On Saturday the 16th our Minnesota neighbors, Bob and Twilla, who have a winter home in Sun City Grand came for a visit. We spent some time visiting here at the motorhome then went for a ride to show them Cave Creek and Carefree. After having lunch at the Sundial Café in Carefree we went for a ride to Bartlett Lake. The poppies were in full bloom out there.
We also ventured out to Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. We will try to get back here to do a hike before we leave in a week. It’s a beautiful park but the only way to really see it is by hiking, bicycle or horseback.
Bob and Twilla at the Sundial Café.
Now that’s a big sundial in the background. It’s 62 feet long and gives accurate time in Mountain Standard Time. Is that why Arizona doesn’t go on Daylight Savings Time?
The Sundial area of Carefree has an extensive cactus garden featuring cactus from around the world.
Lake Bartlett.
Later in the week Chuck and Lorraine came over in the afternoon for a visit. After visiting for a while we played a few hands of a dice game called 10,000 and then grilled some steaks for supper. Later we played some more 10,000 and finished up the evening with dessert. Chuck and Lorraine had brought the makings for root beer floats.
While sitting outside we managed to get this picture of a female Phainopepla.
I flew back home for my Dad’s 90th birthday. He was born on 3-23-23, which makes it an easy date to remember, 32323.
Here are all of the Hasselberg boys, Rueben, Dave, Lucas, Derek, Bjorn, Glen, Joe and Soren. We were negligent in not getting a picture of dad’s three other grand kids, Finn, Bo and Beck. In February Dad was named Snow King of the care center so he’s sporting his “Royal Crown”.
When I got back to the motorhome I had to fix my chair. The elastic straps on my chair were broken so it was time to string on some new ones, might be that I spend too much time in it, or my guess is that the straps are of a poor quality. RIGHT.
It’s getting close to the end of our stay here so Sandy and I took another hike on the Overton Trail here in the park so we could see how the bloom is progressing. These are some of the pictures we took along the way.
We needed a break and this looked like a good place to sit.
We came across this Desert Tortoise on the trail. It was about the size of a dinner plate.
Later that day we had dinner at Ron and Jane’s with their new neighbors and new Lazy Daze (motorhome) owners, Dan and Paula. We have been spending quite a bit of time at Ron and Jane’s home and have had some great dinners.
On the 28th our friends Steve and Sandy came over for a visit, so we went to lunch at Harold's in Cave Creek and did a little sightseeing. Again, we stopped at the Carefree Sundial and walked through the cactus garden.
Sandy and Steve.
This Texas Sweet Acacia was in bloom in the park, and it’s aroma filled the area.
Here is a rare Crested Saguaro.
When we took them to Bartlett Lake we drove to Rattle Snake Flats across from the yellow cliffs to take these pictures. The lake is just about at full pool, which we had never seen before. The last time we visited this area a few years ago with my brother Joe and his wife Barb, the lake was so low there was about a 100 more feet of shoreline.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
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