Saturday, December 13th

Well folks, now that we spend a lot of time in one spot, the blog slows.We're having to good a time here in Casa Grande, Arizona.Right

between Phoenix and Tucson it's a nice spot.Weather is dry with day temps in the 60-75 range.At night it's in the 40's.Usually low 50's by 6am.I've been getting away with a blast of heat from the overhead A/C heat exchangers.They'll raise the temp 15+ degrees.This precludes burning diesel fuel in the main heat system.We use that for serious cold.We've been to Tucson to visit some neighbors from Wolfeboro who have a winter home out here.We'll spend christmas with them.Also visited the Army western training site that I spent three weeks at in early 90's for a tactical "cobra" traing course.Another field had a bunch of old airliners and fighters.Got a good walk among the old dogs.Most are being restored for wealthy aviators.DC-6's & A-4 jets were common.We will visit the Pima Air museum that we haven't seen in years.We are surrounded in our motorhome by canadians.A lot from BC.A real nice bunch that we've had several happy hours with.It didn't turn into a "drunk in"!Florida was a little different in that respect.One of their "mates " was an american from Texas.Since there are at least five of us "Bobs" in the group, he was already called "air Bob".Rightly so.He and I hit it off quickly.You see, Bob, a retired American Airlines Captain started out his career as a fighter pilot in the US Air Force.Surviving being shot down by north vietnamese gunners in his F-4 Phantom, he was a "guest" at the Hanoi Hilton for Five years!Now 68 years old and in remarkable shape, he flies air races and trains pilots to fly a bunch of "civillianized" fighter aircraft.He has some interesting tales.Unfortunately he had a short airline career being hired in his mid-forties.We meet the most interesting people out on the road.Maybe that's why Willie loves it so much and wrote that great song.Lindy and Daisy have enjoyed the road probably more than me.I do love it, but it would improve if I could tow along my Bell 47.Heck, with the truck attached we'd trail about 90+ feet of gear!For those interested, regular gas out here is as low as $1.49/gal.Diesel at $1.99.The RV park is enormous.Surrounding a beautiful golf course, it has all the amenities such as pools, hot tubs, activities etc.We will be here 'til New Years Day.At that time we will travel about three hundred miles to Palm Springs for our two month stay there.A good day to travel usually since people are trying to recover from the "eve" partys and the rest watch football.We'll try to get a weekly report out in the future.We don't want to bore you too much.So, everyone have a safe and pleasant Christmas and New Year.'Til the next blog write.....