Day 24-Thurs 22 Jan 09-Benson to Apache Junction, Arizona

It was a short drive today…overcast and cloudy and rained a good part of the time. It’s so dry here that the ground just sucks it up like crazy. By the time we got to Apache Junction it was clear and quite warm.
Last night in Benson there was a police car that went near the campground with sirens blaring. Within a couple of minutes, the coyotes started howling and when another police car went by, they really stepped it up. Of course, every dog in the campground started barking and it was quite a racket for a while. However, it was neat to hear the coyotes and I guess there are lots of them around that area as the site is outside of town, in the desert.
We made a couple of stops to stock up the fridge and go to Campers World to get new light bulbs for the LuvMasheen. We shopped at Wayne’s favourite store…Fry’s Grocery. Last year he applied for a VIP card which gives significant discounts on food items plus 10 cents a gallon on gas. It’s a great store and I love finding all the small packaging stuff, it’s so much easier to pack in the van and means we can eat lots of different things.
We are going to stay here for 4 nights and use it as a jumping-off points to visit around the area. Wayne has a friend here from his gym who bought a mobile home last year. He’s checking to see what the rental situation is at that park and we’ll also look around and see what else is available for longer term rental in the area. It’s not as easy and you would think to find something and seems to be more ‘who’ you know…people seems to find places from other people. I find it all a tad frustrating.
The weekend is going to be rodeo-ing and then we’ll pack up and head west again. Until things warm up farther north, we’ll stick to the southern parts of Arizona & California.
Hope things are well at home. I see the OC Transpo strike is still on…they should be getting hungry soon! Until next time, love and hugs to all. xx