We blew into Casa Grande, Arizona about 4:30pm this afternoon, only it was really 3:30pm (I think). The whole time zone thing is a little confusing because you cross one or two of them in the couple hundred miles between Van Horn, Texas and here. We are now letting our cell phones be our guide to time zones as they shift automatically when you cross over from one to another (at they shift within the first 10-20 miles or so).
Anyway, we were expecting another dusty, desert town like Van Horn (see picture of Chuy's attached to previous post). It's not like that at all. It seems to be a brand new town where none of the buildings appear to be more than 5-10 years old. Lots of new houses, new businesses, new malls, etc. It really reminds me of Temecula, California about 10 years ago as it began to boom.
Susan stumbled across a place that piqued her interest for dinner. It is called Picazzo's Gourmet Pizza and Salads. Turns out that there are several of them around the Phoenix area. We were looking for a nice place with tableclothes where we could have a glass of wine and a pizza. We found it!
Picazzo's is great! If you are ever in the Phoenix area or Casa Grande for that matter, please do yourself a favor and give it a try. We split an excellent chopped salad and then a pizza they called the Vortex. It was excellent.
The place was in the old downtown section of Casa Grande and it was pretty clear that the town WAS a dusty desert town a couple of years ago. The old downtown area is mostly for lease and empty and it appears they are making some attempt to create a "historic" old town down there. Five or six blocks surrounding the downtown area are really old and shabby, but as soon as you move more than six blocks away, everything is brand new and modern.
We're spending the night here and then rolling on to home in the morning. We should be home by mid-afternoon. Can't wait!
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