April 6,7,8 &9th 2016 Apache Junction, Arizona

     Wednesday April 6, 2016     We arrived in Apache Junction rather late yesterday,  it took us awhile to find a camp ground to park the motor home in while we are here.  We went right to the hospital to see  my cousin Linda from Murdo, South Dakota.  She is in the hospital recovering from surgery, her husband was with their two daughters visiting a relative here so we got to spend a little time with her. We visited with the girls for a few minutes but we didn't stay very long, as she was pretty weak and tired and needed to  visit with her girls. They are leaving in the morning to fly back home to SD and to work. She was very happy to see us and that was good.

ThursdayApril 7th   We called Linda this afternoon to see if she wanted some company and her husband said she was too tired for company, so we went out for dinner and went back to the campground and watched TV for the night. Tress called today and she got a job, that made us real happy, and I think her job will be perfect for her. She will be working for the school system with the younger children. She is so good with kids and has always volunteered as a teachers aid for years without pay, so this will be great.

  Friday April 8th    We went to the hospital to visit Linda, Kent brought her another chocolate shake and that put a big smile on her face. She said she had yogurt for lunch today, but she didn't eat much of it. She has no appetite. She does eat the shakes Kent brings her though.
  Saturday April 9th   We went to visit Linda
before we went to Mass, and she and Mel were both sound asleep. Mel on the couch and Linda in her bed. We sat there watching them , not wanting to wake them up and as we started to leave to go to Mass, she woke up. We told them we would be back after Mass.  Mel was gone when we came back and Linda was sound asleep again, so we waited and she woke up.  We visited a short time and we said our goodbyes.  It was hard leaving with her so sick,
We have to leave for Lake Havasu
in the morning, but we will keep in touch by phone.  We took a picture of the cell towers they have built to look like the palm trees beside them. There are so many cell towers here, they would ruin the beauty of the palms , so it is a neat idea. The palm trees on the left are the cell towers. I am posting a picture of the canals  that are all over out here because of the  dryness and when it rains, it just runs off and the canals  keep it from flooding.The top right picture is a canal in town running with the water from the rain we had yesterday and the bottom picture is the canals that run along the freeway.