Clayton & Pat pulled out Sunday morning headed to Lake Havasu on their way to CA. It was really great to be able to spend time with them on their first RV trip! If we are lucky we'll meet again in NV or UT a month from now when they are returning east.
Monday Judy organized a trip for 18 of us here at the B&B II HitchHiker Rally to have lunch at Sweet Tomato's (had a great soup & salad bars meal) and then a tour of Sheriff Joe's Tent City. Have you read or heard about Sheriff Joe's Tent City? Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ has a well known reputation, people love him or hate him, depend which side of the law you are on. In 1993 he obtained some military surplus tents and set them up beside the county jail to house inmates rather than give some an early release due to overcrowding. This solution (with cement pads, fencing, heat and some fans) was MUCH MUCH less expensive than a bigger jail building & he can now house 2,000 inmates in the Tent Jail. He did add more security, electric fences, watch towers, K-( units, and a facial recognition computer system. If our troops in Iraq can live in tents so can Arizona inmates.
When towels, bedding and clothing started to disappear when prisoners were released (they are criminals after all) he dyed their underwear and stuff pink to deter them from stealing it, it worked.
Illegal immigrant supporters REALLY hate him, but that's OK with me. He's finishing his 4 term in office and is 77 years old.
Our camera has died, after upteen times being dropped so I'm depending of pictures from our friends until I have a replacement.
