WELCOME!    One and All!

Welcome to the desert yinz guys! Greg was super-smart when he picked this weekend, knowing it would be one of the mildest Arizona Mays on record. He even ordered a few clouds for Thursday morning when Matthew arrived so he would feel more at home! 

Get ready for some serious chillaxin! Or go wild and crazy! We are deliberately not planning an extensive itinerary knowing many would prefer to lay back and take it slow. But there will be plenty to do if you are so inclined. The following Event Schedule is completely tentative, except for the dining arrangements...

EVENT SCHEDULE    (Just a general guide. We can roll with whatever...)

Wednesday, May 15

✈️  P2 & Susan arrive early evening
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Late dinner w/ J1 & A1
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🍷  COCKTAILS  🍺
​Jigsaw puzzles!!

Thursday, May 16

🎈  Happy Birthday Kathi!  🍰

✈️ Matthew arrives mid-morning
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Meemster, Doug, P3 and Jim arrive mid-PM  ✈️
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🏊  Chillaxin' at the Schoen pool all afternoon!
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🍹  COCKTAILS  🍺​
Rib Fest at Casa de Schoen.

Friday, May 17

AM Pickleball  🏓
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⛏️  Site visit to 13843 Sunset Drive
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Saguaro Lake Pontoon Excursion  ⛵​
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​🍷  COCKTAILS  🍺
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Fajitas & Margaritas at Casa de Franzen
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​🍹  COCKTAILS  🍹

Saturday, May 18

🏌️‍♂️ Golf @ Eagle Mountain
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​PM Chillaxin' at the Schoen pool. Again.  🏊
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🍻  COCKTAILS  🍸​
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​🍗  Dinner at Needle Rock Kitchen & Tap  🥩

Visit Needle Rock

Sunday, May 19

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Departure Day  😢
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P2 & Susan > Old Town Scottsdale for start of Scenic American Tour
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Mimi & Doug > Sedona, Grand Canyon and Beyond

P3, Meemster, Doug, Stephanie & Matthew > Back to Work!
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Jimmy - Pickleball!
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Greg, Q, Jack & Amy > Sleep!  🛌​

Happy Birthday Kathi!    We miss you.
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The MTA Song

The Kingston Trio

 

	G	C
Let me	tell you of a story 'bout a	man named Charlie

	G	D7
On a	tragic and fateful	day.

	G	C
He put	ten cents in his pocket, kissed his	wife and family,

	G	D7	G
Went to	ride on the	M T	A.

 

 

CHORUS 

	G	C
But will he	ever return?  No he'll	never return,

	G	D7
And his	fate is still un	learned.

	G	C
He may	ride forever 'neath the	streets of Boston,

	G	D7	G
He's the	man who	never re	turned.

 

	G	C
Charlie	handed in his dime at the	Scully Square Station,

	G	D7
And he	changed for Jamaica	Plain.

	G	C
When he	got there the conductor told him, "	One more nickel!"

	G	D7	G
Charlie	couldn't get	off of that	train.

 

 

CHORUS 

 

	G	C
Now	all night long Charlie	rides through the stations,

	G	D7
Crying, "	What will become of	me?

	G	C
How	can I afford to see my	sister in Chelsey,

	G	D7	G
Or my	brother in	Roxbu	ry?"

 

 

CHORUS 

 

	G	C
Charlie's	wife goes down to the	Scully Square Station,

	G	D7
Every	day at a quarter past	two.

	G	C
And	through the open window she hands	Charlie his sandwich

	G	D7	G
As the	train goes	rumbling	through.

 

 

CHORUS 

 

	G	C
Now you	citizens of Boston, don't you	think it's a scandal,

	G	D7
How the	people have to pay and	pay?

	G	C
Fight the	fare increase, fight the	fare increase,

	G	D7	G
Get	Charlie off the	M T	A!

 

 

CHORUS 

 

Cherry, Cherry

Neil Diamond

 

INTRO: E A D A - E A D A 

 

Verse 1: 

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
	Baby lov	es me, yes ye	s she	does

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Ah, the gir	l's out of sight, ye	ah.

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
She says	she loves	me, yes yes	she	does

	E	A	D	A	E	A	D	A
Gonna show m	e tonig	ht, yeah

 

CHORUS 

 

	E	A	D	A
	She got the way	to move me, C	herry

	E	A	D	A
	She got the way to	groove me	(y	eah, Cherry Baby)

	E	A	D	A
	She got the way to	move me

	E	A	D	A
	She got the way to	groove me

 

BRIDGE LICK (repeat twice) 

 

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 -------------0--2--2-----2--0--0- 

 --0-0----4------------------------ 

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VERSE 1: 

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
	Tell	your ma	mma, girl, w	e can?t stay long

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
	We g	ot t	hings we gotta c	atch up on

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
	Mmmmm,	you kn	ow, You know	what I'm sayin

	A	D	E	D	A	D	E	D
	Can't	stan	d still while the music	is playin

 

REPEAT INTRO: E A D A - E A D A 

 

VERSE 2: 

 You ain't got no right, no no you don't 

 Ah to be so excited 

 Won't need bright lights, no no we won't 

 Gonna make our own lightning 

 

CHORUS 

 

BRIDGE LICK 

 

VERSE 3 

 No we won?t tell a soul where we?ve gone to 

 Girl we do whatever we want to 

 Ah I love the way that you do me 

 Cherry, babe, you really get to me 

 

REPEAT INTRO: E A D A - E A D A 

 

 CHORUS"

 

Sloop John B

The Beach Boys

	C
We c	ome on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me.

	G7
Around Nassau town we did r	oam,

	C	F
Drinking all n	ight, Got into a f	ight,

	C	G7	C
Well I f	eel so break up,	I wanta go h	ome.

  

Chorus:

	C
So h	oist up the John B sail, see how the mains'l sets,

	G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go h	ome.

	C	F
Let me go h	ome, I wanta go h	ome,

	C	G7	C
Well I f	eel so break up,	I wanta go h	ome.

  

 First Mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk, 

 Constable had to come and take him away. 

 Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone? 

 Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home. 

  

Chorus.

  

 The poor cook he caught the fits, threw away all my grits, 

 Then he took and ate up all of my corn. 

 Let me go home, I wanta go home, 

 This is the worst trip I've ever been on. 

  

Chorus.

More to Come!    (Just wait...)