First Officer’s Entry:
Who wudda thunk it! Our last day on vacation and we had several
interesting experiences. First, we went
to breakfast and enjoyed the down home, local watering hole, geriatric
atmosphere of June’s Cafe. Then we
decided to check out a nice sounding RV Resort about 15 miles north which
turned out to not be as nice as it sounded.
But then, when we were there, I mentioned (groused) that we were
half-way to Holbrook and I was going to have to backtrack and then re-track a
whole bunch if Ms CKT insisted I take her back to the rig before I went penny
squishing and she surprised me by agreeing to go with me.
So we went further north and visited
Snow Flake, AZ which was named after Mr. Snow and Mr. Flake (True!) and
replenished my wallet an ATM and then drove west to Holbrook.
In Holbrook I squished pennies at the
local CoC and then drove to “Jim’s Petrified Rocks” to squish some more. That was an interesting experience because
what I expected to be a grungy, dusty, dingy shop turned out to be anything
but. It was really neat. Big, clean, bright, and full of fossils and
polished petrified wood. I really
enjoyed it.
Leaving Holbrook we returned to
Overgaard (named for the Dane who founded it) and visited another RV Resort and fell in love with a really nice RV site
that would be a great getaway place for CKT during the hot Phoenix summers. I will include a couple of photos and here’s
a link.
Naturally no decisions have been
made. But it was and is fun thinking about
and “blue-skying” ideas of what we could do with it.
So it has been an interesting day. Tomorrow back to reality.
End First Officer’s Entry
Captain’s Entry:
It’s been a
day of blue skies both inside and out with just a few peals of thunder and a
short blast of serious rain. Yes, Frank
and I love to blue sky about our future. It’s fun to consider the what if’s.
What if we bought this lovely RV site with its own 10 x 12 storage shed (probably Frank's workshop) already in
place? Is this really a good idea? As you can imagine there are all sorts of
advantages and disadvantages to such a purchase. We mulled them over this
afternoon and decided to let them percolate for awhile.
For a few
years now I’ve wanted to spend my summers up in Washington State to be near my
kids and grand kids for a few months. The problem with that being real estate
continues to be super expensive there. We’ve looked for resorts like the one we’ve
found here in Overguaard and found that monthly and seasonal rates just aren’t
available during the summer. Rentals are by the day only, and RV sites you can
buy are non-existent.
We’ve also
considered applying to be a camp hosts for a month or so up at Fort Worden to
be near Kimberly and family. It would be nice to be a close-by grandma even if
only for a few months out of the year.
We didn’t
come here to look for property, but the cooler temperatures, clear atmosphere,
and beautiful pine-covered terrain really appeal to me. That’s when I started
looking for resorts just to see what’s available. One of the great
things about the Pine Crest Lake RV Resort is that you buy and own your own
land. There is a $55 a month association fee for maintenance of the park, but
beyond that you don’t pay rent. The prices on property here are very reasonable
as well.
I guess we’re
going to have plenty to think about when we get back to Phoenix! We talked to
several owners in the park, and they told us they love watching the wild horses
in the Sitgreaves National Forest. It’s a wonderful place for taking walks and
many of the sites back up to that land.
I thought
this would be a quiet day, but it turned out to be quite adventuresome. I love
looking at properties even if I’m not going to buy one. All in all this was a perfect way to spend
our last vacation day! Tomorrow, home!!
End Log (Photos below)
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