Phoenix Sun and Fun

We were exhausted after our 12 hours of stressful VA experiences, so most of the weekend was spent resting and relaxing in our rig at the Elks parking lot.  We had leftovers to eat, so Sue didn't have to cook and we enjoyed the respite.  Here's pix of our parking area.

Happy hour with our new friends, Pam and Ross from Holland, MI were highlights of our days

Bright and early Monday we were up and out to the truck to be at the VA at 7:30 AM to do battle...alas not to be - the truck wouldn't start!  After fiddling with trying to get it started using the RV batteries and two jumper cables with the generator boosting the RV batteries, we gave us and got our friend, Coop, to give us a boost.  Lucky he was here.  That worked immediately and we were on our way - 10 miles south.  Only took us about 15 minutes to find a parking place and as we're walking in, Jerry gets a phone call from Nadia, one of the higher ups who had called him Friday afternoon.  She said we didn't even have to report tot he clinic we had been working with but just to go to the Prosthetics Dept. and they would take care of us!  Yippee!  After a few minutes there working with the technician, he said to come back in about an hour.  We had breakfast at the canteen and reported back in 45 min.  It was done, it was fitted and we were on our way after stopping at the Diamond Clinic to thank Reggie again for helping us "get'er done."
Then we found a Battery's Plus store and replaced our batteries which were still under warranty.  A great deal!
Tuesday was a Walmart and Fry's run for groceries.  Wednesday we traveled an south to visit Jan and Ken who are in Arizona City.  Looked at the house they are anticipating purchasing and went to lunch at a local restaurant.  Toured the are looking at some of the homes for sale - even saw a straw-bale house!   Nice visit with them!  Back to base and went for a motorcycle ride with Pam and Ross.  After several false starts, found Arizona Biker Leather where we purchased a couple of patches for our PGR vests.  Then stopped at the American Legion Post 117 - Pat Tillman Post.  As you may know he was the AZ Cardinals football player who was killed while serving overseas.  Sue and Pam bought tee-shirts that say we helped build the Pat Tillman post...their 1 year anniversary is Saturday, but we will miss the party.  Met nice people there...even a guy from Cedar Rapids!  Small world continues to prove itself. 
Thursday was our "date" with Betty and Duane, Boomer friends.  We had facebooked on Wed. and she had suggested we go to Tortilla Flats...asked if we had been there.  Well, of course, I replied - yes we had been to the one in the Quad Cities when it was open and we were agreeable to that plan.
When we arrived at their rig in Mesa (45 minutes to the east), we met friends, Mark and Judie who were going with us.  Then we found out that the Tortilla Flats she was referring to was a tourist sight about an hour north in the mountains - a restaurant and mercantile out in the middle of nowhere.  We had a good laugh about our confusion about the name Tortilla Flats!
Jeeped out to the town of 6 population through beautiful scenery, past Canyon Lake and had lunch in the restaurant.

 Tortilla Flats restaurant
Duane, Jerry, Mark

Tortilla Flats mecca

Interesting decor.  The walls, window sills, etc. are plastered with $1 bills which have been autographed and placed there by happy patrons since the building burned down in 1987 and was rebuilt.  Worth a lot of $$$.

Canyon Lake Vista - a pull out overlook where we stopped on the way back.

The girls at Canyon Lake Vista - Sue, Betty and Judie

A good time was had by all. Happy hour at home with Ross and Pam.

Today we travel to CampVerde for some quality catch-up time with Jackie and Roger - Jerry's aunt and uncle.  Will park in their yard - a beautiful place to stay.  Life is good...no... life is wonderful!
We are so blessed!