Last night the wind was blowing so hard that I put in the slides and stowed the satellite Dish; I woke up this morning and thought I had gone deaf, but it was the lack of howling gale force winds. These people need windmills and kite festivals!
Cara and Harry in close quarters is something to watch; Cara likes the chase, Harry...... not so much.
June 1, 2011..........I am now officially old, my Medicare starts today; it saves me big bucks on health care, it will be even better when Connie gets there in 15 months! This will be the last age increase we will look forward to, ugh, can you remember 18, 21, 50, 62? I can remember the last two. I have a new song for Billy Rae Cyrus; "My achy breaky self"!
Moving to the Elk's today; shade, trees, quiet, dog friendly Show Low Elks Campground with full 50 amp hookups. Our good friends Doris and Terry will be heading to their place in Overgaard, Az. today and we will get together for my 65th on Saturday. Doris and Terry were the first couple we met when we went full timing, we've been all through Mexico with them and had some wonderful adventures.

Saturday the 28th of May, Show Low had a traffic Jam. We were headed to the weekly Farmer's Market when traffic suddenly came to a halt; they were re-routing us. I thought to my self the farmer's market must really be something! Not! It took us about five minutes to look at the six or seven tables! The traffic jam was caused by the local parade and the Elk's Lodge had a huge auto show and about fifty booths! It would have been more fun if the wind wasn't trying to blow us over. We have had wind here every day, and it doesn't help that sites at the Venture Inn RV Park are like living on a parking lot, and they are not dog friendly; oh well, I screwed up again (#376 this year). J.C., you were right! Next week we will be moving to the Elk's RV Park (no wind); I might yet redeem myself with an atta boy (#16).
We are thinking about reserving a site for next year, $400 a month, includes electric.

Show Low & North AZ.

When one is no longer living in the motor home full time, the expense of using it for short periods of time is much greater. Not only does all the normal expense of upkeep, insurance etc. etc. continue, but the expense of having the house also continues while we are gone (I am sure the spiders appreciate it). We were shocked when we took a long look at what we have been spending these past few years; we had to question the affordability of keeping both.
June in the Valley being too hot for comfort we escape and head north for better weather and new adventures. We would normally head for Washington and its cool climbs, but trying to be a little more frugal, we thought we would try closer to home. Show Low is a long uphill climb (6,000 feet) from the valley floor, we can really feel the weight of the Buick wanting to go downhill but the Cummins is up to the task.
On the Mogollon (Mo-ge-yon) rim a 30 degree temperature difference from Phoenix is perfect. Pine trees are a welcome change from all the cactus and sage brush, this is like night and day between Buckeye and here.
Several RV parks dot the area and after checking out most of them, our choice would be the Elks. Centrally located but like camping used to be, in the woods, lots of shade, but some open sky for satellite. Just $14 a day with no time limit, full 50 amp hookups, quiet, Elks for neighbors, food and activities at the Lodge a short distance away; what's not to like?
Coming in second would be the Indian Hon-Dah RV Resort for $380 a month if you stay the season; with 50 amps, cable tv, shade and the Casino across the street with buffet's etc..