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Pie Town, New Mexico

4/14/2019

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A bunch of years ago I saw a special story on CBS's Sunday Morning.  I placed going there on my bucket list.  

​Meet Kathy the owner and baker.  When we arrived at the very windy 42 degree Pie Town we saw 3 Cafes.  We guessed at which pie cafe we were looking for and we were correct.  The large wood stove was kicking out the heat and felt good.  The pie counter was bare and I took the only two crust piece of pie they had left.  It was New Mexico Apple Pie.  Bob had a piece of Coconut Cream.  Kathy and the experience was delightful.  The pie was excellent.  

Kathy advises you call before coming, so you can have the pie of your choice available.  Today she had a big bus of college kids come in and they each had a piece of pie so that left her high and dry.  

I had to share my piece of pie for pictures because it was the only piece she could hold for others to take her picture. LOL
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Road Trip Back to Michigan April 10-14

4/14/2019

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Another beautiful Arizona State Park near....41 degrees after a 90 degree day kinda killed it for me so I did some evening sewing.
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Mesa, Arizona

4/14/2019

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Palo Verte Trees are our favorite.  The Green variety has high qualities of chlorophyll in them that makes for the intense green color.  The blue varieties are found by water mostly and are a bluish green.  Palo Verte is Spanish for green stick.  They are the state tree of Arizona and live between 100-400 years.  It is the primary nursing plant for baby Saguaros Cactus.  
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Superstition Mountain in Apache Junction on Lost Dutchman Rd.
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 This one is for you Beau!

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 We went north on Power Rd, out of Mesa, to look for the wild horses.  We found a few but didn't go any further because we had sandals on. We didn't think it was a good idea to hike to them wearing improper foot wear in snake country.  Especially after meeting the gentleman who was a desert guide in the area and we saw his snake boots he had on.  He looked at our shoes, with a bit of fear!  His advise was no,  you do not walk here with those on!
It was a super hot 94 degrees today.  I'm not sure if this air conditioned bathroom, was over kill, to beat the heat.  
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Wild horses drinking by the Salt River.
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Randy, my lens was working quite well.  After giving the matter of my lens some thought, I remembered it was my Cameron lens that did not fit on Mark IV. The view finder has a lot to be desired.  Didn't get great pictures of horses but they were not posing.  Below is an ox bow in the Salt River.
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Desert flowers everywhere in the past month.
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...We made a quick stop at Catalina State Park...so pretty...

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Our adventure trip this year did not include many animals.  Last but not least we see a ground squirrel and a snake...   
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Views from the Catalina Park, this being the equestrian  area.
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A few views of the camp ground area.
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Only iPhone flower pictures were taken.
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Meet Dee Dee...Ms.Chef Boy-R-D-herself.  She has a cooking blog under this name.  
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After spending a short amount of time with her I can only guess her close friends would describe her as the Energizer Bunny on steroids.  Many good and enjoyable conversations were had with this generous, kind and funny lady.  It was a true joy to have meet you, Gayle and Sue this week.  
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Another beautiful day, ending with a sun set to remember.
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The mountain turns pink again.
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This morning the air was filled with dust and heat.  The heat was so intense that the sun's reflection off the trailer melted a 12" long hole in our plastic RV mat; be advised.    
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On our golf cart ride around the park we meet this not so little guy.  I think I found a good reason to save up for some of these veery nice boots at the flea market in Mesa. 
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...thee End Literally !

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Yuma Lakes for two weeks.

4/14/2019

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Someone in this place has a sense of humor with these stump animals.
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We enjoyed this park.  Great home made dinners on Thursday and Fridays.  Our sun set views each night were stunning.  Nice pool and hot tub were enjoyed.   
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We were playing dominoes at sun set.  Bob didn't even win...amazing. 
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Kay and Marvin's dog Brodie proved to be Gracie's best friend.  rode was 9 months old.  They ran around and played most of the week.  No picture of Kay and Marvin :(  ... whats up with that?
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Kay found the Garden Cafe' in Old Yuma, our lunch visit was charming.  
In the picture below I bought many boxes of these ice cream/caramel pops in Mexico.  Does any body know who sells them in the USA ?  They are a super good, to die for, treat. 
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Randy and Lonna showed us how to hunt scorpions at night with a black light, flash light.  Who knew this!  We are from the East and never heard of this type of activity! It was so fun.  Needless to say I held Gracie.  
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Next time we are in Yuma we want to take the farm tour.  Looking at the countless fields and not knowing what is what, kinda drives us crazy.  We would love to know more details. The world's veggies grow here we were told.  It is amazing to see them grow before your eyes and then to watch the harvest.  Below the picture might be alfalfa or Duram wheat.  Both are grown here and look similar at the start, from a distance.  Irrigation channels are every where.  All moves like clock work here.
​I think I have other pictures of the fields in other posts.
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Leaving Yuma for Mesa , AZ

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Headed  into Yuma , on I 10 you can see a big bill board that says "BUILD THE WALL AND CRIME WILL FALL" ( I didn't get a very good picture of it)     ...Just saying... 
National Park Rangers now have to brief visitors and campers, in what to do when you see illegal activity in the National park...just saying..

Yuma people told us that this wall would be one step, in many, that will help...we are glad that during our many 4X4 treks in the desert we did not find a decaying human.  Others are not so blessed.  Our hearts go out to the families that have lost loved ones.  Loved ones that were lost to false promises made by the evil individuals who are taking families life savings and promising easy access into the USA.  It is true that money is the root to all evil.  

It is a Biblical fact that we must have our own housed in order before we can help others,  without this our help is in vain.
Affordable housing is a mandatory step for all income levels for us to be able to help others humanly.  

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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

4/9/2019

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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Park was very unusual in landscape.  The Organ Pipe Cactus grows here for miles.  
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On left and above are the Teddy Bear Cactus; which are names for there false sense of being cuddly.  Behind these and by our rig are the Saguaros Cactus.  
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Organ Pipe Cactus on left and below.  Yellow flowers are Mexican or California poppies.  Some of these poppies are a quinacridone gold and stunningly beautiful. 
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On the way back to Yuma we see the remainder of an old copper mine.  The bottom mural was painted on a side of a building next to the fuel station in Ajo, AZ.  
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