Monday Feb. 8

The drive from Gallup, New Mexico was snowy, cold and rainy. We took the route through Show Low a mountain town in the Arizona mountains. This town is a big tourist area in the summer people flock to escape the heat in the higher elevations.

After a few hours and passing several grocery stores we start to panic as we are almost to our destination and need to pick up a few supplies. So starts the history of a grocery store in Superior, Arizona. The population is about 3100 people. The trusty GPS points to a store called Leo's Market we take several turns and arrive at a building that looks like it isn't open. We are greeted by an elderly man who invited us to come into the store. Walking into the store was like walking into a time capsule. The shelves were sparsely stocked with canned goods and it was very dimly lit in the store. Straight ahead was the meat counter where the butcher was more than happy to assist us. We proceed to the check out counter where the elderly man is standing. It turns out that the movie U Turn directed by Oliver Stone and starring Jennifer Lopez ,Billy Bob Thorton and Sean Penn was filmed in Superior using Leo's market in the scenes. The elderly man named Raymond was the owner of Leo's after Leo had passed away. Raymond shared memories of his past with us. He showed pictures of his winning basketball team and told of his service days in World War 11 and gave details of the filming of the movie. After several minutes we bid him farewell.

We have arrived at Florence and the weather is very nice this is Bob cooking our steaks outside, no snow and sunshine.