Apr 6th to 8th - Apache Junction

Apr 6th - Mon - Apache Junction AZ
I corrected our current location on this entry. We are only a few minutes from the RV park in Mesa but we are actually in Apache Junction.
Rick & Diann left late this morning - heading for home (Boise, ID). We had a lazy day. Rode the bikes around the park which is not too far since this is a small park. Printed our copy & e-filed our federal income tax return and then went to the pool. The water is a little cool but feels great when you get in. We were kind of hungry so we came back and snacked a bit. Soon we were hot again so we returned to the pool and chatted with a guy from Illinois.
By the time we were sitting out again, we were in the shade of our rig and it was absolutely perfect. After dinner we went for a walk and did not get far before we stopped to talk with a guy (David) who is from Devon, Alberta - near Edmonton. Actually, his summer “home” is a spot in the Devon Lions Club campground where we stayed. It was nearly dark when we left him so our walk was short .

Apr 7th - Tues - Apache Junction
We went for a long drive today. We headed NE on Apache Trail Historic Road (Hwy 88) and stopped first at Goldfield which is a reconstructed gold mining town. It was a little before most of the stores opened so it didn’t take too long to walk through “town”. A lot of the drive was through the Superstition Mountains and very scenic.
We stopped at Tortilla Flats - it doesn’t seem to have changed much since we first saw it over 20 years ago. Stopped at several overlooks for short walks and pictures. Right past Tortilla Flats, a 22 mile stretch of dirt, wash board road began. Fish Creek Hill is a particularly narrow, windy, hilly portion of the dirt road. Apache Lake is a beautiful lake created by a dam on the Salt River.
At Roosevelt Dam, pavement was a welcome sight. We stopped for lunch in Globe and turned onto the
Gila-Pinal Scenic Road (Hwy 60) for the rest of the loop. There are huge tailing “mountains” from copper mining in the area with current mines visible from the highway at Superior.
Terry dusted the truck and washed the tires when we returned - not that it needed it much!
Our neighbor Luke came over for happy hour. When we pulled out a buddy burner he went and got his wife Judy to see it. She hadn’t joined us earlier as she had a sore throat & coughing spells. The weather was perfect and we sat out until 8:30 when we were all getting hungry.

Apr 8th - Wed - Apache Junction
Chores today but first a visit with Bob & Susan from Bellingham WA. Then we spent some time getting Luke’s laptop to talk to the park wifi which blocks Skype and Vonage. Vonage was starting automatically on Luke’s computer so he got an error when he tried to connect. He had taken the computer to the office but the lady there had not been able to figure out the solution which was to not let Vonage start up.
Next was laundry. The laundry room is close so we came back for lunch once the clothes were in the dryers. We did some rearranging of items in the main & front storage compartments with a view to sometime putting a small TV in the main compartment for outside viewing.
A trip for groceries and the evening spent inside as it cooled down a lot and a wind came up