Well we arrived at our winter workamper volunteer site, Roper Lake State Park near Safford, AZ.  Our duties here will include working at the Visitor Center, Maintenance, and Hosting or whatever else is needed.  This is a smaller park and the work duties are slower paced.  The full time staff here are all very friendly and helpful as are the other volunteers, we are the only new ones.  On the 2nd day here a host had supper and pie at there campfire.  There is a lake in the park, an island for day use, some cabins, and of course campsites.  Adjacent and also part of this park is Dankworth Pond, a day use area for picnics.  There is lots of fishing here and a spring fed 98degree hot tub(no, we are not buying swim suits...nor are we chubby dipping!).  We are surrounded by mountain ranges, the closest being Mt. Graham.  Weather here is a lot like the weather in Benson, AZ, about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than Tucson. 

A view of the camper cabins and Mt Graham

A blue heron at the lake

There is snow up in the mountains and one of these days we will have to take a drive up there and check things out. 

On our first day here it was snowing up in the higher elevations.  These two pictures are looking out from our camper up to Mt. Graham.  The park elevation is about 2900' so no snow down here.  But if we really want some it is a short drive away.

One of the best things about the southwest are the sunsets. 

 Until next time we are safe and settled in, learning our new assignments, enjoying the warm sunshine and beauty of the area.  There is a Christmas parade in town Saturday night.  Oh, as to lights all of us have rope lights under our campers and trucks.....not because it is Christmas time but there are these little things called pack rats....they like to climb up and chew on the electrical wires in vehicles and of course make nests.  In Custer it is the chipmunks and red squirrels down here its the pack rats.