Hudson & Dina Scottsdale Arizona our mail deliver 

Dec 30 Saturday- We got Sherri to phoenix to catch her flight home Friday. Hudson and Dina left also as it started to rain and the things we were going to do was outside- visit the Casa grande ruins and visit the Greek Orthodox Church in Florence(really something to see-five churches on the premises all with icons from Greece.) Today is beautiful and sunny wouldn’t you know it. We are getting ready to leave for Yuma on Monday for two weeks. They have a big New Years party here but we do not go . Bill can’t stay up that late, so I will go and play pokino with our group. We play every night here

Dec 27- Casa Grande-Today we go back to Scottsdale to see the galleries again. This time everything is opened. We also walk around old town.

Dec 26 -Casa Grande-Tuesday Boxing day. Off we go to the outlet mall. Lots of bargains were to be had. Sherri has a good time at the Gap. Hudson and Dina arrived after supper with our mail.

Dec 25 Casa Grande-Christmas. We have a wonderful traditional dinner at the RV park. They fed about 275 people . Last time they fed 315 ,so they were down from last time . Weather was perfect not too hot and not too cold and sunny.

Scottsdale
Scottsdale 

Dec 23 Sunday- Today we drive to Scottsdale to go to the Art Galleries. Do not go on a Sunday as very little is opened but we did walk Old Town. A nice sunny day.

cotton fields Casa Grande
bails of cotton Casa Grande 

Dec 23 Casa Grande is cotton, cantaloupe and watermelon country. The town is really growing with many many many new houses being built all around. They even have a super Wal-Mart (like a Safeways inside). They also have an outlet mall. The weather has turned cold in the evening around the freezing mark. It goes up around 65 in the daytime. It even rained part of a day.

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Bills Christmas decor Casa Grande
inside at Casa Grande 

Dec 20-Casa Grande-It’s time I updated my blog. We have been in Casa Grande for just about 2 weeks. I am back playing pokino ( a card game with pennies) and doing walk away the pounds (3 mile) and silver stretchers. This RV park has a lot of things to do. Even entertainment about 3 nights a week. I am also back to line dancing in the afternoon. The RV is decorated for Christmas inside and out. Bill did the outside. We are enjoying Sherri’s company. We picked her up in phoenix last Tuesday with no problems. We took her to Apache Junction for the largest flea market in Arizona.

Sonora desert museum
ocotillo,prickly pear,saguaro
cardenal in Sonard desert 

Dec 11 Monday. We are in Casa Grande half -way between Tucson and Phoenix. We had a great time in Tucson. We went to the movies and saw Casino Royal, a James Bond show. We went to the Desert museum, I love that place. We went too late and all the animals were napping. So just got bird and scenery pictures. Tucson had a street fair lots and lots of stuff for sale. It was even bigger than the one in Palm Springs. They closed the street down here too. But theirs is only for one weekend and PS is every Thursday. The weather was a lot warmer then Benson,. Really just perfect. I think it is colder her at night.

soda straws in Kartchner Caverns
stalacites stagmites and flowstone in big room Karchner 

Dec 6 Benson wednesday-We finely get the truck fixed after 5 days. They thought it was dirty fuel but after closer inspection found that the transfer pump ( just installed in Farmington in October wasn’t working right) . $600.00 latter everything appears to be working. We will leave today for Tucson. We were not able to do too much with no truck but we did manage to go to Karchner caverns, as we told Peg and Gerry our first wagon masters we would treat them for letting us stay with them for a while. They picked us up and stayed for dinner as the caves are only 10 miles from Benson. We are on our way to Tucson now.