BeDillion's Restaurant and Cactus Garden in Casa Grande, AZ
New Family and Old Friends
Cousins Joyce and Rob from North Carolina recently travelled to Cave Creek (Phoenix) AZ to visit Aunt Suzy and and Uncle Marty. Suzy and Marty are from the Washington area near Gari's Yakima hometown. Joyce found us in Benson, AZ, so we agreed to meet up in the middle in Casa Grande, AZ at BeDillion's Restaurant. It all worked out great. We figured out that Suzy and Marty were Gari & my Aunt and Uncle once removed by marriage. It was a great experience for us getting to meet family we didn't know that we had. We all had a great visit, a fine lunch, and a nice walkabout in the cactus garden. It is a total thrill for us to meet family and friends as we roll around the country. We meet a lot of new and very nice friends, but have moments of wondering if we will ever see anyone we know again.
After lunch, on the way back to Benson we asked my longtime family friends from Cincinnati, if we could stop for a short visit at their home in Tuscon. We were welcomed with opened arms by Joan and Laura. Their family took me in as a third son when I was finishing high school in Fairfield, OH. It was so wonderful and powerful for me to see my old friends, especially since they are in such a great place and doing so well. We visited for a while in the beautiful backyard. The abundant birds in the back yard garden just swirled around us as we caught up.
The next day we packed things up in Benson and headed out for New Mexico before the end of the week.
Walking through the corridor into the BeDillion's Cactus Garden.
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