Today we went driving around for awhile. We have seen so many cotton fields across Texas and now in Arizona too. You always think of cotton in the south from us, but don't realize it is grown out west too.

Bob has wanted to go into a field and take a stalk. This is already picked cotton, just never gets picked clean. So we stop and he drives into a lane, he classified it as a dirt drive. Gets out and goes across a "log" that has been laid down across a ditch (no I don't think it was for people like him). Picks the cotton and crosses the ditch again. My feelings was thank goodness he has made it back across this log. Now he starts to move the truck. My thinking, he will back out of where he drove into. Oh no, he tries to turn around, soft dirt, has to put the truck in four wheel drive. Phew, we made it!!!!

Here is the "cotton picker".

This is walking back from the cotton field. He is crossing a log that was put across the ditch type area.

January 4, 2011

We arrived in Casa Grande, AZ. We are staying in a very nice campground resort. We only had a 120 mile drive from our previous campground. We are here for two weeks. When we got here it was 61 degrees and sunny. Our patio is in the sun all day, nice setting.

We drove 1898 miles since leaving home. Of course that includes not only the drive here, but the driving from the campgrounds to sighseeing, to get fuel after parking, and to eat out. Normally by the time you make the drive each day, you just want to eat and relax for the night.

It was nice on our way today to receive a phone call from Jr & Luanne. The girls and grandchildren have called and texted. We remember when Mom & Dad Winkle was in Florida for three months and between Jr's and us we got a phone call once a week. Thank goodness for cell phones and computers.