More fun than a warm bath!

Kylie flying for the frisbee

The last day for a romp in one of their favorite parks around.   A soccer/dog field that gets watered everyday and at times, one of the sprinklers breaks and then it is a fun time for kids and dogs.   Even better in July/Aug when the temperatures reach over 100 degrees.

A desert "Christmas Tree" (decorated with ornaments)
 across from our RV site

An hour and a half drive and we arrive in Casa Grande at Las Colinas RV Park by noon.  A quiet, very clean and very friendly park with about 180 sites.   Very flat, lots of farming land (from what we have seen so far is cotton, gypsum and a sterofoam chips "packing peanuts" factory).  Trains are plentiful as are trucks. 



"City" of Eloy (a martial arts building and others totally in ruins)

We drove through downtown Casa Grande.   It was named after the Hohokam ruins at nearby Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.  Population of over 44,000 and mainly agriculture and cotton, the area has been dedicated to snowbirds, with various golf courses and resorts.

We made a quick detour today, after visiting friends at an RV Park with about 3,000 sites, to Eloy.   We thought maybe we would get lunch there.  Ah, um ... let's just way, we didn't really feel safe sightseeing or getting out of the car.   Again, first impressions!   It is very desolate, run down, lots of closed businesses like tire and auto shops, garages, restaurants and bars on windows.   Yards with trash, old broken down vehicles.   Maybe, there is alot more to it than we saw and would like to see more someday, when we have more time.

Well, who would've realized, ELOY is THE place for indoor skydiving!  State-of-the-art indoor skydiving.  World & National Champions have chosen the train here.  http://www.skyventureaz.com/



Desert Hare
HUGE rabbit, huge ears ... 2 ft tall and 3-6 lbs)



The "Jackrabbit" (aka desert hare).  We saw these in a huge field in Casa Grande where we planned on running the dogs ... until we found out the field is FULL of goat's head (thorns).    The Black-tailed Jacks are desert dwellers (unlike the white-tailed Jacks who live in the mts).   Snow-hares or Jacks are mtn dwellers exclusively.

The young are born in a place the female feels is safe - they do not build dens and the young are fully furred and wide eyed when born.   They must hit the dirt a running as they have many predators; bobcats, foxes, coyotes, hawks and eagles.   They drink or need little water as they get moisture from the plants they feed on such as sagebrush, cactus, grasses and crop plants.   They can run 40-45 mph and they are not people savey!  This was a difficult photo to get.