Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Tiffany RV Resort, Mesa, AZ: Apr 6-12
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Our sole purpose for staying in the Phoenix area was to play in the 2008 Mesa Roadrunner Senior Regional Bridge Tournament, held in nearby Chandler (go figure). The tournament ran the entire week, and we played every day except Sunday, the day we left, one or two rounds a day. Each round consists of 24 "boards" (hands) and by Wednesday our brains were pretty much fried. We did manage to win a gold point (our first!) and beat a number of players with 10 or 20 times our number of points. The RV park was quite small, run by a couple who had moved here from Alaska & bought the park. They were having a hard time making it financially, but were reluctant to raise their rates (again go figure). Anyway, we did have a chance to break away from the tournament and walk around Historic Downtown Chandler, which has been delightfully restored with quite a few "trendy" (expensive) restaurants & art galleries. And on display were "Ostriches on Parade", a dozen artistically decorated 72-inch-tall fiberglass ostriches, as a fundraiser for the Chandler Arts Commission. They were all, of course, delightful. We also watched the Women's Basketball semi- and finals (at a nearby sports bar), visited friends Stan & Bety for dinner & bridge (egad -- more bridge) and enjoyed lunch at an exquisite Thai buffet with friends Donna & Al as well as Lloyd, who was staying at nearby McDowell Mountain Regional Park.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 12:15 AM 
