Running South to the Heat in Surprise!

We left Salt Lake City and headed south for warmer and drier weather. The miles passed and as we climbed the temperature decreased until the truck computer flashed the warning ice! Snow was on both sides of the road but luckily it stayed off the road so we only had a long wet drive. Our goal was to make Mesquite, Nevada and we almost did as we stopped for the night in Bishop, Arizona.
There we spent the night in a small rv park, before heading to Lake Havasua. We wanted to stop and visit our friends Flo and John and just say hello before we continued out journey. Flo is undergoing treatment for cancer and we heard a horrible story of how they are having difficulty getting a supply of her chemotherpy)!

From Havasua we continued on to the City of Surprise, Arizona and we stayed at a nice rv park with a lapidary and silver smithing shop. Finding it open we were lucky enough to join the club and got to use their saw to slice up some dinosaur bone.
We were able to watch as the silversmiths made rings and we found out that they teach classes in smithing for a very reasonable price. Showing some of our work we were asked to teach a wire wrapping course and  lapidary but we aren't here long enough so hopefully next time.

Now we don't do cities well, having lived in Wyoming for so long so I thought I would share a couple of stories with you. Driving in heavy traffic, I made a left turn in a construction area, it was a round green light, and I was stopped by a traffic cop who lectured me about the no left turn sign.  He had a hard time believing I didn't see the sign but finally he let me go with a warning.

Last night we ordered a pizza, but when we went to pick it up we found out we had called a store in Phoenix and not Surprise and so we ended up buying some fast food. There are so many places here its confusing, it not like Jeffery City, Wyoming where your choice is limited to the Split Rock Bar and Grill!
So all in all we just don't think we are meant to live in a city. The temps here are in the pper 90's and we don't do extreme heat well. Tomorrow we hook up to visit friends in Apache Junction and then its heading for the coastal bend! Clear skies