoriously bad at, but am working on. 

In the afternoon I went to play the south course at Randolph also known as Dell Urich.

Thursday evening is cribbage.  Depending on the number of people present they play either 3 or 4 handed, with the losers moving to another table the hand following when the first table has completed their game.  There is no charge for cribbage, so no prize money, it is all just for fun and sociability.  It had been a few years since I last played, but it came back pretty quickly.  (Fifteen 2, Fifteen 4, a run of 3 and 1 for knobs.)

Entrance to club house at Tucson Meadows decorated for Christmas.