December
12-25-2017 thru 12-31-2017
Monday
– Merry Christmas!! Today's big event was Christmas Dinner at the
park. The dinner was pot luck arranged by table of about 22 on each
table. You only took the food from the dishes brought by your table
mates. It worked out well as there was no long line to get your food.
However I had table envy has I saw some really delicious looking
cheesecake on the neighboring table. But all the food on our table
was delicious as well.
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| Merry Christmas |
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| Christmas Dinner |
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| Christmas Dinner |
Tuesday
– Mostly stayed at the park and enjoyed Christmas Dinner leftovers.
Another nice day.
Wednesday
– We did a day trip to Tucson today. Last week I was shown how to
do woodcarving. I borrowed some tools from the park but since we are
leaving tomorrow I wanted to purchase a few tools to keep going. We
stopped at Harbor Freight in Tucson and picked up a cheap set of
tools for $10.00. Then we went to Woodcraft of Tucson. I picked up a
better quality gouge and knife along with a beginners carving book.
After
that we headed up the road to the top of Mt. Lemmon. Holy cow what a
road!! It was about a 22 mile trip one way and we climbed 3000 plus
feet! We drove through a saguaro forest, along the sides of rocky
canyons, over mountain side bridges and up into pine forests. We
stopped at the ski lodge at the top and ate at the Iron Door
restaurant. We both had their signature chili which came in a big
bowl with a large hunk of corn bread. On the way back to Benson we
stopped at Saguaro National Park and took the 8 mile scenic drive
through the park. It was a lovely day.
Mt. Lemmon Scenery
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| OMG!! |
Saguaro National Monument
Thursday
– Moving day. Headed to the Phoenix area today. We are staying at
Cotton Lane RV Resort in Goodyear for at least a week. We are hoping
to be able to get together with John and Donna as well as Bill and
Sue. I had worked with Bill at Kohler Co. Both couples live in
Surprise. I also was notified by my cousin Cathy that they will be in
Mesa next week. We may try to hook up with them as well. We had a
late lunch at Olive Garden, stopped at Walmart then went back to the
park and took a stroll. It reached the mid 70's today and there was a
beautiful sunset.
Cotton Lane RV Resort
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| Indoor Pool |
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| Golf Course |
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| Golf Course |
Friday
and Saturday – We stayed at the park both days and participated in
some of the park activities. Both days we enjoyed playing best ball
golf at the parks 4 hole golf course with other park guests and
residents. In the evenings we played boccie ball. Took advantage of
the pool and hot tub on Saturday evening. High temps have been in the
mid to upper 70's with lows in the 40's.
Sunday
– New Year's Eve – Today we visited with our friends Bill and
Sue. They came to visit us at our camper to check out the RV
lifestyle. We visited at the camper for a while then went to The
Haymaker Restaurant to grab a bite to eat. We sat and talked until
5:00! Had a great time and will let them know when we come back in
February and try to get together again.
In
the evening we attended a New Years Eve party and dance at the park.
Lots of fun with dancing, food and a champagne toast.
Where
we are parked: Cotton Lane RV Resort – Goodyear Arizona –
Site 38. We paid the Good Sam weekly rate $206.13 which included
water, sewer and electric. This is a resort park with many amenities
including an indoor pool and hot tub, boccie ball, shuffle board,
pickle ball courts and 4 golf holes. There is laundry and exercise
rooms. Our site was in an area for short term guests and was very
small. The sites for the monthly guests were much more generous in
size. There are also permanent single and double manufactured homes
in this park.
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