After leaving our old friends in Yuma we're going to visit our Saskatchewan friends, Dick and Barb, that we visited last fall. They're staying at a large RV Resort at Casa Grande. Here's a nice break along the way; very deserty isn't it?
Just after lunch we arrived at our home for the next few days. I just love the southwest style, don't you? Its a lovely resort with pools, exercise room and lots of things to do. Our friends know how to pick em.
We're getting pretty good at moving so we're set up and relaxing in an hour or two. We usually have a drink to help relax after a long days drive but its only 1 PM so I guess we'll wait. But not too long. Fortunately my friend Dick likes scotch as well.
This is our friends site, just across the road from us, very handy. The only problem is, they're not there. Well, actually, we spent the first day here with them and went out for supper where we caught up on all the latest news. They had let us know weeks ago that they had to leave early, something about farming or something. So we had a good visit and when I got up at 6:30 the next morning they had already left. No time to wear out our welcome, that's for sure.
So, we'll just make our own fun while we're here. First thing I do every morning is make a coffee and go for a walk around. I visit here first. There's always something that needs dumping or recycling so a walk here starts my day. Pretty exciting so far.
There's a great cactus garden just inside the park so a walk through there is in order. There's not much colour but cactus is something we don't see back home so it's fascinating to look at all the different varieties. Can you spot the pretty blue flower?
We're enjoying the park, its clean and well looked after. It looks like this cactus feels the same. I've never seen one in the wild that looks this fat and sassy. Those arms above my head are bigger than me and probably weigh 4 times as much. Saguaro cactus absorbs water during the wet season and expands as it fills then starts to shrink as the water is used. Apparently, they will absorb water until they collapse under their own weight. I guess you wouldn't want to water them too much.
The dry winter is ending and some of the cacti are in bloom. The colours are even more beautiful because of the lack of other colours and the dry brown earth.
When we're not hiking the park (which takes 1.5 hours at a good pace) we're either reading or Grammies working on one of her crafts. Since we got here its been in the 90F range (35C) in the afternoon so its too hot to walk around and Harvey's too hot to sit in so we sit outside in the shade. Soon we'll be heading northward and may looking back fondly on this heat before we get home. From here we're heading to Phoenix AZ to meet some other friends (hope they're there :-) ). Stay tuned.
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