Mountains, Lakes, & RV friends

Happy St Patrick's Day to you all. We drove up to Mesa this morning and met Ray & Barb and Rudy & Linda. We were all together in Gulf Shores, AL back in January before everyone left looking for better weather. By the way, it was 88 today, that's getting plenty hot. They are in a very large RV & snowbird park with over 1700 sites for RVs and park models. Patches made out like a bandit with all the goodies she received from Ray & Barb's cats. We spent some time walking around their park before we drove up to the Usery Mountains & Saguaro Lake for some sightseeing and lunch. Thanks for lunch Ray! It was a beautiful ride through the desert and then into the mountains to the restaurant on the lake. The pictures do not do the scenery justice & we had a very enjoyable day.

Casa Grande, AZ at Desert Shadows

Sunday we made the short trip from Benson to Casa Grande, about 120 miles. We checked into a Western Horizons park named Desert Shadows, a little before noon and it's our first time here. There were 5 or 6 RVs checking in at the same time and guess what....one couple was a fellow Haulin' HitchHiker.....JV & Carolyn Evans. The last time we met was in TX when a rally was cancelled due to hurricane Ike. We had a long visit & cocktail hour with them Monday. Desert Shadows is such a nice name but the park isn't quite like it sounds. It is growing on us though. We took a site in the back which is against a block wall and when we stand up we can see over it. A bunch of old falling down wood corals & small buildings. Now, what's nifty is the donkey, rooster & peacock that hee haw, crow & squawk. It's kinda nice, Patches thinks there's a strange jungle on the other side of that wall, she's a little concerned something over there might get her.

Monday was meeting with a Western Horizon rep, lunch at KFC, laundry, Curves, grocery & post office day. Today, Tuesday, was a VERY busy day. It was in the low 70s and starting tomorrow it's going to be in the 80s for awhile so we spent the day washing the RV and then the truck. I'm pooped, Judy worked harder than me and is still going. Patches, she's having a great time watching all the birds and Judy has been going to the clubhouse playing cards, attending presentations, bingo and such. This might not be a beautiful desert park but it has activities up the ying yang.