Day One in Mesa

The view across the street from Auntie Violet --

On Auntie Violet's side of the street --

It's a lot different here then being out in the middle of the desert. I would imagine that the population of this RV Park is considerably larger than that of Ritzville, the town we grew up in since there are more than 2000 spaces here (we're in #1593) and each of them usually has two people...

There's quite a bit of bird activity here, but the pruned citrus trees make great hiding places for the little creatures. There is a Gila woodpecker who alternates between checking out the roof of the park model across the street and drinking out of their hummingbird feeder -- to the disgust of the hummingbirds who also approach to drink and get frightened away! We also saw grackles and Mourning doves when we walked across the park to the grocery store.