Chapter Eight

On February 18th our rent was up at the Desert Gold RV Resort, so we packed up, drove back to the Vulture Peak desert and set up camp down the road from John and Marie, hoping to surprise them.  Just before we were ready to drive to their place, Marie drove up, she was on her way to Surprise to pick up Ben and found us out!  I went with her and Larry went to visit with John until we got back with Ben.  After Ben went home we cleaned up and went into Wickenburg for all you can eat fish and chips at the 7 and karaoke at the Rancher.  Saturday and Sunday were rainy and cold so we stayed inside the motor home playing Kaiser (girls rule-those boys never stood a chance!) and visiting.  It cleared up enough Sunday evening for John to build an awesome fire, we sat around 'til after midnight, then we scraped the frost off the windows on the tracker to drive home.  Monday morning Trueman came by to look at the rock I found at the Swansea mine and told me there was gold, silver, and copper in it, it's not the mother load, but it is a keeper!  After he left we were loaded and set off down the road for our week stay at the John Wayne RV Park and Ranch near Stanfield AZ, arriving around 4:30.

On Tuesday morning after breakfast we jumped in the tracker and went to Coolidge to visit Georgie (my friends mom), and Jackie (John's mom), but they weren't there.  We decided to tour the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument located up the road, got some groceries at Walmart, and tried them again later.  They're still out and about, so I left a note and we headed home.  Georgie called the next morning and we made plans to meet up for lunch the next day, and spent the rest of the day relaxing (if you can call doing laundry relaxing), and catching the blog up.  Thursday morning we drove into Casa Grande and went for lunch at the Cracker Barrel with Georgie and Jackie, a long 3 hour lunch.  After we went with them to Walmart for a few things, and coffee at McDonald's, another visit, and made plans for them to stop in before they start their trip back to Saskatoon on Monday.