That’s the name of my concession at Tempe Diablo Park.  We had lots of games that were sold out and plenty of people wanting a nice cold beer for $8.00 each!!!

I have decided that I prefer to be the worker bee and not the boss.  I take the responsibility way too seriously and forget this is a fun job!  My booth was very hot, the coolers didn’t work but I had a great crew.  My job consisted of keeping all the varieties of beer loaded in the ice tubs and counting money.  Next year I will be back at the cashier position where I can chat with the guests and pour beer.

Our last week in Mesa we tried to squeeze in lots of activities.  We attended the Arizona Opry where we watched some great musicians play a huge variety of music.  My favorite was the set with some High School kids playing Chicago music!

We also attended a Good Sam Rally at the Phoenix International Speedway.  The speedway is huge, the Rally is huge, over 4000 RV camp at the site.  We saw some amazing new RV’s; my next dream home is a $750K, 45′ RV.  It was beautiful with 1 1/2 baths, a walk in closet and enough space in the living area we could have a small dance!

The Rally provides entertainment for Friday and Saturday evening.  This years entertainment was Bill Cosby and Martina McBride.  Both were great although during Martina I had to keep changing my seat because the man infront of me kept moving back and forth and not to the music!  Have you ever wondered why when you pick a seat in a venue with your spouse who is taller that when the group that come in after infront of you the tall guy with the big hat will always sit right infront of the shortest person in your group!!!  And changing seats doesn’t always work because then they will also change seats

Beautiful country.  Jerome is a small community built into the side of a mountain.  We stopped here for lunch at a very nice little cafe.  The cafe owner caught us looking at the menu and said we were welcome on the patio with the dog!  Yeah.  The patio was located across the street.  We enjoyed watching the waiter dodge the tourist traffic to bring us our meal.

Driving south out of Jerome you climb further out of the valley and pass some amazing rock formations before entering a forest and then you break out on the other side looking into a valley and out to Prescott.

Looking past Jerome into the valley

Definitely a drive that is a must do when you visit the Mesa/Phoenix area.  It took us 3 years to get to it!

We are enjoying our third winter in Mesa and finding new things to discover.  We took a drive to Anthem, AZ which is north of Phoenix and out to Cave Creek where we took a nice little 3.5 mile hike in the desert.  It is beautiful in the desert.  They have not had enough rain so the desert is not blooming yet.  The trails are pretty dusty, in fact our legs were covered in dust.  Duke, being lower to the ground was breathing in the dust so he needed extra water!  It wasn’t too hot but the first half of the trail was uphill so I was very happy to realize we made it to the top and were on the downhill side!

Keep walking! And, never look up

Saguaro Cactus' everywhere

Anthem Park, Anthem Arizona

The weather here has been even better than in years past so I have been frequenting the pool most days.

Spring Training starts next Tuesday although Paul and I have been working most of this week.  Paul is a supervisor for the stands and this year I am going to be in charge of a stand!  Not my first choice but it should be fun.  I have a small booth that in a 9×12 area we cook burgers, hot dogs and sell as much beer as we can get!  I have two taps and several kinds of beer in bottles.  I am going to be in charge of 5 people!  They better watch out!  Actually, I told them at orientation that FUN is all I am interested in!  We are in left field which is the party zone so I am expecting to sell lots of beer and having a good time!  Batter UP!!!