Category: Arizona

Spring Training – Sunday February 26, 2017

Another great day of baseball.

Section 109
Seats  9 & 10
Cano getting ready for the season.

Second day of Spring Training and Nellie’s second home run.
The hit
The bye bye

And the happy totals.

This is a new scoreboard and they are still learning to use it.  The day’s attendance did not get shown, I think it was in the 4,500 range.

After the game we drove out to Tempe and had dinner with Richard and Vickie.  They have been in Yuma and were in Phoenix for the weekend and are now on their way to Tuscon.

White Tank Mountain Regional Park, AZ – Thursday February 23, 2017

We are at a nice park west of Phoenix and a couple of miles north of Goodyear where we will be for the entire month of March. 
When we left Goodyear last Spring I got us a site at the RV Resort in Goodyear for the month of March 2017.  When I purchased Spring Training tickets in early December I needed to find a place to stay for the end of February. This is a nice place with well spaced sites and we have a great view of the valley and the city of Phoenix.  In 2016 we got here the first of March and only missed the annual charity game, however this year the charity game is 2/25 with games 2/26 and 2/27.  In December this park had 7 or 8 sites still available thus here we are for a week. 

We are in site 38 until the first.

Virgin River Campground, AZ – Thursday, November 10, 2016

We are again on the Virgin River while heading north.

Today’s drive 435 mile, Friday 280 to Ely, NV, Saturday 409 to Ontario,OR and Sunday 250 to Richland.  I know 435 miles in a day and you are retired?  Some days my old type A personality can not control itself and I want to get to Richland on Sunday to visit Jack.
We are in site 71 a pull through.  Pictures don’t want to up load so I will try tonight.

Update 11/12/2016
Campsite

 

Tucson, NM – Navy Reunion – Monday November 6, 2016

During my time in the Navy I spent a year in Danang Vietnam (71-72) with a unique group of sailors and marines.   We had a large reunion in October of 2013 in Tampa Florida which was an amazing time.

Several months ago I was in contact with Jim Inks who lived in Norwalk Ohio and was in the process of beginning the fulltime RV life style.  I told him we would be in the southwest during September to November and to let me know if he gets into the southwest.  Last week we discovered we would be camping within 10 miles of each other.    We got together for dinner, the first time Jim and I have had an opportunity to talk in 44 year.  We were both in Danang from October 1971 to November 1972.
Here are a couple from years gone by:
That is Jim on the left and Mike Farmer on the right.

Jim is in the middle with the handlebar mustache.

Ok, I showed some pictures of Jim 44 years ago, here is a couple of me.

 

Tucson, AZ – Monday October 31, 2016

Travel day to Arizona.
We are at Gilbert Ray County Park on the West side of Tucson just south of the western section of Saguaro National Park.   In site H24 and we’ll be here until Monday November 7.
And this is the view out the motor home door.

Campground has 130 sites and my guess is 15 sites are occupied.

By the way, we picked up of ballots in Deming, NM on the way through.