We have arrived

We actually arrived in Casa Grande last night but after driving the last 700 miles of our 2,100 mile trip, moving into the hotel room and eating we were just to tired to blog. Yesterday’s trip went very well, the truck ran well and the heaviest traffic in Tucson didn’t slow us down at all. We were in bed early (thanks to gaining another hour), and up early this morning.

Yesterday we continued west on I-40 toward Albuquerque.

That’s where we found the interchange for I-25.

We headed south on I-25, we could see the Rio Grande.

KoKo was doing OK until the wind started buffeting the truck, she then dove under the seat for the rest of the trip.

I-25 took us to I-10 which got us back to Arizona.

We breezed through Tucson on our way to Casa Grande.

This morning we moved some items that had been packed in the CRV into the truck and unloaded the CRV from the trailer, we then dropped off the trailer at the Penske Rental Outlet here in Casa Grande. Without the trailer the truck was a little easier to maneuver so we went to Wal Mart to do some shopping and pick up some items that we purchased through the Site To Store service.
We then drove out to Robson Ranch to drop off the truck in the overflow parking area, Adela had that arranged for us and the truck is now parked close to the house. Adela then surprised us when she offered us the key to our house, we didn’t expect to see it until tomorrow’s walk-thru. Sandy, John and KoKo drove over to the house and spent a couple of hours getting to know the place; we found a few small blemishes to talk to them about but otherwise the house looks and feels perfect for us, just what we expected from the people at Robson.
We will sleep at the hotel tonight and complete our orientation at the home tomorrow morning followed by the official closing. We will then move into a rental house inside the community for a few days while we start moving into our home, this is another way of saying the real work starts after they hand us the keys, we can’t wait!

This looks like the place!

The photos do not do the colors justice, it is nice.

Guest accommodations appear adequate.

The shower in the master suite is larger than the bathroom in the mothership.

The color of the granite in the master and guest bath, some of the “Chocolate” theme is visible in this image but this photo doesn’t do it justice, it is more evident in to guest bath image.

KoKo seems OK with her winter home.

KoKo explains the water heater for John.