Arizona Road trip

Hello from sunny Wickenburg,Arizona. We took a road trip here to see Jeni's family. Jeni and I are staying at the fabulous North Ranch Escapee park in beautiful congress Az. We are about an hour from Phoenix via hwy.#60.

The weather is great with temps in the 70's and lots of Arizona sun.

There is lots to do while we are here.I will be meeting my brothers and my uncle for lunch one day,Jeni will be visiting her brother and sisters.

On Sunday There is a big get together with all of Jeni's family in Goodyear.Az.

While were at the park we visited the great clubhouse here and ran into escapee friends and fellow residents of Park Sierra. North Ranch's clubhouse is not as big as Park Sierra's but they still have a lot of activities going on.

It is the Desert and sun that draws winter travelers to Arizona and here there is plenty of both.

The RV sites are situated so you get maximum desert views no matter which way you look.The blue,cloudless sky is like a great sea in the sky. You are serenaded at night by the moonlit coyotes and great horned owls as they ply their nightly trade. Out here, I sleep like a baby!
The greatest show in the west starts at dusk as the famous Arizona Sunset begins.

Just before sunset the puffy clouds move in on the horizon.Then the show begins as the sky is ablaze with color and the clouds glow of brilliant reds and orange. as the shows climax begins, the sky dims to reveal brilliant pink and gray clouds as the first stars appear in the eastern sky.Night begins and a new show is born. WOW! words just can't describe it!

Night after night of beautiful Sky's and sunny cloudless days.

amazing!

Another thing we did was hike the desert.The park has trails just outside the back gate heading out in BLM land.Just you,the jack rabbits,coyotes,and rattlesnakes(in summer).

Jeni and I hiked about 3 miles to see the lonesome Saguaro. the only cactus around the park.



The only thing more beautiful than the desert scenery is Jeni.What a lucky guy I am.I get the best of both worlds!

Look!,next to the lonesome Saguaro cactus,isn't that an old weathered cowboy that lost his horse! Naw!, Its just ole Phil.

Jeni and I went to "gold rush days", in Wickenburg. This is their rodeo week which is very popular here in the west. They have an arts and craft fair exhibits,a killer car show,a carnival,and of coarse the rodeo.This is a picture of Jeni and the Mayor, in the middle,Jeni says that's me!

At the car show I found an old 57 Chevy stepside Apache pickup.I had one when I was a youngen only it was green.Great truck.It got me to work !

Jeni found a more unusual model she liked.I guess she is showing off her wild side.Jen! "get away from that car"! "You have Grand kids for gods sake!"








Now this is the car Jeni always wanted.About ten years ago We went out to look for a new car and we thought we would give the ford mustang a look.Back in Jen's teen years her brother in law Dale had one and Jeni occasionally drove it and fell in love with it.When we got to the dealership to test drive one, we had to do the "Limbo" to get into it.And when we finally got in ,it felt to us like you were sitting at ground level,so we

decided we could live without this car.But Jeni says "the car still brings back memories!

When we left Arizona,we stopped off in Riverside,Ca. to see our Son and Grandsons for the weekend.

Saturday we went to the "Awana Olympics"to see our Grandson Aiden compete.That's him with his 2nd place ribbon and certificate.He did great! Grandpa and Grandma are very proud of him.

Sunday we said our goodbyes and we headed home. But we needed some stuff from "Home Depot in Fresno so we stopped in.

I have been needing some lumber for a screen wall and Jeni's friend in #533 needed lumber to finish her shed.I have been trying for a month to figure out how to get all that lumber to the park as I have no pickup.I called Home depot about delivery but they wanted $85."Too Much!"

"Hey,I'll just put it in the motor home on the way back from Az.""Brilliant!"Well at the Depot Jeni and I got all the stuff and started loading ,"man this is a lot of lumber","lets put the 4x4's and 2x6's in the car...Great Idea"! I had to put them aginst the windshield ,over the front passenger seat to the back door...."they barely fit." "Ok,i'll close the door.......CRAACK!" The windshield broke!The boards were just a bit too long.....That $85 looks pretty cheap right now. Phil,Phil,Phil!Well we headed home with our pride tucked between our legs."This ole guy learned a valuable lesson today On our Arizona Road Trip.


P.S. here is a picture of Jeni's Siblings

Left to right. Sister Sandy,Jeni,Sister Lori,Brother Bill,Sister Beverly,and Sister Joann.When we all used to party back in the day,These beautiful gals danced my legs off!I'm one lucky guy being part of this clan.