George and Josi's Mesa, AZ Townhouse

N 33*29.411 W 111* 40.427 We woke this morning to 30 degree temperature, and shortly after, Mackenzie and Matt knocking at the Chalet door to come in for coffee. They were sleeping in the marvelous tent that Jim and Phebe gave them as a wedding present, and stayed warm in their sleeping bags, but immediately froze on getting out! After breakfast and breaking camp, the five of us headed up to Sugarloaf Mountain in Hobie’s VW Westphalia and took a nice and scenic hike to the top of the mountain where there was a fire lookout. After a look around and food and water break, we headed back down and caravanned to a coffee shop in Willock, AZ where we got coffee and posted yesterday’s blog posts on the internet, then parted ways with Hobie who headed back to his casita, while we continued on to the Tucson airport to drop off Mackenzie and Matt. We drove another two hours and arrived at 5:30 in Mesa, AZ at a townhouse owned by George Cole and Josi Callan, our Prospect Point neighbors two doors to the south. They come here for a portion of each spring to enjoy spring training baseball games (they are Giants fans) and we plan to attend games with them for the next day or two. We went to a marvelous restaurant for dinner and are now basking in luxury at their place. In fact, we’re suffering a bit of culture shock because we will sleep in a REAL bed tonight for the first time in two months, and have our own bathroom which is warm and does not need to be shared with anyone else. Wow! Pleasant conversation, homemade key lime pie courtesy of Josi, and off to bed we go!