Christmas in Casa Grande Arizona

December 20, 2018

Its my birthday today and I spent it on our way to Arizona to meet up with my sister for Christmas,  Our night stop yielded a steak dinner at least at the Petro truck stop somewhere in Texas.  The next day saw us into New Mexico well pas El Paso and another night at a Petro.  Everything I wanted to see was north of the I10 and I didn't want to take time away from visiting with my sister.  We made it into Casa Grande on December 22nd and parked the Mack in their RV hookup spot. 

I couldn't remember the last time I spent Christmas with Gail and was so looking forward to it.  Gail and Milo have a nice place just out of town and come down every year to partake of the sun, and great weather in which to ride their motorcycles.  They also do 4x4'ing with their vehicles often taking off into the desert for days as well as Mexico, Baja.

As we didn't want them to change any plans they may have made, we went and did some cycling around the area, first to check out tires for the truck and second to go up some hills.  They in turn were going out for a ride on their motorcycles,  In the evenings we watched The Furious, 5, 6 and 7 over the nights we were there.  On Christmas Gail made turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing with real cranberries, it was so good.  We also got pointers on places to stop and see on the way to Mexico and in Mexico.  Oh and lots of cuddles and licks from Batman their black lab, who I think found a friend in Chris. A few mornings I woke up early enough to go for a desert walk with Gail and Batman

It was a short stay as we headed out first to get a set of 4 new tires for the back of the Mack and then head into Mexico for New Years eve and left on Boxing Day December 26th.  Next year Gail and Milo said they would probably be heading to Mexico, so I'm looking forward to future travels together.