A quick entry to bring the blog up to date. I forgot to post this picture from Goose Island State Park in Rockport. The sign says it all.
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We left Deming, NM on Thursday morning with frost on the windshield. Spring is still a ways off here I suspect.
We again parked at the Elks club in Casa Grande and called our friends who live in Sun Lakes (part of Chandler, AZ) and as good fortune would have it, we were able to get together late in the afternoon. We had not seen Don and Lois for two years so it took a while to get caught up on family news.
We know Don and Lois from years ago when they lived here while Don worked on a construction job. We have kept in touch since and have visited them several times at their Minnesota home on the lake as well as at Sun Lakes.
After a nice dinner out at a Mexican restaurant, we talked some more before traveling back to Casa Grande.
On Friday we drove to the Elks Club in Indio where we have stayed before. We did have wind during this drive but it was from the side and not as bad as a head wind. I just drove a little slower but still, we were glad to get off the road. The temperature was very pleasant for which we were glad.
We called an old friend, Joanne, whose husband had passed away last year and invited her to stop by and visit. Later, we went out to eat. Joanne’s husband Tom and I were “shirt tail” relatives. We both worked for the same company.
Early Saturday morning we left Indio and again had wind but mostly a rear quartering wind which helped us on our way. Roads in California are in bad shape and with high fuel prices; the joy of traveling is tough to take. Lots of people bypass California for those two reasons. I wish I could, especially through Los Angeles.
Eventually we did get home and then started unloading. I think I carried things from the trailer to the house for 4 hours. We carry way too much STUFF but maybe some day we will need it all.
