March 10 to 12, 2011; Casa Grande to Welton, AZ

MAR 10, Thursday, last day in Casa Grande
Another hot and dry day! I picked up my mud flap bar from the welder. Val defrosted the fridge and I organized the cupboards and fixed two chairs which bottom had fallen off. Val spoke to her daughter on Skype and saw her new grand-daughter...really cute; now Val is very happy and floating on cloud nine. We went out to find the last two geo-caches then fuelled the truck @ 3.77/gal at Fry’s. We stopped at the bank then at a local bar for a beer then home. It is HOT! 93*F, crazy! Tomorrow we leave for Welton, Arizona...getting closer to California! The Mourning Doves have sure been active and noisy around here, we even have one nesting on the roof; he’s in for big surprise tomorrow!


MAR 11, Friday, to Welton, AZ
First thing I did was pick up my mud flaps bar which had to be re-welded. After packing, we left at 10 am for Welton, AZ. Took hwy 84 west then I-8. We made one stop for lunch on the hwy and arrived in Welton around 1:15 pm. It is HOT here. 85*F (24*C), very dry! We are in M&M RV Park; we paid half price due to our memberships. We are here for the week-end only, leaving Monday for Yuma to get the toilet fixed. After a few phone calls, I found someone who can do it Monday morning. We have the A/C on and Val is out doing a puzzle in the club house. We also called Jack and Mim in Yuma and we went to Ed & Judy for happy hour, they are only a mile away from us. We had a nice visit for about 2 hours then came home, had dinner, talked to Louise and Dave on Skype then it was relax time.

N 32* 40.187
W 114* 08.962
Alt: 243 Ft

We travelled 148 miles (238Km) in 2hrs, 45 minutes, driving time, @ an average speed of 53 MPH. We stopped for a half hour lunch break.


MAR 12, Saturday, Welton and Yuma
Another hot day! We went Geo-Caching in the morning until noon and found 6 caches. We stopped at a local pub and had a snack and beer then came home to pick up Tucker; we went to Yuma and stopped at Fry’s only to run into Jack & Mim and Ed & Judy. I bought some wine and beer then we went to the Flea Market where I bought a small table for the BBQ. At 4 pm, we drove to Jack & Mim’s place and had happy hour with them and Ed & Judy. It was really nice to see the gang from home. We had a good time but like all good things, it had to come to an end and we drove home, about a 20 minutes drive. Good day overall!