Texas to Arizona

The Pecos River in Texas

Finally the day we anticipated arrived, September 10th!  The new gate guards came to take our place a little after 9 am, we gave them the low down and hit the road.  We drove all day and still didn't make it out of Texas.  Of course, we had to stop at a Wally World to pick up some supplies, had to go through several Immigration check points, and finally stopped for the night in Ft. Stockton.  The RV park was a Passport America, some are nice parks and some are just a campsite for the night.  This was just a campsite for the night, no thrills or frills, but only $12 bucks a night and we didn't have to unhook the car and I was able to run my washer/dryer to get a load of laundry done.  Not a very exciting first day, but the main thing we were able to be together, we were never able to go any where together when we were at the gate.

The Guadalupe Mountain Range

Day two got us from Ft. Stockton, TX to Deming, NM, With a stop in between at a Sams Club for yet more supplies.  I think I have enough supplies now, I hope!  And dinner at Ruby Tuesday, because it was in the same parking lot as Sams and we were able to walk to it.  So, after a nice steak dinner we were on the road again.  We stayed at another PPA park in Deming (Low Hi RV Park) and this one was a nice one.  There was no grass on the sites but it had gravel and was very neatly done very level sites and landscaped really pretty.

Front view from our site in Deming



Another view from our site in Deming

 

View from our site in Tucson

Day Three we made it to Arizona!  Let the real vacationing begin!  This is our first time in Arizona, we have reservations for a park about a mile outside the entrance to Grand Canyon on the 18th so we have a little time to kill in some other areas.  Our first stop is where we are now, Tucson.  We are staying at yet another PPA park (we like the 50% discount we get) called Justin's Diamond J and it is a very nice park.  Beautiful views of the desert and mountains.  After getting set up there wasn't much time left in the day and the crank thingy on the fan in the bathroom stripped out and wouldn't stay closed so we had to find a Camping World to get the parts to fix it.  While we were out I spotted a Vanity Fair and had to make a quick stop.  We like going to restaurants we see on either The Travel Channel or Diners, Drive Ins and Dives soooo... we had dinner at a place we seen on Man vs. Food called Mi Nidito (My Little Nest, in English).  Very good Mexican food, President Clinton and Willie Nelson to name a few have eaten there also.


Today we went hiking in Saguaro National Park.  We only went on a few of the short trails, a mile or less each.  We wanted to go further but it was very hot today and according to the park ranger, unusually humid for the area.  I have to get me one of those funny looking hats people wear in the sun because I wore a ball cap and my head was soaking wet.  This part of the country is very unique I think with the desert surrounded by mountains.  The Saguaro Cactus are way bigger than I expected them to be.  Some of them I bet are 30 foot tall, maybe it's just me, because I've never been here before, but I was amazed by them and the desert itself.  We wanted to go to the Old Tucson Studio but they are closed this time of year.  Oh well, we are wanting to come back to tour the South part of Arizona during cooler months so I guess we'll see it then.  We had a great time in the park even though it was as hot as Texas was this Summer.  We move tomorrow further North to Cottonwood, AZ, plan is to see as much of the Sedona area as possible in the four days we will be there.  Here's some pics of Saguaro National Park...

Me and Randy on the hiking trail

Sunset from our campsite

Storm clouds behind us catching some of the color from the sunset