We ate at a great Mexican restaurant tonight not far from the RV park - Rancho de Tia Rosa. Not only was the food good, but the holiday decor was over the top! Lots to look at!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Gilbert Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
We went over to a favorite place today for a beautiful walk. Two years ago I was there several times a week to run. It's hard to describe Water Ranch. It's a park with 7 large ponds (lakes) owned by the city of Gilbert. I read in one place that it started as a water reclamation project. But it is much more than that now. Dense foliage lines the many paths winding around the lakes. In the spring it is a riot of color when the desert blooms. The area attracts 200+ species of birds which are in abundance now because this is a migration destination. We will go back numerous times in the next few months for birding and recreation.
Still very cool here. It will get near freezing tonight.
Photo taken from the Web site.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
In the Phoenix Area
We arrived in the Phoenix area on Thursday afternoon, as planned. We raced the big storm that descended on the southwest, and we beat it! The areas we drove through on Thursday, from Albuquerque on into Phoenix, received a foot or more of snow on Friday, and it is still snowing. Show Low, AZ, northeast of Phoenix, has more than 15 inches of snow on the ground. There was none on Thursday, so our timing was very good.
Thursday we drove from Socorro, NM, to the Phoenix area on US 60. We had never been over this piece of road before. What a spectacular road! After leaving Show Low, it twists, rises and falls along the Salt River and through the breathtaking river canyon. If the Grand Canyon were not in Arizona, this would be a National Park.
It is cold here in Phoenix tonight, and wet. Yesterday was better. Last night we went to Jan and Steve's house at Desert Mountain for dinner. (Steve is Gary's brother) Mary, Gary's sister, and husband John were also there. Very lovely evening.
You may notice several test blog entries below. I have had many problems with my previous blog app on both the iPhone and iPad, so I have changed apps. So far this one works, but not on the iPhone, a serious disadvantage. But one thing is for sure, the app world changes constantly!! So I am hoping I will find something for the iPhone soon.
Test 4
This is a test using Blogsy. The kids waiting for a seat at the pizza place the day after Thanksgiving.
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