Rainy Days

The folks in the office here said that this is the dry season - we should not see any rain until April. Well, we were about to build Noah another ark - we have had heavy rains for the last 2 days and nights, this morning finally seeing the sun peak through. We heard that north of Phoenix got very heavy snow - glad we are sitting here! We also can see snow on the mountain tops when we look south towards Tucson. Yesterday we were astounded at seeing a beautiful rainbow. Dave jumped outside and took some pictures - but with the heavy clouds, you cannot see Picacho Peak. You see a small Park Model to our right - against the Peak, but we know we will not have anyone between us and them. Also - there is a huge saguaro cactus right out our backwindow. We have great views - cannot complain about this at all! The office said that rains bring abundant flowers - so we'll see. It is so nice to walk outside and not have a coat on - daytime temps for the next 10 days is in the mid 60's, the nights cool mid 40's. We like this weather! We have lots of trees and bushes and cacti right behind our RV and we are hoping that when the blooms start, we will have a showcase to view. We also need to go get hummingbird feeders - these little birds are everywhere! According to a birding site for Arizona, there are 18 different kinds of hummers here - you will have to wait for Dave to get some pics after we put up the feeders. Every morning we have been serenaded by the Gila Woodpecker and her two babies - driving Grace nuts - she wants them!

We have had our 6 month dentist appointments done, clean shiny teeth for the next 6 months at least. Casa Grande, the next largest city, caters to the winter RVers - the town has every kind of store you need, so traveling 20 minutes north on Interstate 10 is a very easy drive. Casa Grande even has quilt shops, yeah! Casa Grande has 9 major campgrounds but we chose this one because of being away from people and being out in the wilds, so to speak, and the cost. We have to pay for electric - typical when you are staying more than 30 days. The only complaint we have for this place is that they do not have free WiFi for the internet. We bought the one they suggested and it is really fast - we will try it for 30 days and then see if we continue it. For the next couple of days we get caught up on stuff, and then hopefully this weekend we will get another grandgirl fix.