Pictures. 1.This is a tight fit that Kat walked us thru along Hwy 152. It sure felt a lot tighter than it looks here 2. After a night of snow in Springerville. 3. And Roberta and Caroline at Zane Grey. I want to carve one of these Totems. They are hallowed out and made into rattles.
We finally pulled ourselves away and got out of Bentsen Grove. Lots of hugs and goodbyes. Not so bad though, we will be coming back. I mean it’s not like we’re leaving forever and saying goodbye to good friends we’ll never see again. But it is a great place because of all the nice folks we met and things we have done and it was a little hard to leave. OK! Enough of that, you get the picture. Wait a minute! One final note. I did do the last two Senior Ambassador performances. The first of those was notable because I forgot my glasses and had to fake a whole bunch. You’ll recall I was having some trouble with my parts and not being able to see the music was………. Well, that was a real challenge to say the least. But it’s a big group and nobody really knew ‘cept of course me. Our last performance was at Bentsen Grove and it went pretty well. Very well according to Kat, the wives, and friends. So I’m looking forward to next year and a few practices before we start. Maybe I can learn what I’m really supposed to be doing?
So we headed out! The plan was to spend some time in Texas State Parks and use our discount coupons and see some more of Texas. We soon found out that we were in trouble. It’s was Spring Break. Not only were the parks mostly full, they were full of little young people. Yuk! So it was Left Turn Kat! We changed direction from north to west and headed to New Mexico. We went thru Roswell and Alamogordo, saw the White Sands, and then into the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. Mostly across Hwy 152 . As it turned out, it was a great decision. No little people, or any people for that matter. Almost no traffic and the scenery was just great. We got into some snow in Springerville NM. Fortunately we got into a campground just before the &^#@ hit the roads. By morning everything was frozen and covered with snow. It thawed enough to get out late, but we made it. What a mess though, we drove thru enough slush mixed with New Mexico dirt to last me a long time. After a short stop at Meteor Crater RV Park (one of our favorites) we went to Zane Grey RV Park in Camp Verde AZ. It had come highly recommended by some RV friends and we wanted to ‘check it out’. It was great! First, it was immaculate, landscaped, clean and neat. Second, they allowed me to wash both the RV and car. Most places don’t! Then they had a woodcarving group who invited me to join them, and I did. And lastly (kind’a lost count there huh?) they had a really good mobile RV repair guy in the area. Which was good because we had to replace our toilet and he took care of it, insurance and all. And if you had to lose the use of the facility for a night (we did) this was the place to do it. We happened to be parked very near the rest rooms. And now we even have a bigger better Throne (got the upgrade). So we put this high on our list of places to spend some time. And it was more of a long term (like a month) kind of place. We made lots of friends right away and we will go back.
So we headed out! The plan was to spend some time in Texas State Parks and use our discount coupons and see some more of Texas. We soon found out that we were in trouble. It’s was Spring Break. Not only were the parks mostly full, they were full of little young people. Yuk! So it was Left Turn Kat! We changed direction from north to west and headed to New Mexico. We went thru Roswell and Alamogordo, saw the White Sands, and then into the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona. Mostly across Hwy 152 . As it turned out, it was a great decision. No little people, or any people for that matter. Almost no traffic and the scenery was just great. We got into some snow in Springerville NM. Fortunately we got into a campground just before the &^#@ hit the roads. By morning everything was frozen and covered with snow. It thawed enough to get out late, but we made it. What a mess though, we drove thru enough slush mixed with New Mexico dirt to last me a long time. After a short stop at Meteor Crater RV Park (one of our favorites) we went to Zane Grey RV Park in Camp Verde AZ. It had come highly recommended by some RV friends and we wanted to ‘check it out’. It was great! First, it was immaculate, landscaped, clean and neat. Second, they allowed me to wash both the RV and car. Most places don’t! Then they had a woodcarving group who invited me to join them, and I did. And lastly (kind’a lost count there huh?) they had a really good mobile RV repair guy in the area. Which was good because we had to replace our toilet and he took care of it, insurance and all. And if you had to lose the use of the facility for a night (we did) this was the place to do it. We happened to be parked very near the rest rooms. And now we even have a bigger better Throne (got the upgrade). So we put this high on our list of places to spend some time. And it was more of a long term (like a month) kind of place. We made lots of friends right away and we will go back.
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