Welcome to Casa Grande
We arrived midday at our RV park and were looking forward to getting settled in. The first spot they had for us was just too tight and we couldn’t get the trailer in straight enough to then get the truck and trailer disconnectd. We spent over an hour and finally gave up. Gratefully, they had another spot available near the back of the park where we had a wide open parking lot in front and could pull up and back straight in. It was where all the big rigs were. Whew!!
Neighbors on both sides are quiet and rarely home. In comparison to other RV parks we looked at, this is fairly small with a number of permanent trailer or tiny homes and many are still empty as the snowbirds haven’t all arrived yet. It has all the accomodations we need, nice laundry facility, heated pool, hot tub, club house (with 3 pool tables and big screen TV), putting green, boche ball and shuffle board courts. Because we’re in the back, we don’t have all the traffic coming in and out and that’s nice too. The dumpsters are across the parking lot from us so it’s easy to off load the garbage whenever I want. It’s a very quiet place.
We arrived on Tuesday, just in time for the Wednesday morning local gathering for coffee and donuts. It’s more like an HOA meeting providing all the local information and activites, like cribbage and bingo nights, the Thanksgiving dinner, etc. We learned a lot of the residents are from the midwest or northwest so we fit right in. FYI - we didn’t volunteer for anything!
We have a little visitor each morning. Bun-Bun just hops all around checking everything out. I also found a small farm just on the back side of the park with a couple of horses, chickens, and a rooster.
The two horses were very friendly and came running over to the fence, showing their teeth and wanting to be petted. They were very healthy and I enjoyed them. The roosters aren’t too loud so it was all good.
We spent several days trying to find our way around the city and learning which way is north. It is mid-sized, flat, and very spread out with the same sized foothills on all sides so it’s very hard to determine which way is up! It’s not like the pacific northwest where you have very tall mountains on one side and the water on the other. We also encountered our first dust storm and that was interesting. I’m glad they don’t happen very often.
We spent the whole week unpacking everything and getting settled in. We only had a minor casualty - 2 bottles of wine broke inside a plastic container so I felt pretty good about our packing skills (I know some may not call that minor though). Also learned a couple of tricks to make it easier when we move again.
All in all, we are really enjoying this traveling lifestyle. It’s so much easier when you have your home with you and don’t have to worry about what you forgot or left behind.
