Thursday AM

BREAKING NEWS... Gloria has secured a position with Mercy Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  It is the job she wanted from day one in her quest to be a nurse.

Here is the view we have this morning from our back window.  You can see the casinos in the background in Laughlin, NV.  That is the Colorado river, which divides AZ and NV.  It is quite a view with the mountains completely surrounding us.

Our new spot

Yesterday, Wednesday, we traveled from Casa Grande to Bullhead City, about 300 miles.  It was pretty much a white knuckle drive as there were high wind warnings all throughout AZ.  The mountain roads were very good and much of the trip (hway 93) was on dual highway, but the wind was a factor.  The last leg of the drive was coming down the mountain from an altitude of over 4500 feet to 500 feet in the Colorado River valley.  The grade is about 6% for 12 miles.  The truck downshifted to 3rd gear and stayed there for the whole 12 miles.  The wind and the grade made for an "exciting" last leg of the journey.  Lela took a few pics while traveling through the mountains.

When we arrived, Tim and Tracy greeted us before we could even get The Silver Star set up.  We visited here and then went to their apt. where Tracy had prepared a delicious lasagna for us.  We visited for a couple hours and then returned to the park.

Tuesday, we finished closing up The Silver Star for the next leg of our trip.  Paul got the keys to their new home and we loaded up some boxes and headed to Queen Creek. Little Caesar was on the menu, and Lela baked an angel food cake to go with some fresh strawberries.

The Family on their new front porch

View out the back door into the yard

View from family room to the kitchen

view from the back wall to the house

cactus growing in thew yard

G'pa & son

Tuesday afternoon we were treated to a desert dust storm.  they said it wasn't a full blown Habub, but it was enough to close highways for no visibility.  Paul and Christy were caught in it, and had to pull off the road.

 

 

It didn't really affect us at the old house or at the RV park, but there was a lot of dust everywhere.