Feb 22 - Travel to Benson, AZ

  Our drive to Benson, AZ was pretty straight-forward, except it was very windy, and the RV really feels the wind.  Especially when driving along the interstate highways.  Once we set up at Valley Vista RV park, I did the laundry, actually with Peter's help this time,  while I went to the local Safeway grocery store.  After putting away the groceries, and the clothes, we decided to go into "town" for dinner.  We found a nice Mexican restaurant, where the food was plentiful and really good, and inexpensive.  Since it was early, and Saturday night, we decided to out for a beer.  We asked the waitress to recommend a place, and we ended up at the Arena Bar.  We walked in, and noticed there were many buckets and even a water trough around the floor.  It turns out the roof really leaks a lot.  OK, a very local place.  There were a few folks in the the bar. We started chatting up the bartender.  It turns out he was an ex-army tank driver.  Then a satellite communications army person.  So, Peter and he ended up talking tanks for quite awhile.  They both had fun.  And, I had a great local beer, called Kilt Lifter. 
  The town of Benson is near places to see, but itself is a small Arizona Sonoran desert town. I am impressed with how relatively green the area is, considering it is a desert. 

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