Along an Arizona highway we seen prison inmates cleaning the roadsides, we noted that they tow an outhouse along with them and that the transport buses have air-conditioning, some buses had as many as four a/c units on the roof, we also noted that school buses have no air-conditioning! Glad they have their priorities right! Remember how we got storm-stayed in Virginia because of a snow storm, well, a wind storm almost done us in this time, winds gusting to 60 MPH in the high desert lifted our camper 6 inches up and almost tipped truck and camper over a few times, that is not an exaggeration, we travelled for 25 miles at 10 mph hoping we would not tip over trying to get to town so we could get some shelter. We finally pulled into a persons yard that had a for sale sign and parked with their house protecting us. They come home and we explained why we were there. They suggested we park behind their garage and make ourselves comfortable until the wind died down! We played cards and had a drink while the wind still shook the camper relentlessly! We finally made it into Lordsburg, New Mexico and got a motel room, the winds continued until nine o'clock, we watched the news to hear many tractor -trailers had flipped over in the area, we were very lucky. Bought some more tie-down straps today! Roofs were blown off houses, cows were tipped over, and over 3000 people lost their power because of the winds. We thought the winds were stressful, but today we had to face steep mountain roads again, the worst yet, 9000 feet, no guard rails anywhere, while I sweat, Trish prays, she says," Hail Mary, full of grace, get me off this goddam mountain face!" We crossed the Continental Divide, we hope that means no more real mountains! We had to travel slow also because of the " Tour of the Gila" bicycle race, Lance Armstrong was competing! We don't think Brian Barkhouse was there!

Pleasant Acres RV Park, Apache Junction, AZ, waiting for the sun to finally set, so it will cool off to sleep comfortably, daytime temps are in the 90's. We love it !

Hello to our latest follower Johnny Brennan.

The quintessential tourists, except we don't send post cards we blog.

Brent, all outhouses in California and Arizona, it seems, must now post this warning, like all governments, one little incident and they pass a law!

Watching the weather here, freezing temps at the Grand Canyon, glad we didn't go. We spent 4 months looking for hot weather all around America and now we chase the shade around our camper, in the morning we sit on the north side, move to the east in the afternoon , and stay away from the south side. 93 in the shade is just nice. At home in the winter , you heat up your vehicle before leaving, here you turn on the air-conditioning for fifteen minutes before leaving!
I know we keep saying it, but today we paid 12.99 for a forty-ouncer and 12.99 for 30 beer, and the beer is 5.9% alcohol! The temp goes down at night, comfortable for sleeping! Camper door is fixed, the owner, the manager are very nice, we used their workshop, tools, etc. We could not have lucked in more than to find Pleasant Valley RV Park in Apache Jct. Arizona, not many parks would be so co-operative! Trish says McGyver has nothing on me, but you have to have the tools!

Another day in the heat,(but), it's a dry heat!!! We had supper at Post 9399 VFW , Superstition Mountain branch, supper for two people $9.00, beer $1.50 for a large Bud Light Draft. We may stay until Friday, they advertise , All You Can Eat Cod for $7.99 on Fridays. fish day! Temp. is 93, but going down to 73 by Thursday, looking forward to the drop! Lucy tells us we can look forward to lots of humidity in Louisiana along with the high temps, we will suffer through it, they have a new pool!

Here we are in Apache Junction, Arizona, pretending it is August in Nova Scotia, 93 degrees today but no humidity! Sitting out under the stars wondering how we could spend six months every year in the south! Repaired the camper door today with the sun beating down, lathered in Sun block and pouring down the cold beer! We always seem to hit the right places, last evening we drove into this campgound, paid our 20.00 bucks, then mentioned we needed tools and work area to fix our door, the manager pointed out the workshop, and said we can have access to everything there! Just great! The biker bar across the street was a little loud but the music was great! After the last bike left, we were able to sleep great!