Golden Sun RV Park, Apache Junction AZ 4/7-21/2014

One of our last stops of the season is usually in Apache Junction.  We really like the area and it is a chance to see Travis and his family before we head up north again.  There are two parks we go to, but we kind of like Golden Sun the best.  We have gotten acquainted with some of the people there who stay year-round.  There are always fun potlucks and things going on there.  It is also close enough to ride our bikes to the grocery store!

We happened to be at Golden Sun when there was a total eclipse of the moon.  We went outside and stayed up to the wee hours of the morning to see it.  Terry said it was too late (or too early) to have his picture taken!

Larry was up with us most of the time, and Elaine came out for a while.

 I took tons of pictures.  This one is when the moon was almost at the full eclipse. 

This is what is called a "blood mood" when it is completely covered by the sun.   It was amazing to watch!



Before we left Golden Sun, we had a "pool" party.  Here is Terry, our friend Jim, grandson Nate, Travis & Shannon.



At this table is Larry, friend Sue, nephew Cameron & Heather, and Elaine.  We had lots of great food, friends, family, and fun.

 



Of, course, grandsons Nic and Josh spent most of their time in the pool, along with eating their share of chicken!

There are lots of cactus planted in people's yards in Golden Sun.  There are more park models that people own and stay in from six months to year round so they have their little spaces where they can put plants.  We were told that there was an Easter cactus in the park that bloomed, which only lasts for usually one day before the bloom dies.  Of all things, it happened to bloom on Easter Sunday, so after church, I walked down and got some pictures.  It is really beautiful and this picture is now on the front page of my Samsung tablet!

There are quite a few of the other cactus plants that are in bloom.  Unlike the Easter cactus, most of them continue to bloom for a couple of weeks.

 The colors are so bright.  It is so fun to be here when all of the cactus are in bloom.

Larry and Elaine went with us to Travis' home hone on Easter Sunday.  Silly Josh (with the bunny on his head), Larry, and Terry are sitting outside on the patio waiting for the Easter egg hunt to begin.

Spencer, Shannon, Nate, Nic, and Josh are hunting for Easter Eggs--yes, even in the pool!  It was rumored that the plastic eggs held coins of numerous denominations!

 



 Josh counting his loot!

 Nate was also very successful in finding eggs!

There were numbers in some of the eggs which entitled all to draw from extra goodies.  What a fun Easter we had with Travis and his family and some of Shannon's family, also!

St David RV Park, St David AZ 3/29-4/4/2014; David's, Herford AZ 4/4-7/2014

Pilot Knob RV Park, Winterhaven CA  3/27-29/2014

We spent a couple of days at Pilot Knob RV Park, just across the Arizona border in Winterhaven CA.  We went into Los Algodones Mexico to pick up some medications  for us and for some of our friends and family (you never want to use the term "drugs" when going through customs leaving Mexico).  We just went into the first "purple" pharmacy we came to and then left--did no shopping this trip.

 

St David RV Park, St David AZ  3/29-4/4/2014; David's, Herford AZ  4/4-7/2014

After a week at St David RV Park, going to a potluck meal, playing card bingo, and doing a lot of bicycle riding, we went for our yearly visit to my brother, David's, in Herford AZ.  We met up there with Larry and Elaine.  It is always fun seeing David.  We didn't see too much of his wife, Kari.  She was putting in some long hours at work. 

 

 

David took us for a ride up the mountains behind his house.  We had tried to go there in the past, but couldn't get too far because of the snow.  If you go too far down the other side, you end up in Mexico!  Terry opted to stay home because there wasn't too much room in David's little pickup, so just Larry, Elaine, Davis, and I went.

 

We went off-road exploring a little bit, but some places got a little scary, with me and Larry standing beside the warning sign.



 

 

David, Elaine and Larry making it back up the hill where it was a little less close to the edge.

 

 At the top of the mountain we were almost directly across from the big Army blimp that hangs out above David's house, watching tor illegal Mexicans trying to come across the border.

What a sight!  David's house is the lowest house just on the left of middle--if you get that!

With the longest zoom on my camera, you can see David's house and shop (on the right of his house) better.  His house is right in the middle, with the neighbor's solar system (a bad word at the Fisher house) behind it and between his and the neighbor's house.  It is kind of a fuzzy picture because of the zoom.

We all had a fun time--going to the flea market, having a barbeque in David's great patio area, the mountain ride, and lots of visiting.  Thanks, Dave, for all of your hospitality, again!