Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Arizona, Mesa - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - Val Vista Villages RV Resort


We left the little town of Wikieup (population 400) early this morning thinking it would be a short trip into Mesa – we expected to be here around noon.  The scenery changed some from Nevada, it is greener and there are bigger cacti.
 
 
One area along state road 93 had a lot of mountains that looked like precisely stacked boulders.


Still lots of mountains.


There was a sign showing this was the Joshua Tree Forest-Arizona Scenic Highway.  I believe these are the Joshua trees.




I might mention that if you are planning to travel state road 93 between Kingman and Phoenix there is nothing between Wikieup and Wickenburg which is about 60 miles – so make sure your gas tank is full.

Just a little after 11:00 our day took a turn we weren’t expecting.  We had stopped at Wal-Mart for a few groceries and were headed to top off the fuel tank when we heard a loud crash.  My first thought was “darn, what did I forget to secure that was that big”.  We were turning right, we were in the outside of the two right turn lanes.  A lady in a pickup truck was in the turn lane next to us and for some reason she came into our lane.  Luckily, Greg took pictures before the police arrived that showed her location.  She was ticketed thanks to the pictures.  Unfortunately, we still need to deal with the damage that was done.  There are some creases and scuffs along three of the basement doors, one of the door latches is sprung.  One of the awing supports is also broken.  We’ll get it fixed, just a hassle we weren’t expecting.  The good news is no one was hurt.
 
 
 
 
We got to Val Vista Villages with barely enough time to get into our site and over to the office to get checked in before it closed at 4:00.  We’ll have to find out tomorrow what our work assignments are going to be.

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