Bond, James Bond ... and Benson, AZ or Bust

DB and I ran into 2 dear old friends today....... "007" and "99," Glen and Cindy Johnson. They looked exactly the same as last time we saw them .... almost ten years ago probably!! Had a great mini-reunion in the parking lot of the Mall. They are in Peoria AZ now so we may be visiting them on their turf this winter. :)

NEXT exciting NEWS FLASH ..... we have reservations for Butterfield RV Resort and Observatory in Benson, AZ from December 20, 2011 - January 20, 2012.

>>> Thank you John and Kathy Huggins for your great advice and helpfulness. <<<

Surgery, Mexico, Thanksgiving, Black Friday ... then TX and AZ bound!!!

Here's what we know for sure (as far as our schedule goes)....

This Tuesday, DB has surgery on his wrist. Carpal tunnel AND they are completely removing a wrist bone. (ouch!) Doc said his recovery is 10-12 weeks...... I know for a fact however, he has a GREAT nurse!!!! :) :) :)

The 10th of November we go to Mexico. We come home on Sunday the 20th, Thanksgiving is the following Thursday (24th), Black Friday the 25th, and then we'll leave SD on Monday or Tuesday (28th/29th).

First destination is brother John's in Dallas/Fort Worth area and after a week-long visit, we'll start traveling EAST (about the 15th of December).

Looking at the RV Park where our friends John and Kathy Huggins are in Benson, AZ ..... we think that may be a good place to land for awhile! Especially after I learned that next door to the park is ................ a SAFEWAY store!!!! :)

Any and all comments, suggestions, hints, tips and tricks welcomed.

We are now thinking that Kerrville TX, near San Antonio, will be too far away from the family we'd like to visit in the Ft. Worth area, so looking at the map for possible RV Parks nearer the Big D.

Also contemplating NM as a possible landing pad in December.

This is all part of the "fun" of this lifestyle I guess! Can't hardly think about being so far away from our SD family over Christmas, so my mind is foggy about all of this. AND we have a little time yet.

That, together with DB's scheduled surgery on his wrist one week from today. Carpal tunnel and they are removing a bone! eek. Sounds scary and they said his recovery is a good 10-12 weeks. I'll be busy with nurse duty for awhile. :)

We've already made some GREAT friends though, out here at Hart Ranch, and look forward to all the new people we're going to be meeting. God bless everyone and thanks for reading our blog!

Texas Bound for December??

Spoke today with Jerry Jaeger, parked across from us at Hart Ranch. Every winter he and his wife go to Guadalupe River Resort RV Park in Kerrville, TX. Looks like that might be a good place for us in December.
The more people we talk to, the more we learn and are hearing some discouraging things about the Phoenix AZ area in regard to crime rate, cost of RV parks and congested areas/restaurants/traffic.
So for our first month "out there" we are looking very seriously at Guadalupe. Check out the website - it looks very nice!
http://www.guadaluperiverrvresort.com/