Fall Festival

That ABBA Tribute Band was AWESOME at the Fall Festival yesterday!  Great music and beautiful weather.  

Over 800 meals were served with swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, breadstick, ice cream and a bottled water.  There were three busy serving stations so everything seemed to work out nicely.  Congratulations to Robin Perry and her entire crew.  

  

New Store to Visit

I had to mail a package this week so went to my favorite drop off point, Casa Grande Postal, located by the Frys store on Florence Blvd.  (Say hi to Daniel there.)  As I was leaving, I spotted a new store I hadn't noticed before called "Supply29" so I stopped in for a visit.  Stop in and say hello to Yvonne.

Love to support small locally owned businesses!

Supply 29 as been in business since October 1, 2012 but was involved with just ink and toner.  They decided ink and toner (although necessary) were boring so they diversified in October 2013 and started carrying unique gifts and souvenirs.

The store is filled with cute interesting "stuff".  It will make a great place for exchange gifts, party gifts, stocking stuffers, souvenirs for the grandkids, etc.

You can visit their facebook page at Supply29

Prime Rib Dinner

Don and I must have had a fun time at the prime rib dinner on the Bistro patio Thursday night because neither of us remembered to pull out a camera for some pictures.  Not a problem though as I just copied a couple from the Palm Creek facebook page.  Thanks for sharing, Kristin.

I especially wanted to comment on the wonderful salad bar included with our meal.  We had fresh romaine 

lettuce with all kinds of yummy toppings and dressing choices.  I just couldn't decide which was my favorite.....the potato salad or the broccoli salad.  Yum!  Thank you to Robin Perry and her whole staff for their labor of love in preparing a great meal.  (AND the fresh homemade bread in baskets at each table!)  The salad bar was almost a meal in itself.

Internet Speed, Lawn Bowling, Puppies, Restrooms

Yahoo!!!  We're loving the new high speed internet here in the resort!  Because Don and I are pretty heavy computer users, we signed up for the BIG package of 75 mbps and are very happy.  This high speed requires a new modem from Dish plus you need a high quality high speed router to handle the connection.  I just did a speed test on my computer and we're happy!  

This will definitely increase the speed of uploading my photos to the cloud.  The old system was 1.4 upload but now it's 14.47.  I'm smiling!!  

We should ALL be happy with this new fiber optic upgrade as your connection strength goes UP and your cost goes DOWN.  On the regular basic plan, you should now be getting 20+ mbps where previously you were lucky to get 14-15.  Plus your cost goes from $34.99 to $29.99.  Time to celebrate!

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Time to sign up for Lawn Bowling!  I believe Don and a few of his buddies are going to sign up for lawn bowling this season.  I stopped by the clubhouse to check on some information.

Lawn Bowling Website

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Spotted these cute puppies over by the tennis pavilion this week so stopped in to get some information.  The Humane Society will bring some puppies (and kittens??) to visit us each week to try to find good homes for these little critters.

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It may not be exciting to see news about a restroom but you get some photos anyway.  I stopped in at the new restrooms by the pickleball courts just out of curiosity to see what they were like inside.  I was impressed!!

Three beautiful CLEAN sinks.

Three individual toilets.

...and three VERY nice private shower rooms.

I would think this was impressive to our many pickleball guests as well.

Boob Bingo at Robson Ranch

The Cancer Support Center held a special fund raiser at Robson Ranch this week and many of us "Creekers" attended the fun event called Boob Bingo.  We played 10 bingo games for several donated prizes and had a good time.

The gang wanted to make sure I was in one of the photos.  These are my friends??

A few participants "dressed" for the occasion to support the cause.

The Palm Creek Helping Hearts group sponsored the event and held a baked goods sale to raise funds for the center.  They should all be awarded bakery chef medals for all the time they spend in the kitchen.

Monday Morning Coffee + Bingo

Our Monday morning coffee sessions on the Bistro patio have begun, however this week we met in the Adobe Room due to a scheduling conflict.  Get your free tickets in the Activities Office.  Tickets are required as capacity is limited and staff needs to know how many donuts to purchase.  We have a different speaker each Monday.

This week we were entertained by Matt from Norris RV.  He told us about all the services they have available plus he introduced a few new items on the market.  Norris RV is always generous with nice door prizes too.

I was hoping to win this battery operated light switch gizmo that shines a bright light by flipping the switch....................but sadly..........I didn't win.  Shucks.

Phyllis Beebe gives us a briefing of upcoming activities for the week ahead and Marion Nelson talks about any special events on the calendar.  It's a great way to keep in touch and up to date.

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Congratulations to Patti Illston for being the big prize winner of Game 6 last night at Monday Bingo.  She won over $400.  Yahoo!!!

Palm Creek Chorus

Christmas is just around the corner so our Palm Creek Chorus is getting ready for their annual Christmas Sing-Along scheduled for Thursday, December 8.  Join them for a night of Christmas songs, cookies and hot cocoa.

Tickets are on sale next to Guest Services in the clubhouse lobby every Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am to 1:00pm at $10 per person.  

The Chorus spring concert is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 1 and 2, 7:00pm in the ballroom.  You can also purchase your ticket for that event now while seats are available.

Betty Preston Steele at the piano

Quilt of Valor

The Palm Creek sewing guild has been at it again.  Renee Farrell completed another Quilt of Valor and presented it to Kelly Kerns in honor of his service.

Kelly served in the 11th Airborn Division of the Army from May of 1955 through June of 1957.

Renee Farrell, Mary and Kelly Kerns, Maureen Edwards

Kelly Kerns, Renee Farrell, Maureen Edwards

National Anthems

It's Sunday morning about 8:00.  I'm sitting at the computer with a delicious cup of hot coffee and enjoying the start of another sunshiny day.  Our house is located way at the far west side of the park but I could plainly hear the pickleball announcement system crank up and play both the Canadian and US national anthems.  It was awesome!!  I'm NOT complaining..........I am saying "thank you".  Just listening to the songs made me proud to be American.  I wish everyone would take pride in their country and get along as well as the US and Canada.  We make great neighbors.

Congratulations to EVERYONE (volunteers, officers, committee heads, and PC staff) who played a part in this week's big tournament.  "It takes a village" to tackle a project that big.

Pickleball Nationals

It certainly makes a person proud to live in a community like Palm Creek.  We have so many clubs and activities that draw guests and residents to reside here.  Pickleball is, indeed, one of the largest draws especially after hosting the National tournaments again this week.  I'm told there were over 950+ participants registered for the event and over 2200 individual matches scheduled.  Entrants came from 37 states and 3 provinces.

There are some very familiar faces behind the scenes that make an event like this so successful.  I found Tom and Jeanne Gearhart at the announcers station again this year.

Volunteers come and go at registration desks, scheduling events, etc.

Rosemary Reese is another truly devoted member.

Nice looking medals for the winners.

Tom Gottfried and Gary Jackson spent many hours behind the lens of the cameras taking action shots and photos of the smiling winners.  It's not just taking a quick photo.....but also the additional hours of editing and reviewing each picture.

Palm Creek does a fantastic job of watching over the players in case of injury.  Marg Ouimet and her staff spend many hours patrolling the courts and being available for the inevitable injuries during intense tournament play and practice.

We should count Marg among the injured as she nurses a nasty bee sting on her face.  

The local EMT professionals made several visits to the park.

Casa Grande is lucky to have such good medical support.

Read the great article published in the Casa Grande Dispatch:

National Pickleball Tournament