We Found Paradise.....

And it was in Yuma! Well, Paradise Casino anyway! We spent our first night in the RV parking area of this very small casino.  Bill helped the local economy by playing poker. We ended up down $5! A good dinner and a good breakfast in the morning and we were off to Gila Bend. That is where we are sitting as I write this.  Our speedometer quit working and our batteries weren't charging as we drove down the road.  We made it here to Holt's Shell Station...a truck stop and small RV Park. Bill thinks it's the alternator...and the mobile mechanic came out to our campsite and removed it this afternoon.  Of course there isn't an alternator for us  here in Gila Bend...so they have sent out for one and hopefully it will be here tomorrow. We hope it will solve our problem as we can't move on until it is solved.  I will try to post a photo of our mechanic if I can pull it off of the internet.  He is a bit of a celebrity or perhaps he is just notorious here in town.

YEP! That's our guy!  A bit of a brawl which resulted in felony assault on a Police Officer which landed both he and his wife in the "big house" courtesy of Arizona's famous Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Here's a link to the article and I will let you decide who the injured party is.  Bill and I have already formed our own opinion of the whole nasty deal. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/photoGallery/index/2201745/

 We liked him and hope he can get us up and moving again soon....

So, here we are. We decided to drive through town (1755 friendly people and 5 old grouches so the sign says. Where does our mechanic fit in?) and we found a great spot which would prove to be our first  serious photo op. Who says there's nothing here in Gila Bend?

Keep your fingers crossed that we can head out to Kartchner Caverns tomorrow.  We're meeting up with our son, Garrett, his fiance Carrie and her mom Ginny, Bill's brother John and my sister-in-law Lora and friends Rick and Colleen. We're supposed to make dinner for everyone and we don't want them to go hungry!