Maricopa and Casa Grande 30 June 2018

It's been pretty hot, so we haven't been taking as many trips lately.  Ellen had an idea for a relatively short Saturday drive.  Ellen, Dad and Lenny went on this one; Harry had other stuff to do.

There's some construction going on in Maricopa, AZ, where Ellen drives her school bus, and she wanted to check out the progress.

A good vantage point was the Amtrack station, which has an old railcar sitting out front.  Dad demonstrated his superior photography skills.

  

From here we drove South on down to Casa Grande, which is an interesting drive.  There are huge processing facilities.  It's good for city folk to get out into agricultural/industrial areas once in a while, to get an idea of the vast amounts of land that go into producing food and materials for the masses.  Most people never even think about it.

In Casa Grande we a nice Mexican food lunch, and then back to Phoenix.  A nice drive on a really hot day, in a comfortable, air-conditioned car.

Here's a picture of my cats, which is relevant only in that it is hot enough that they're all choosing to come inside to get out of the heat.  Clockwise from bottom left:  Walter, William (aka Goofy, cuz he's goofy), Sammy, KatyKat, and Ricky.  (They're ALL good cats!)