Leaving Mesa

The detail work on our new TV cabinetry was completed this morning – not by 9 but we left shortly after 10. The TV was installed yesterday and we were able to watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle last night. Yippee! Here is what it looks like now:

We came here because of the testimonials we read on blogs from other RVers - Nick and Terry were here earlier this year, as well as Laurie and Odel (both are bloggers we've been following for awhile).  Then, on Monday, Dennis and Carol from RV Driving School came in and parked next to us.  This is like a "Who's Who of RVers.  We took a class from them at the Escapade we attended in 2009. We talked with them a bit and found that they are also going to Alaska this summer – their 4th trip there. They gave us some advice for that trip. Staying at RV Renovators wasn’t bad at all, but it is nice to start our travels again.
Leaving Mesa, we had a fairly short drive to Safford which is in SouthWestern AZ, taking US60 to US70. This took us out of the valley before the 90 degree temps come in later this week. It was an easy, scenic drive.

We got in Safford around 3PM and had time to do some much needed carpet cleaning and then relaxing. Nice quiet evening also. Tomorrow Bob is going for a motorcycle ride on the Coronado Trail.
Saturday’s ride to Tortilla Flats was quite scenic, but short (maybe 40 miles) and quite choppy. Tomorrow’s ride will take most of the day. Quoting National Geographic’s “Scenic Highways and Byways”: “427 curves between Clifton and Alpine” and “climbs 5,000 ft” in the first 60 miles. Looking forward to this one!!
Paige is going to stay in town. It will be a good day to do laundry and some shopping too. The weather here is great (82 forecasted) so we’ll be enjoying that with our activities.