Where are Cheryl and Dennis?: Apache Junction - Baseball and more horsing around

03/23/2019 – 03/31/2019

Saturday – 3/23/2019 – Today we drove to Surprise and to visit our friends John and Donna and to see a Brewers spring training game. John got tickets at Surprise Stadium which is the cactus league home of the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. The brewers were playing the Royals in a split squad game. Donna had a conflict and could not come to the game with us. John got great seats directly behind the Brewers dugout. Neither Dennis nor I are baseball fans but we enjoyed the game, especially since they won!

After the game we returned there house to rendezvous with Donna. We then headed to Glendale to check out another restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dive. This was a bar-b-que joint called Thee Pitts Again. We enjoyed visiting with John and Donna one more time before we head home.

The weather has been really nice with temps in the 80's. We have been taking advantage of this and spending time swimming and hanging out at the pool. Dennis finished a third leaded glass project. We also stopped over by Pat and Donna to pick up a few things they want taken home. They are flying back to Wisconsin and have some items they do not want to take on the plane. Donna gave us some yummy treats she made.

Friday – 3/29/2019 – This morning we participated in the park poker run then decided to do a little more sight seeing. We drove south to the small town of Florence. First stop was McFarland State Historic Park. The park is a building which was once a courthouse and served many roles since it was constructed in 1878. This is the oldest standing courthouse in Arizona as well as the largest adobe structure still in existence from the period of 1863-1912.

After visiting the park we took a walk along Main Street. There are a few historic buildings which house various shops. We drove a little further south on Main Street and stopped at the Old Pueblo Restaurant for lunch.

After lunch we headed west out of town to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. This monument preserves an ancient North American desert community. The center piece is an adobe structure thought to be completed around 1350. It is constructed of caliche, a sand, clay and limestone material common in the area. It is estimated that it took 300 tons of caliche to construct. Nearby there are the remains of several small villages. Very interesting place and well worth a stop.

Saturday – 3/30/2019 – The park was having a end of season celebration with games and food trucks. I had plans to go back to Horseshoe Equestrian Park in Queen Creek to watch a Cutting Event. In addition to the cutting there was a Barrel Racing competition as well as a local Gymkhana show. The arena that the cutting was in did not have any bleachers so you had to stand and watch through a couple of pipe fences. Not ideal and hard to see. The barrel racing was in the indoor arena and was the most fun to watch. In the evening we attended the park dance.

Sunday – Spent a little time packing up the camper as tomorrow we leave. In the evening we attended a fair well party in the backyard of some of our neighbors.

Where we are parked: – Sunrise RV Resort Site 238– 500 sites – heated swimming pool, hot tub, shuffle board, horseshoe pits, pickle ball and tennis courts. RV site rates: We paid $804.40 which included a referral discount. There are other rates for extended and fall only stays.