Well I seem to have writer's block but Denis has been nagging me to get something posted again so I'll try to work up a few relevant thoughts....
We left the
truck & trailer in storage and flew home December 16. I got home in time
for some of the kids pre-Christmas activities and Brody stayed with us for 4
days, he missed us but not as much as I missed them.
We had
Christmas eve with Kelly, Cody & family and Christmas day with Paul, Karen
& girls (they had returned from Disneyland on the 24th). New
Year’s eve we had supper with Adrienne & boys before going to Kelly &
Cody’s to welcome 2015! January 1, I drove to Peace River and saw Derek, then
January 2 went on to Grande Prairie to see Dad and my sisters. Saturday we had
a few gathered at Quinn’s, Byron, Stacy & kids and Shaun & Grace
came over. Just missed seeing Dillon as he was still in Dawson Creek. The
weather was very nasty when I was up north (a foot of snow and then -30) so it made leaving a
little easier for me. We flew back to Phoenix on January 8.
Picking up
from my last post, we did visit the Katchner caverns and both loved them, they
were discovered in the 70’s by a couple university students. The site is now a
state park and very impressive. We
continued down the road to Tucson. While Denis visited the PIMA aviation
museum, I did a walking tour of downtown and found a 4 block long street fair.
We plan to go back to for a couple days, Denis didn’t have time to tour the
2700 acre aviation boneyard and I’m sure I missed lots of interesting sights
& shops downtown. We then headed to Phoenix to get settled in before leaving for home.
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| Sunset at Saguaro Park (Tucson) |
And now the next episode, we are back enjoying the warm
weather and Arizona hospitality.
Back to
Phoenix for a few days, we did a bit of exploring and we spent a day at the
Barrett Jackson auction. Denis drooled over every vehicle on display, they were
auctioning memorabilia that day so all the cars were still there.
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| Retro Rig (older than ours) |
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| Denis had one of these but it needed major restoration, then the Miata came along |
Then we
decided we needed warmer weather and headed for Yuma. We are in an RV park here
for a month, so it’s pretty nice to be settled for a bit. We have connected
with friends from the Fort who have been coming here for 17 years, so they’ve been
showing us the ropes. They took us to Mexico one morning and had us to their
complex for a Ukrainian meal. We drove to Quartzsite and went to the massive RV
show/flea market, we were there for about 6 hours and saw only a fraction of
the booths. Also at Quartzsite there are thousands of RV’s parked all over the
desert, where ever you find a spot you like. We were wondering how you’d ever
find your trailer if you came back after dark. We have connected with my sister, Paula & Tim a couple times, they are 1.5 hours away.
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| Field of cabbages near Yuma, there are endless fields of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, etc |
Today it's raining and I'm making pea soup and we're doing chores.
