It's windy in the desert today. There's no one laying out the pool, windows are closed and everyone just wants the wind to die down.
We took a trip into Casa Grande today to go to the bank. Wells Fargo Bank. We use Wachovia but there isn't one close by and since Wells Fargo bought Wachovia and we have these checks from selling the truck....well, we decided to just get a jump on things and open an account. Things sure have changed since we opened our last checking account with a new bank!
It took over an hour! It felt like we were applying for a mortgage with all the questions we had to answer. I don't know if I'm going to like this new bank or not. They charge for everything and we now enjoy a totally free checking/savings account with Wachovia. I don't know if our fee free account would be grandfathered with Wells Fargo but we were told the merger could take up to two years before it is all completed and we just can't wait that long. Now that we know we are going to be in Arizona for six months of every year, well, it just made sense to be with a "local" bank. So now we have an account with Wells Fargo. We won't use it but its nice to know its there and it will be convenient should we find ourselves in need of some personal banking.
While we were waiting for the bank rep to get some papers for us from the printer across the room we made mention of the fact the days of banks giving you a toaster for opening an account are certainly long gone! Now Bob may remember that but I certainly don't! I've heard tell of it but I've never experienced it. I think the most I ever got was a key chain and a cheap pen.
This evening twenty four of us went to Coolidge to go to the Galloping Goose, a local nightclub dive, to catch singer Bunky Christiansen's act.
On the way we couldn't help but notice the sand blowing.
I've been hearing the name Bunky Christiansen for the past several weeks because winter residents had seen him at local bars or at other resorts and were coming to me to tell me about him. I called the Activity Directors at the other resorts to get their take on him to see if this is someone who should be booked next year. Every single one of them said YES, BOOK HIM! They already had!
After listening to this one man band for a short while I could see what all the fuss was about. He's good! He's very good!
Bunky plays guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, piano and harmonica. And sings!
He has no trouble getting people up on the dance floor. Here our friend Bonnie couldn't even wait for her partner!
Soon she had Bob up on the floor with her.
We are so glad we finally got to see this guy. We heard he's going to be playing tomorrow night in Eloy! We'll be heading there for sure!
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