Goodyear AZ (Low 36 Partly Sunny High 68)
Guess it just wasn't meant to be yesterday. We had plans to see the latest Hobbit movie but when we got there about 20 minutes before the start there were only 12 seats left. Not wanting to force our neck into a permanent upward glance we gave up on a movie pretty fast. The day after Christmas must also be a big movie day, who knew? We spent the rest of the day going to lunch at Claim Jumper then shopping then back to the park to greet Jo's cousin and wife who just arrived at the park.
One of the many reasons we like this part of the country for the winter is that we tend to see more movies here than any other place in the country. Part of that has to be the free popcorn you get with the purchase of a Harkins Theater loyalty t-shirt and a cheap refill on a large pop with the purchase of a loyalty cup.
So far this visit we have seen "Thor: The Dark World", good movie with a lot of action.
"Delivery Man", another good movie with a sweet message and an excellent job done by Vince Vaughn.
Next we saw "Hunger Games: Catching Fire", another action movie that was very good.
We could recommend any of these movies if you were looking for a movie to see. After the latest Hobbit movie we want to see "Saving Mr. Banks" which looks really good.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 38 Sunny High 70)
Merry Christmas, "Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people".
Remember, Jesus is the reason for the season.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 34 Sunny and Nice High 68)
Bob recently went with his friend Bob to the Phoenix Holiday RV Show. This is Bob's (both of them) kind of show; free parking and free admittance.
The show was held at the University of Phoenix Stadium (where the Arizona Cardinals play) in nearby Glendale Arizona. For the RV Show they pulled the field out.
This is a great stadium to tour, if you ever get the chance you won't regret touring this stadium.
Also Bob's kind of show is that although there were some neat RVs to look at there was not the one that made you want to trade up.
Before the show the Bobs ate at Which Wich Superior Sandwiches near the stadium and we both agreed that our better halves would enjoy this place. It was a great time for the Bobs while the better halves were at their Christmas luncheon at the park.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 44 Rain Early the Partly Sunny High 60)
Bob recently attended the Men's Christmas Luncheon at the park. Not as well attended as the Women's the next day but it was still a good time had by all. The food looks great
The boys are hungry
After eating Mike regaled us with some jokes he had printed out and then, as men are prone to do, we solved all the worlds problems and talked about great places to visit in our RVs.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 42 Partly Cloudy High 72)
We haven't been doing too much since we got to Goodyear except for the usual appointments when you are settled in one place for awhile like haircuts, doctors, truck service, etc. The weather has turned nice so what free time we have we sit outside and read. That means our truck hasn't moved much.
We will try and blog once a week and after special events. Bob did go to an RV Show which we plan to blog about and we are planning to go to the Phoenix Zoo for ZooLights.
We did have another random thought, this time dealing with being a tourist. When we spent awhile getting across Texas we realized that with Texas plates we could not get away with doing something stupid and people seeing our out of state plates and go, dang tourists. We will just have to be more careful in Texas :-)
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 30 Sunny High 55)
A Place for Everything - and Everything in it's Place
When you get a system in place you have to stick to it. That includes buying the same sized accessories that you use inside your RV. We first noticed this when we bought olive oil, the jar had to be the same size to fit where the old one was. We were reminded of that when we did our reorganizing after we were able to move back in after our repairs and upgrades. Here is our paper products drawer being rebuilt.
First the snack bags,
Then the aluminum foil
Then the wax paper
Then the press 'n seal, which is so much better than sarann wrap
Then the gallon ziploc bags
Then the quart ziploc bags
Finally, the chip clips and twist ties
A Place for Everything - and Everything in it's Place
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 33 Sunny High 55)
How do you eat where the locals eat? We ask people if they were out of their home town for a long time and were heading back into town, what is the first place you would eat at?
We asked ourselves that very question on the drive into Goodyear. We decided on a shrimp burrito from Senor Taco.
You get a lot of shrimp, rice and a white sauce that is incredible. Bob went and got two shrimp burritos to go, actually one shrimp burrito and for only 50 cents more got the daily special that included a drink and two rolled fish tacos. More food than we should have eaten but everything was good.
Our second meal eating out was the turkey and cranberry sandwich at Paradise Bakery (that also includes a free cookie). Our third meal eating out was breakfast at TJs Homestyle.
It will take us a while to visit our old favorites but then we want to try some new places. Tonight is "Rib Night" at the park and that is always good.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Goodyear AZ (Low 43 Partly Sunny High 73)
Arrived here yesterday with the cold weather hot on our heels, or should we say cold on our heels :-)
At least we get one day of typical winter weather here but the forecast is for highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s so the BWE is in full effect. If we are going to have this kind of weather we guess it is better to have it just after you get here as you are not yet acclimated to the usual weather.
Here we are parked at our site for the next 4 months or so.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
Willcox AZ (Low 30 Partly Sunny)
Goodyear AZ ( Partly Sunny High 72)
We try to avoid doing too much on Saturdays since we like to leave Saturdays to the locals. But we have done so little sightseeing lately we just decided to give it a try.
After breakfast and showers we were ready for lunch. We decided on Big Tex BBQ
But when we got there it was closed for remodeling. So instead of there, and instead of where the locals eat, we decided to eat where the truckers eats, Country Pride Restaurant in the Travel America TravelCenter. Turns out a lot of locals eat there because the place was packed. The food was really good, Jo got the chicken and dumplings and Bob got a chicken breakfast with a whole green chile on the top. We also checked out Apple Annie's Country Store which is in the old Stout Cider Mill location. Never had the pies before but Annie's apple cranberry pie is sure good.
After that we decided to head to the Rex Allen Museum
Guess what it was closed too. Not to be deterred, and since it was a short walk we walked to the Friends of Marty Robbins Museum and it was closed due to a family illness.
In our defense all these places should have been opened on Saturday. It wasn't a total bust though, we walked through the oldest continually operating store in Arizona that had a neat display on the history of Willcox. We then walked to the Rex Allen statue.
By this time some reenactors were putting on a gunfight show.
We then heard about not really a gunfight, more like bringing a knife to a gunfight story. Warren Earp was killed in Willcox in 1900, he brought the knife. Warren was the younger brother of Wyatt Earp. Since we have been to Tombstone, and to the Earp's boyhood home in Pella Iowa we decided to try and find Warren's grave in the historic Old City Cemetery.
It took us some walking around but we did find it.
Although not the day we had planned it was still another day fulltiming and visiting the sites in this great country of ours.
We are off to Goodyear today to our winter home for the next few months. Should be great weather when we get there with highs in the low 70s for a couple of days. But it looks like the BWE is in effect later in the week with temperatures in the 40s.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
