Buckeye, AZ

We stopped in Buckeye on our way to Yuma, only spending 3 nights here.  Before we arrived, we had four different couples that had arranged to meet with us, so no time to meet with many others we would have liked to see.  Each time we are in the area, we try to meet with a few that we haven't seen for awhile.

Tuesday night we met with our good friends, Cheryl and Les, Cheryl being a previous neighbor in the Puyallup area.

On Wednesday, were met Dick and Helen, work friends for lunch in old downtown Scottsdale, then mid afternoon we met with one of my CA&P SM coworkers, Peter and Blenda who just retired and moved back into the Phoenix area.  At 6:00, we met Kim and Pat for dinner.  Kim and I worked together back in the Data Processing days in Salem and we had not seen each other for about 17 years, so it was great to catch up with Kim and Pat at the Wild Horse Pass Casino.

Kim and Pat recommended that we go and see the lights in Mesa at the Mormon Temple, so on our way home, we drove by there and it was definitely worth our time - the grounds were beautiful.  These pictures don't do the lights and color justice, but may give you a little hint of what it looked like.

We then spent a quiet New Years Eve in the RV park, and left on New Years Day for Yuma, where we will spend the month of January.