Great visits with friends

Peoria, AZ
April 22, 2007

The last couple of weeks have been a lot of fun. First, we caught up with Paul and Dorna Kuhn at Cotton Lane RV Resort. We parked the coach there for a few weeks this month and, since our coaches are the same year, model, and colors, we had people doing a few double-takes.

We had a nice visit with Dave and Sandy Thompson, who stopped by on the way to California for the start of Dave's cross-country bicycle trip (http://www.americabybicycle.com/Fast/FastPop.htm). Dave was able to make sure the bike was all in one piece from the plane trip out here and get in a couple of 50-70 mile rides. We had some nice dinners and an interesting visit to the Frank Lloyd House, "Taliesin West" in Scottsdale.

We also spent a few days with Linda Whitley and Wendell Burdick, friends from Alabama. They're on their first cross-country RV trip, and having a great time with their new-to-them Class A coach. They brought their dogs, Jackson and CJ, along as well.

Last night, we had dinner with Linda and Wendell, and Ana and Larry Pell, long-time friends (see, I didn't say "old friends") who live in Phoenix. I'm pretty sure a good time was had by all.

We'll finish out the visits with Sandy on Monday night as she flies back to Philly Tuesday, and then we'll catch up with Dave on "day 3" of his ride in Wickenburg on Wednesday. Wickenburg is about 60 miles northeast of here, along US-60. It'll be our first chance to visit there, although we've been through there several times in the car or coach.

In between, we'll finish up our packing for this summer's excursion and preparing the house, as we head out on Thursday, April 26. I'll post more on that process and the plans for the trip later.