Small World in Casa Grande

I am a little behind in posting again. We went to Casa Grande last Sunday. We were only there for 5 days. The Internet was down in the whole park the entire time we were there.

Small World: We went to a US Bank to get quarters (for laundry) and the teller was from Renton. She went to high school at Kentridge.

We went to a farmers market in the historic district of Casa Grande. I like to go to get a good feel of what the locals are really like. Good coffee has been hard to get on our travels. We are spoiled in the Seattle area. Bought some local gourmet coffee. The seller moved to Casa Grande a year ago. She is from Shoreline, just north of Seattle. When I lived in Seattle, I lived on the borderline of Seattle/Shoreline. She was used to good coffee so she decided to open a business here. It is very good. We went to another farmers market in Palm Springs and bought some local gourmet coffee. It was awful. Just because it is gourmet doesn't mean it will be good.

We went to the Casa Grande Ruins. The buildings were built in 1350. Amazing how much is still standing. They were built by the Hohokam Indians. By 1600, they were totally wiped out. A mystery.

We are very lucky in the Northwest to have such good water. Ever since we got to Az. on January 14th, we have had to buy water. You don't realize how much you use for cooking and drinking until you have to buy it. We go thru abut 1 gallon a day. Except for Yuma, it is 25 cents a gallon. There are dispensers in front of all the stores and at the parks. You use your own gallon jugs. In Yuma, it was 10 cents per gallon. What a deal. Even tho we have a filter on the RV, the water still does a number on your hair. Yikes! Makes it very unmanageable!

Had to get my first haircut since traveling. I usually get it cut every 6 weeks and it had been 2 and 1/2 months. Most woman will agree it is kind of scary to go to someone new. I was going to just go to the first one I saw in town. In an RV 2 spots down from us was a traveling beauty shop. Great! The man did the men and the woman did the ladies. She did a good job, a little shorter than I wanted, but I was glad to get the frizzy ends off. One thing about hair, it will always grow.

Still having a good time.