JEROME ARIZONA

Our friends from Oregon, Tim and Judy, spent more than a week here in our park. It was a pleasure for us to be able to spend so much time with them while there were having repairs made to their truck before moving on. I sure wouldn't wish those repairs on my worst enemy, however, we were glad that we could assist them in any little way. We pray that the rest of their trip is all pleasure for them!! Continue to count your blessings, Tim!! We spent a day going to Jerome Arizona with the intentions of seeing Sedona also. But Jerome is as far as we got. That will leave us something to do the next time we get together, and we look forward to that!! Jerome is a small town built into the side of a mountain after a copper mine was started in the area. And I do mean literally into the side of the mountain. The streets switch back and forth with very little extra room to spare. It is said that one of the buildings actually slid down a street level. Now the town is being slowly restored and turned into an arts and crafts galleries and stores. We looked at the buildings which had very little left of them, to the new galleries that were fully restored. There were some that were very much the old time period with the doors facing one street and the windows in the back looking out over the street below and the valley where the mine was. There was much to look at that was quite interesting. We could have spent a lot more time here actually!! But all good things come to an end. We then stopped at Hacienda Restaurant on the way back to Mesa for a good Mexican lunch!! We then took Tim to check on the truck and followed that with a stop at K-Mart for their weekly Classic Car Show. Gary made good use of the new camera there.

Tim and Judy were then able to be on their way to a new RV Park farther south and Gary planned on his art class with the junior highers at Sunshine Acres, but the school had other things going on as Gary found when he got out there.

I had gone with the scrapbooking girls out to lunch at Filly's and for a very nice visit. It is a chance to let down our hair and get to know each other better. And we were not disappointed in the food!! Some of the girls have returned to their homes in the north, so we missed them. But we were glad to have this one last time for a good visit.

There have been weekly music programs here in the park also. One was The 8-Track band who played many songs from the 60's through 80's. This was followed by an ice cream social which was only lightly attended because of our heavy rains that we had been experiencing. Thus we had good seats!!

Weather here is now improving during the days with temperatures in the seventies and the rain is gone on. So we are happy and enjoying every minute of it.

Take care now!!

And to our family back home, you have been in our prayers, as well as your extended family. We pray for comfort during this time of loss for you all. We love you and miss you!!