It has been a fun filled week without doing too much. We left Gold Canyon on Monday (3/9/2009) and headed to Casa Grande. We wound up at the Sunscape RV Park because we joined a RV club ($50) where you get ½ off at member parks. In most cases this means we stay with full hook-ups, internet, etc. for less than $15/night.
We did some biking (Wrangler Dave did less than Biker Arda) around the camp-ground. I did a couple of trips of about 3 – 4 miles… pretty good eh? Of course Biker Arda did a couple of 20+ mile trips (show off! J). We also spent a day doing nothing… well I did my taxes which took all day but they are done. We had another day of “doing nothing” but I fixed a couple of things on the trailer and on the truck while Arda cleaned inside and did windows outside… glad we weren’t busy!
We did take a day (Thursday) to visit Willie and Vickie in Tucson. We wanted to see their new rig… it is a nice one which I am sure they will enjoy the space. Slide-outs make such a difference. They are in a very nice campground (Beaudry’s) but it is fairly expensive – everyone has to splurge once in a while. Arda and Vickie picked some lemons and found a few grapefruits as well.
Saturday (14th) was departure day. We headed to Safford where there is the Roper State Park, a very nice park with a 32-acre man-made (as most are in Arizona) lake about 30 feet deep. The lake is stocked with catfish and rain-bow trout but I have not seen anyone catch anything of any size. In addition to Red-wing Black Birds, and Finches here is another species found here. I am not sure what they are but I will find out.
If you ever travel in this area and go near Globe, one stop you should make is at the Hog Haven Steaks-BBQ-& More Restaurant. Arda and I stopped here for BBQ on a Sunday but they only serve breakfast on Sunday’s as they are busy cooking for the following week. Their biscuits and gravy are really good… even Biker Arda thinks so. We also stopped here on our way to Safford to sample their BBQ. We both recommend their BBQ Pulled Brisket… it was excellent and for those who like a little more spice in their life, try the spicy sauce.
Last night (Sat) we went to church in Safford. It was different to say the least as they have given up music for Lent and they had the Catechumens in attendance which extended the service. It is interesting to go to the various churches to see how they celebrate Mass.
Today we had to move to a new campsite as they only had 1 available last night for 1 night. That is ok with us because we think we have the best campsite in the park. Looking out back we have the lake and mountains and out front we have more mountains with snow on them. It was weird coming in last night as the storm was coming over the mountains bring snow to the upper elevations and we were sitting in 65+ degree weather.
We are here until Thursday when we head back to Goldminers for some more cowboying… Another view of our campsite from across the lake.
Happy Trails…
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