We awoke to a cool but brilliant morning here in Tonto National Forest just North of Apache Junction, Arizona.  It’s hard to believe this can even be called a desert:

We had overnighted on a spur road:

Upon reading the permit this morning, I see that camping off the main road is not allowed, so we moved to a pullout along the main road:

As we got the RV into position, it started to rain and hail.  We walked down to the local wash which was now full of water.  It’s the first time we’ve seen what a wash looks like during a storm:

After breakfast, we drove in to Apache Junction and visited and played dominoes with Grandpa Glenn and Edna for most of the afternoon:

After saying goodbye to Glenn and Edna, we drove to Party City to find some Purim costumes:

We arrived back at the RV just before sunset:

We prepared our shalach manos:

Trish tested out some of her face painting on B:

Trish made a birthday cake for B:

In my opinion, it was about as tasty as it looks, but the kids loved it: