We never know...

Still in Tucson!
Heading for Texas in a couple days


We made a plan to meet our friends Bob and Celeste Bird (also full time RVers - we caught up with them in Santa Fe in September) in Casa Grande, about an hour north of where we are staying .  Casa Grande supposedly has a historic downtown area, and we thought it would be fun to hang out there.  Wrong!  This town had a lot of empty storefronts.  We never know if an "historic downtown" will actually be worthwhile.

But we did find a great history museum near the downtown area.  This stone Presbyterian church was built in 1927.  In 1984 it began to serve as a community meeting hall.

The Woman's Club across the street was built by the same stone mason.

The history museum was very well done.  We learned that Casa Grande was built around the Southern Pacific railroad in 1879.  Then farming and mining became its main industries.  There were lots of old tractors and other farm implements on property.

We also saw an old internal combustion well pump that helped farmers get water for crops and animals.  It's 2 cylinder, 140 HP, and weighed over 7 tons.  Gotta get the water somehow.

I was also intrigued by this early phone booth made of cement.  It was used on the railroad in the 30's.

The guys were doing some clowning around in the pioneer area. They thought they were really funny.

I didn't get any other photos of the 4 of us, but we had a great time catching up during happy hour.