Tucson

So……now it is 10 days since I’ve updated…not from lack of interest, but from lack of internet service.

We have arrived in Tucson at the Voyager RV Resort, our most western destination. We find the weather delightful. We are at 2500 ft above sea level. There are mountains all around us. So, it gets very cool after the sun goes down. Tucson is very spread out, so you have to go a distance before you find shopping. But, hey, we do it. So here’s a cap of the past 10-12 days:

We left San Antonio on Friday the 16th, and headed for 2 days at Fort Stockton, which is very small community. But we didn’t plan to stay but 2 nights – just to rest up for the next drive, which was Las Cruces NM. It is 30 miles from downtown El Paso TX. We drove down one day to take a walk across the border into Mexico. We found it to be very grungy and depressed looking, so after 3 blocks we turned around and walked back over the bridge into El Paso. We lunched at a spot that was highly advertised in national mags to be one of the best authentic eating places in El Paso. We thought it was good, but ate too much, as usual. The next day we took it easy. Then we drove over the Organ Mountains into the White Sands Proving Grounds. Remember this? Werver Von Braun came over to the US after WWII, bringing the V2 technology, as well as tons of parts --300 train car loads to be exact. They have a lot of the missiles that have been developed over the years displayed in an exhibit outside. They also have a V2 missile that they reconstructed that is displayed in a building by itself. There is a museum that we were in for a couple of hours. I took pictures, and will add them later today or tomorrow morning. We were to spend 5 nights in Las Cruces, but left a day early for Tucson because of a high-wind forecast. This was the same storm that did all that tornado damage in Arkansas the next day. We still ran into a lot wind though. Not too much fun driving in high winds!

We arrived in Tucson late Friday. In San Antonio Brian lost a filling in his front tooth, so I called Michelle Ellis if she could recommend a dentist for us. She did one better. She made an appointment with her dentist, and got us in on Monday – yesterday. It was wonderful to see Chelle again. We have been friends since 1960. She is now the Director of the Behavioral Health Services of the Marana Health Center in Marana NM—just 30 miles north of where we are staying. Marana is the place where the latest golf tournament was held – Tiger Woods did not make it…sigh—last weekend.

On the way back from the dentist, we stopped at Beaudry RV just a few miles from our park. We made a good decision when we bought this coach. We could upgrade and get a king size bed, but the cost is staggering. Nearly double what we paid for our Knight!!! So, we have decided that a king bed isn’t quite worth it…duh…rocket science, yes??

So, now we are up to date. Keep checking back. We hope to get internet service this week. They charge by the month, and we also have to buy a modem. Well, we have one….in Michigan. So, we either decide to bite the bullet and buy one from the provider, or make a trek up to the registration office each day to plug in free to the wi-fi there. We haven’t fully decided to go the modem way, yet. So stay tuned!!