Revisiting old places

The A/C on Larry’s Man Cave has made a world of difference!  Where the inside temperature was running from 110º to 116º it now is a pleasant 84º and he is able to spend the time doing his projects without “cooking”.

Larry putting the new A/C in the roof of his Man Cave

Cover that shows inside the Man Cave

We took another midnight bike ride out towards Lake Pleasant.  We returned on I-17 and could immediately feel the different the pavement made with the heat radiating off the pavement.

July 4 we attended the park dinner and Dawn and Vince joined us.  Along with the brats, country fries and beans we had birthday cake, celebrating everyone who had a birthday in May, June and July.

Vince and Dawn at our 4th of July park dinner

We spent a week in Dewey, AZ just to get out of the heat for a few days and it was wonderful!  We took just the MH and the bike.  It was the first time for the new bike on the re-done bike rack and although it did fine getting there and back, Larry has been re-doing it since to make it 'better' since he is a perfectionist.  While we were in Dewey we went to Larry’s Mom’s house twice and met with our realtor for an open house.  We spent Saturday with the Guthries, friends from many years ago and had a great time catching up, studying the Torah, watching a video and enjoying a bar-b-que dinner.

sorry for the fuzz but a picture of the lovely table for our meal with the Guthries

Sunday morning we went to the park’s church service and then went out to eat.  After we came back home, there was a knock on our door and there were friends from OR Coaches for Christ who we last saw in 2005!  I had wondered what happened to them (they went to AK) so it was good to see them again and catch up with what was going on in their lives.  God is good all the time!

On Tuesday while we were in Dewey, we took the bike for a ride to Jerome and ate lunch at a Bar-b-que  place.  As we came out it looked like it might rain so we hurried to leave.  We had about three drops of rain on us but from the looks of the sky behind us we just missed a storm so we were very grateful.  We stopped at another RV park to look around and if we go back north again we will try this RV park as it is less expensive and we should be able to get satellite TV which we could not get in the Dewey RV park because of the trees.  At least they had cable so we did have some TV although not the one channel I watch on Wednesday.

Larry in Jerome looking down at the outhouse that people try to throw coins into!

Outhouse in Jerome with lots of coins around it

Our meal in Jerome

Our spot in Dewey, AZ with the bike loaded for our return trip to Phoenix

We returned to Phoenix on July 16 and so far have been fortunate to have 'somewhat' cooler weather and only one day of rain.  There were actually two days in a row where the temperature didn’t reach 100º!   Of course the rain cools things off but also makes it more humid.   Larry was able to sell one of his projects for a nice profit and immediately ordered a scope for another one of his projects.  All these projects keep him busy and his mind sharp.

Back in Phoenix so Larry can improve the bike rack