We received several comments on our last post. It’s gratifying to know people actually read our blog. Last weekend we hit another milestone – more than 20,000 views of our blog since its inception!

On Saturday, after I inspected the roof of the Alpine Coach, I came back to the RV park and unpacked a few things. I’ll need to reorganize the trailer so we can temporarily store items in there when we trade in our coach. I set up our Weber Q*gas grill. I love this grill, it’s portable and like all Weber gas grills, the heat it puts out is proportional to the setting of the dial.

I turned on the TV for the NFL wild card playoff games. I thought the first game, pitting the Kansas City Chiefs against the Indianapolis Colts was turning into a blowout. The Chiefs were up by 28 points in the second half. It turned out to be a barn burner with the Colts prevailing in the end, 45 – 44. I wanted to grill pork tenderloin before dark, but couldn’t stop watching this game.

I grilled the pork by the door step and had plenty of light from the porch light. Donna prepared the pork with a mojo marinade, served with basmati brown rice and roasted asparagus. The dinner was delicious.

Grilled pork tenderloin

Later, I watched the New Orleans Saints eliminate the Philadelphia Eagles from the post season, 26 – 24.

Yesterday, Donna’s friend, Beth, came over. Donna invited her to join her at the RV park fitness center. They lifted weights, then went for a bike ride. They’re planning to compete in a duathlon at McDowell Mountain Park in March. The duathlon is a race combining running and bicycling.

Donna and I first met here in Mesa. We both rode with the same cycling club. We would ride together every Saturday. About 100 people would show up early Saturday morning for a group ride. The large group would quickly break up into smaller groups of riders that liked to ride at a certain pace. There was a group of about a dozen riders that Donna and I usually rode with. After riding 40 miles or so, we would stop for breakfast. This was how Donna and I got to know each other.

We had a couple of invitations to visit with some of our old friends here in Mesa. The Chargers game started at 11am. I told Donna that I would defer the visits and watch the game here. The Chargers haven’t made the post season since 2009. I was pretty revved up about the game and thought I might be a little obnoxious as a house guest.

The Chargers put together a great game plan and controlled the Cincinnati Bengals. The upset win sends them to the Divisional Playoff round. The second playoff game yesterday had the San Francisco Giants against the Green Bay Packers. It was 3 degrees fahrenheit (-16C)  on the field at game time! Yikes! It was hard to imagine as I sat in front of the TV with the door open. It was over 70 degrees here yesterday. San Francisco won the game.

Sunset with clear skies and palm trees at the RV park

This morning, Donna was up early and started her day with a yoga class here at the RV park. Today, I’ll go back to the RV dealer and continue my pre-purchase inspection. There are a lot of systems on a motorhome and lots of functions to check. So far, they’ve agreed to replace all six tires with new Toyo radials and also replace the batteries.

*Just so you know, if you decide to purchase one of these through the Amazon link in this post, I’ll earn a small commission. It’ll go into the beer fund. Thanks!