On to Benson

I am still playing catch-up with my blogging. We were in Mesa until last Wednesday, the first, when we moved on to Benson. We enjoyed our stay in Mesa at the Doll Beer Mobile Home Park. Old but perfectly suitable. It was fun to have Martha pop in and out almost on a daily basis. She usually arrived with fresh fruit, or cookies, or something else she thought we might have use for.

We toured one of Frank Lloyd Wright's properties last week before leaving Mesa - Talisian - which is still a working design school. I need to learn more about the man, because he was pretty complex - eccentric? It was quite fascinating to walk through the living areas that he and his family occupied for several years. He would never create a structure on the top of a rise, but always placed it under the brow of the rise to make it one with the surrounding area. Of course the location of Talisian was really out in the middle of nowhere when it was built, but the greater Scottsdale area has moved in closely.

Last Wednesday, we and the Spragues pulled up stakes and made our way to the Butterfield RV Resort in Benson - the only RV resort with an observatory - which Ken and Rod have visited. We quite like this place, and it is not age restrictive so there is a bit younger crowd and fewer folks careening around in golf carts. We are walking distance to a grocery store, hardware store and post office so what more could we ask for? We are parked across the street from Gary and Carolyn and Rob and Sue Robinson. Rob and Sue sold their home in Victoria some time ago and have been full timing it in their Bluebird motor coach.

I came down with a cold on Friday, so I am still operating at less that normal capacity, but it should be over in the next day or two. We have spent today, leisurely soaking up the sun and puttering. The rest of the group (Spragues, Ouseys, and Robinsons) is going to Kartchner Caverns this afternoon, but we were there 2 years ago, so we will look for something else to do.

Today is just about perfect with sunshine, blue skies, a light breeze and the temperatures in the 70s. We girls have been going into the spa every night which is a great way to cap off the day. The air cools down quickly once the sun goes down so the warm spa feels great.

We are going out for a little shopping trip to look for a pot for the cactus that we have been dragging around with us for the past 3 weeks. Karen and I have been in need of some quilt shop fixes, but so far only one in Sierra Vista. And I doubt there will be anything in Ehrenberg or Blythe when we get there later this week.

Ciao