Today was another short driving day. Yesterday we drove 60 miles from Gila Bend, AZ, to Casa Grande, AZ. I wanted to get closer to Tucson in order to go through the area between Casa Grande and Tucson early in the morning to avoid possible dust storms. We ran into a dust storm on the way out last December and it was very scary. If we needed a reminder of dust-storm dangers, which we didn’t really need, sixteen cars and trucks piled up Tuesday in that area resulting in 3 fatalities.
And the best reason for the Casa Grande stop was to visit with long-time friends, Jerry and Mary Frye. They have a beautiful fifth wheel set up at Fiesta Grande RV Park for the winter season. We missed seeing them this summer in Poulsbo, WA, or on their way south, so it seemed as the perfect time to visit. We planned on going to the Elks’ Club, but I happened to notice Fiesta Grande was a Passport America park…perfect for us!
The Fiesta Grande is a wonderful destination park for spending the winter season!! However, the traffic in the east end of Casa Grande, as well as the number of people in In & Out Burger and Wal-Mart is enough to send me running to QUIET Quartzsite—during the busy season in January! Wow, Wal-Mart felt like I was in an area for a popular concert or ball game—people every where! And it was Friday and before the busy Snow Bird season has started. Where did they all come from?
We had a lovely visit with Mary and Jerry catching up on all the news and Mary fixed a delicious dinner for us. She is a outstanding cook! And the desert---ahhhhh. Let’s just say Carol fell off her “sweet-free life” again. It was a good fall----and I enjoyed every yummy bite!
Today we are with long-time friends, Don and Sharon Del Rosario. We weren't sure we would stop as we wanted to get past the dust-blowing areas around Wilcox, AZ, and Lordsburg, NM. However, the wind picked up in Tucson and was blowing pretty good 25 miles west of Benson, so we stopped for the night and will get an early start—again—to get to Deming, NM, tomorrow. We did manage to drive about 90 miles today.
Don and Sharon has have a beautiful RV lot in Cochise Terrace in Benson, AZ. They were able to borrow an absent neighbor’s lot for us for tonight. We are enjoying catching up on all their news. They live a much, much more active life that we do, smile. Fun to live vicariously through their adventures. Several years ago, Sharon showed me how to blog and started me on my path to long-winded posts. Blame Sharon if you are tired of reading what we do, smile.
Photos tomorrow of this area. We are moving—just really, really slow. It is okay, that is what retirement life is all about.
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