That's what you do when life throws you a curve ball. Several fine folks staying in the park, who were met on Monday, are doing just that and in grand style! 
One Canadian lady named Sandra is camping in a 40 foot rig all by herself. She is a single mother and raised three children. She bought the rig so that she and her sister(Who had just lost her husband) could travel together. However her sister passed away one month before they left.:( Sandra often hooks up with other RVers in a group called RVillage.com.Her next stop is Texas to take care of folks who are coming back from missionary assignments in Mexico. Her work involves glamorous things like cleaning toilets and laundry and any other assignment.
In talking to her, Kevin was spouting out his 'bucket list items' including events such as Pumpkin Chunkin and Sturgis Motorcycle Ralley and Burning Man. Sandra mentioned she is a motorcycle rider in Canada and still rides a motorcycle. Kevin was impressed with this and even more impressed when she declared that when she was 17 she was the queen of Sturgis! AWESOME! Sandra I hope you read this and know you are truly an inspiration!
Another gentleman that Kevin struck a conversation with, is hear by himself with his wife back in Pennsylvania. His wife is preparing with their daughter for a soon-to-be second grandchild. He is here to get cancer treatments for his the third relapse. He's very excited about his doctor and the treatments that he's receiving. The treatments are the same that his twin brother received however his twin brother passed . The treatments seem to be working for him so he's excited about that. He is in a toy-hauler that helps him transport his three wheeled motorcycle. He enjoys tooling around on that when he's not in treatment.
Yet one more Canadian gentleman pulled in with his fifth wheel late in the afternoon with his double axle fifth wheel. He strolled over after he got all set up to share that he had a tire blow-out as he was heading to TX with his new fifth wheel. After he changed it with his spare and got back on the road then the second tire on the other side blew out. He ended up replacing all four tires. In talking to some locals they pointed him to a place/person that was able to hook him up with new treads. He was needless to say very relieved to be finally in a campsite but the day had it run its toll on him. His advise was immediately replace factory tires with brand new quality tires!So much for the carefree RV life! RV = Repair Vortex
On Tuesday there were a few meetings to attend to in the morning and then off to visit the Kartchner Caverns State Park
It was only two exits away and a short drive off of the main freeway. The reservations required you to be there one hour prior to tour time, so that left time to watch a video and look at a lot of the displays in the Discovery Center about the cave. The story was amazing about how the cave was discovered and kept secret for 14 years until it was made a park so that it could be protected.
The discovery of the cave required crawling through a hole that was equal to the opening of a clothes hanger. The two collage students who made the discovery must have been very skinny and agile. Not something that Kevin nor Theresa would even attempt in there current age and state of fitness and mobility :)
The tour was amazing It guided us through the cave careful not to touch any walls nor ceilings. The 'decorations' of stalactites and stalagmites were impressive. The main cavern spanned the area of a football field. Entering the 'Throne Room' the tour sat down and experienced a light/music display that featured one of the showcase formations named Kubla Khan. It stretched five stories high, it was quite colorful and still 'alive' as drips of water still graced it to add more to it's minerals structure.
After the tour a quick lunch was consumed before heading on the 2 1/2 supposedly mile trail that went up and around the mountain above the caves.
The views of the mountain ranges were spectacular. The shrubbery and cactus were not in bloom but one could see that the blooms must have been quiet colorful.
Everything seemed to have thorns, thistles or something that would be poisonous or poke you as if to say 'don't you dare touch me, I'm doing my best to survive here!'
There is also campgrounds attached to the park and was noted as a potential stop on the return trip.If you find yourself looking for an AZ destination, this one is not to be missed!
Back at the RV park in Benson where the Smitanic was parked, The park observatory red lights were lit up around 6pm, meaning the scheduled viewing session was a go! Six attended and were able to see a few constellations, a nebula, star clusters, Uranus, and Andromeda. Mars was hidden by some cloud cover so that could not be viewed. The observatory is a unique feature of the park an not to be missed!Wednesday was wash-day. Theresa loaded up the laundry including linens and towels and Kevin helped her haul the loads up and get them started. While the wash cycle was going Theresa was able to go to the work out room and get her 30 min 21DayFix routine done, then put the 3 loads into dryers and head to the shower facilities. The RV has a nice shower, but there is limited hot water and limited grey water holding so showers are very short. Theresa took her time and enjoyed a nice long hot shower!
More inside cleaning of the RV was in store. Theresa has been revitalizing the cherry woodwork with an Amish secret product that Kevin's mom gave him. It is the best ever and gave all the dull woodwork a new glow.
It will be nice to have a clean RV for the Hemet arrival!
PS. One more bit of park rumor.... they say that the reason the trains blow there whistles several times as they pass Benson is that one of the train engineers has an X-wife who lives there and this is a unified effort to irritate her.
PPS. Kevin may run for Park Mayor soon. He meets and greets everyone and gets the scoop as he strolls thru the park several times a day.
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