Organ Stop Pizza / Countryside RV Park

Actually this blog is a little catch up. When you get behind you need to speed up to bring things current or everything else is messed up.

The Organ Stop is a pizza restaurant in Mesa. The organ is fantastic and a tremendous draw. It’s certainly one of it’s kind. I had to say that because that’s what I think and not what I know. I can’t imagine another one being like it. I also can’t imagine someone learning to control all the lights and special effects from an organ but they do. There are two individual organists who alternate with a third who occasionally fills in. If you visit Mesa, it is one of those places to consider checking out. From trumpets playing to bubbles swirling in the air, the organ and all of its pipes are amazing.

Sandie had organized the outing at the Organ Stop Pizza for the same afternoon I made the trip to Quartzsite. I wasn’t so sure that I’d make it back in time but I did. There were a total of 13 in the group so it was definitely a nice evening. RV’ers love eating out together in unique restaurants. This is definitely a unique restaurant. We all enjoy trying the different places to eat. It's much more fun as a group too. We've been working on our list of "must eat at places" so we can visit them before we leave the area. There are definitely more dinner outings planned with this bunch and we’re looking forward to each and everyone of them. Let's see ... we want to visit Garcia's Mexican again, maybe the Heart Attack Grill again, Joe's BBQ again, Texas Roadhouse again and any other place someone else might suggest.

We had stayed at Countryside RV Park a couple years ago. It was very, very hot when we were here at that time and we weren’t really pleased. Because of this we hesitated a little at booking again. However, the price was right and we came back. I’m glad we did. The park has a lot of amenities and our site in the park couldn’t be better. The neighbors ….. well, even that turned out okay. Jerry and Janice are next door.

Most parks in Mesa and Apache Junction have loads of snowbirds during this time of year. We much prefer ones just with the RVs but those are few and far between in this area and there’s not too much you can do about it. However, most of the people here are pretty nice so it’s working out just fine. Right now we feel we'd definitely return.

We’ve been so busy doing “stuff” that we haven’t found time to take part in the many of the park activities. Maybe eventually we will but I don’t see our own activities slowing down. What we don’t think of I’m sure our neighbors will. We actually have done a bit of biking, visited the exercise room, the library, pool room, tried a little horseshoes and even hit a few golf balls.

Friday and Saturday rolled around and I ended up doing some “do-overs” while playing tour guide. The Apache Junction Swap Meet is definitely worth visiting at least two or three times. On Friday we headed in that direction. Even though I didn’t buy anything, Jerry and Janice did.

Saturday we took a drive to Canyon Lake and Tortilla Flat. Actually, Jerry drove and I just told him where to go. I like telling Jerry where to go. The lake is gorgeous and the scenery in that area is what people think Arizona is all about. It’s definitely worth the trip.

Afterwards we popped in on Sandie and Jim just in time for lunch. So, it was off to another restaurant for more socializing. This time it was Cobb's Restaurant. We definitely had a good time with some good friends.

Today we're throwing some steaks on the grill and again, about nine of us will yak and yak about all of our travels and all of our plans. Let the good times roll!