Saturday, November 18, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving

Saguaro Cactus flexing it muscles, Saguaro Natl Park (East Unit), Cactus Forest Trail

Happy Thanksgiving!  We're now in Tucson, AZ.  Arrived on the afternoon of November 7th after a brief overnight in Congress, AZ.  We're in Rincon Country East RV Resort.  It's more of a 55+ snowbird community made of park model "villas" with a fair amount of spaces for RVs.  They've got activities galor. If you're bored or can't find anything to do, it's your own fault! So far Donna's signed us up for Thanksgiving Dinner, an ice cream social, and Line Dancing.  Every once in awhile I get this feeling like I'm back in junior high!

We're fine & plan to be here about two months.  Donna got us an early start on dental work, and it feels like we've both spent most of our time sitting in dental office chairs.  I've got a root canal to do by the end of November. Then I'm done for the fall visits. Donna's appointments were extended into December. She'll be done when those are complete (we hope!)  

Since arriving, we've visited Saguaro National Park's East Unit, found homemade ice cream, visited one church, and the local Ford dealer found a repair part for one of our truck's numerous recalls. We continue to experience the front of the trailer slowly dropping over a couple of days. We located one small leak that may have been the culprit.  At least the dropping has stopped for now.

That gets everyone up to date. Here's some pics from our time here. Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us, David

Rincon Country East RV Resort with palm trees strategically located to ensure it's as hard as possible to back in or pull out without damaging your unit


Cactus Forest, Saguaro NP East Unit

Saguaro Cactus, Saguaro NP East Unit


Wash along Cactus Forest Trail, Saguaro NP East Unit



 

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Boulder City, NV

Lake Mead RV Park, Lake Mead NRA, Nevada

We left Thompson Springs on Oct 28th and took three days to travel down to the Las Vegas area to visit Coco & Wayne.  It's been a busy week.  We went to our first Halloween party in years, visited the Hoover Dam (required tourist site), visited the Valley of Fire State Park (courtesy of Wayne & Coco), and went to a car show.  They kept us busy!

We leave tomorrow for Tucson, AZ - at least that's the plan! We'll take about two days to get down there. We expect it to be hot and dry.  It's a whole new winter site for us!

Pictures below of things we did/saw.  Thanks for dropping by, David

Lake Mead Marina


Lake Mead - about 200 feet low

Colorado River below Hoover Dam


 

Elephant Rock, Valley of Fire State Park


 

Las Vegas, NV at night