What an experience it was, "dry camping" in the desert at the Phoenix International Raceway. When we arrived and lined up to park last Monday there were already hundreds of RV's there and by Friday, there were thousands.
We found a good spot where we could park the 4 rigs in a square and it did keep a bit of the dust down, but by the weekend, they were no longer using the water trucks on the roads and it became quite the dust bowl. The water truck, propane truck, and the garbage trucks came around daily and most rigs had the generators going in the early a.m. to make coffee and for awhile in the evening to watch tv.
During the week we managed to find a couple of casinos and golfed at a nearby golf course.
Race Day finally arrived and we were taken over to the track in "trams". They were people movers pulled with pick up trucks.
We all wore ear plugs and once the race started, you couldn't talk to or hear the person next to you. By about lap 50, I was quite bored, but we were sitting right across from pit row, so when the first cars started coming in, that was very interesting. The pit crew looked like little ants zipping around changing tires. The best part was after a caution flag and all the cars were bunched up and ready to take off on the green flag. What a racket! My opinion was that a hockey game is much more exciting and at least you can cheer and be heard.
We had planned to stop in Casa Grande for a couple of days, but everything was so dusty, that we just headed back to Yuma and have spent 2 days cleaning.
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Hi Ron & Karen!
The pictures are great. Sorry to hear that you had trouble at the border. We had heard that the female border guard was a rough one, trying to make a name for herself, I guess. Just a bit of snow here one day and then gone. No snow now. Your tree broke a few branches again, David is trying to get permission to cut it down but it's quite involved with red tape. I'd like to send your blog along to Drew to put some stuff in the Hawk if you agree. Not much happening here. Love to you, both!
Talk later.
Gil & Barb
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