Ten Days in Arizona...

This mornings weather report indicated that today's high
temperature of 78 degrees was the lowest "high" temperature
for Memorial Day ever recorded in the Phoenix area!!!

The cool temperature made it ideal for checking out
our resort.   Pretty vacant - not many RV's and most of the
residents of those "winter" homes had left for the season.

A refreshing shaded green belt path made walking
the length of the entire park very enjoyable. 

And many cactus showed off their stuff...

as did some thornless shrubs.

Yesterday the patio furniture we ordered arrived and
we spent a couple of hours assembling it, 

which provided us with a a perfect place to sit & review some
of the  many activities scheduled for the resort
during those soon to be HOT days.   This will be our first year
as fulll-time AZ residents.  We're not complaining though
since most of May was 20-24 degrees cooler than average!!!

Each year the 225 acre National Cemetery Memorial Park of Phoenix
decorates each of it's over 45,000 interment sites with flags.  There
are 2 National Cemeteries in AZ, the other one is in Prescott.

While researching the locations of AZ National Cemeteries, 
I was reminded of a couple of photos that I took in 2012
 along Route 66, west of Kingman near the town of Oatman.

The tattered flag  flying over this remote
 Veteran's Memorial, located in a dry & desolate desert,
reminded us of the harsh conditions 
that all Veterans must of had to endure to keep America safe.  
Memorial Day gives us a special day to honor them
and also fondly remember  family & friends who are 
no longer with us.  Here's to Memorial Day...