Our first night in the Phoenix/Mesa area was truly exciting! We spent it in the Freightliner parking lot with lots of fire trucks that were being built. George had discovered a small oil leak & decided since we would be cl
ose to a Freightliner/Cummins shop, we should get it checked out. They found not one, but two small leaks so they needed to keep the RV overnight and since that's our home, that's where we stayed. At least they got to it first thing the next morning and we were able to head back to Mesa before things got crazy with Super Bowl fans coming to town. Just outside Mesa is Goldfield, an "authentic" ghost town so, of course, we had to go. Driving out there by the Superstition Mountains was beautiful and the ghost town was fun. But I t
hink we had more fun shopping at the Superstition Harley Davidson shop on the way home! It was huge! On Super Bowl Sunday while everyone was either at the game or watching the game, we headed out to the Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park near downtown Phoenix and had the park almost to ourselves. The highlight of our time in Mesa 
was stopping by Earl & Marilyn Weckman's winter retreat and visiting with them. Earl's a retired Hopkins cop who George got to know real well when he first started with the Hopkins Fire Department and Marilyn used to work for the City of Hopkins. I've known Earl since I was about 6 years old because his brother & my dad were on the Minnetonka Fire Department together, so it was really great to be able to spend the afternoon visiting and then going out to dinner with them. Marilyn gave me some grapefruit off their tree and I've been enjoying them for breakfast. We're now packing up and heading to Lake Havasu for a week.
ose to a Freightliner/Cummins shop, we should get it checked out. They found not one, but two small leaks so they needed to keep the RV overnight and since that's our home, that's where we stayed. At least they got to it first thing the next morning and we were able to head back to Mesa before things got crazy with Super Bowl fans coming to town. Just outside Mesa is Goldfield, an "authentic" ghost town so, of course, we had to go. Driving out there by the Superstition Mountains was beautiful and the ghost town was fun. But I t
hink we had more fun shopping at the Superstition Harley Davidson shop on the way home! It was huge! On Super Bowl Sunday while everyone was either at the game or watching the game, we headed out to the Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park near downtown Phoenix and had the park almost to ourselves. The highlight of our time in Mesa 
was stopping by Earl & Marilyn Weckman's winter retreat and visiting with them. Earl's a retired Hopkins cop who George got to know real well when he first started with the Hopkins Fire Department and Marilyn used to work for the City of Hopkins. I've known Earl since I was about 6 years old because his brother & my dad were on the Minnetonka Fire Department together, so it was really great to be able to spend the afternoon visiting and then going out to dinner with them. Marilyn gave me some grapefruit off their tree and I've been enjoying them for breakfast. We're now packing up and heading to Lake Havasu for a week.
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