Snowbirds Return to Arizona

We have completed another successful trip to Arizona, where we will again spend the winter months.  Travel this year took us on our familiar route South...staying overnight in Osceola, Iowa;  Emporia and Liberal, Kansas. Our stay in Liberal was extended to two nights due to gusty winds and the threat of tumbleweed attack...this small one even got us in the RV park...We did some sightseeing in Liberal, which didn't take too long. They do have a museum and replica of Dorothy's house (as in Wizard of Oz) complete with Muchkins, but we decided to pass on that.
   From there it was on to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, then Deming, NM for the next night.  On a "shortcut" from Santa Rosa to I-25 South (attempting to avoid Albuquerque) Gene earned another RV Drivers Merit Badge for maneuvering 13 miles of rough, narrow, lane-changing road construction without hitting even one orange cone!!
   We left Deming, NM and arrived in Casa Grande, Arizona the next afternoon.
The RV park is quiet yet, still awaiting many snowbirds to arrive...but it is warm and sunny here, and we quickly changed from Minnesota turtlenecks and jeans, to t-shirts and shorts.