We're almost in Vegas. Tomorrow we'll be driving a short while to Vegas. It's only a hundred or so miles from where we are tonight-Kingman, AZ.
We had a great time in Florence, AZ. I think I mentioned where we stayed.
For those who are asking, Florence is about 20 miles east of Casa Grande. We'd never heard of it either but our niece and nephew built a second home there so we had to see it. It is located in Merrill Ranch, a large housing tract in the desert between Coolidge and Florence.
Now, Florence is not the most beautiful place in the desert and they realized that having found out after they bought that Florence is home to state and federal penitenteries (there is no spell check on this blog site). The good thing is that Merrill Ranch is a gated community (kind of). The home is small and comfortable. Myrna and Amanda took us to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner (located in Chandler). No I did not have any cheescake. I wish I had had my camera with me. The chicken caesar salad I ordered could have fed the four of us. Expect to take home a doggie bag if you ever eat at this place.
She lent us her car and we went to Mesa. A store clerk told me about the Mesa swap meet and I had to go. His directions were very accurate, only "it's just over there" ended up having us drive about 15 miles east of where we were (Queen Creek). We found the swap meet-it's a shopper's heaven-but we only spent an hour or so there. Myrna needed her car back to pick up her friends who were flying in for Spring Break.
We knew that hubby was coming in and hoped to see him too and see him we did.
Tuesday about noon we get company. Mike is out on the street with the camera and just happened to spot these four intrepid bikers. They rode across the desert taking about two hours to get to our rv site. It was sunny when they arrived but only a half hour later a rain storm hit.
It's amazing who a person can run into anywhere in the world now-a-days. Our bikers met someone they knew before they got out of the park and were sheltered and driven home by folks from Kamloops.
Wednesday, five of the folks went to the Canuck/Phoenix hockey game. I stayed home with the dog because the car only held five. Too bad the Canucks lost in a shoot out. Thursday, Mike and Myrna had a bbq that also had food for an army, but was it good, yumm!
Thanks again folks for looking after us. We love you!!!
Friday we were off again, this time to Apache Junction. We found a great little park. I highly recommend it. We will probably make it a stopover in the fall on our way down to Mexico. Friends of ours from Vernon just happened to be staying there for the winter and we were able to park our rig right beside theirs.
Ernie's rig is on the left in the picture below. It wasn't cheap there but it was very neat and clean and the park is built in a circle, with the clubhouse, pool and common area in the middle. Think of a wagon train in a circle and you will have an idea what it looks like. Great little place, not large at all, nice wide lots. Worth the $35.00 a day. We kept our friends very busy, running here and there.
We went to Glendale on Friday to a RV show. Gave us some good ideas if we ever decide to upgrade our rig. We went back to Mesa on Friday to the swap meet and Saturday took a nice drive out to Tortilla Flat. We had the dogs with us so we took them back to the park before going back to the Mammoth Goldmine tourist site for the afternoon.
We stopped for a drink in Tortilla Flats. We moseyed up to the bar. The only seat left was a saddle. I got on okay but getting off was a different matter, lol.
At the Mammoth site, the boys were hungry for red meat. Why didn't I take a picture of the 14 oz. New York strips Mike and Ernie ordered? Too gross! And they ate every bite. It was a great afternoon. Thanks folks!
