The news at 11 told of torrential rain in the Phoenix area, but I guess we missed most of it. Thank goodness!
This morning was beautiful! We were up at 7 to watch the desert sunrise over the remaining storm clouds while we drank our coffee on the patio. This park is a whole long ways from anywhere, but does have nice rv sites with concrete patios. While we were taking it easy, we decided to stay another day, since we can't get into our SoCal park until Wednesday, and we have a stop planned halfway there already. We hope to spend a night in the parking lot of the 29 Casino in Indio, where we can get a night's sleep and maybe a good breakfast. The original plan was to spend two nights there, but when Donna saw that the temp was going to be 97 and she wouldn't have electricity to run the AC, plans quickly changed…..
We elected to drive Gus east into Goodyear/Avondale to do a bit of shopping and enjoy some of our favorite places. Our first stop took us to lunch at a place we've been missing since we left the west coast in June:
Oh yeah, Double Double's all around! The restaurant is decorated with it's signature palm trees, which fit perfectly into the southwest, and some very nice low-water landscaping.
A stop at Walmart for some much needed supplies, and then we were off to Starbucks. The store in Avondale is a bit unusual in that it does not have an indoor seating space. One of five such stores they told us, there is a walkup order window, and a drive-up order window on the other side of a small, narrow shop. On the outside there is a beautiful patio with a beautiful custom metal patio cover where patrons can sip and socialize.
With our shopping desires satisfied, we returned to Nessie for some maintenance items. A freshening of the water tank, laundry, and a completion of the exterior cleaning took care of the rest of the afternoon. A nice end to a nice stay at Saddle Mountain RV Park.
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