Goodbye Mesa, Hello Tucson

The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.

We had extended our stay in Mesa a couple extra days to reunite with my cousins from Portland, Oregon. Now that we had toured with them, it was time to hit the trail again. We were certainly looking forward to doing that. Even though Val Vista Villages offers just about everything anyone could possibly want, it just wasn’t our type of park. We enjoy the RVers and the RVing atmosphere so much more than the permanent neighborhoods. Half of the appeal of any park is the people who go there. Many folks are very nice at the Villages but it’s just not for us. RVers are a special breed in our book. However, we’re still on the search for the perfect place to spend the winter. We just haven’t found it yet. .

Sandie taking pictures of our rigs and the sunset --

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High winds were predicted for Saturday afternoon. We planned to be at our next destination before they blew into the area. I just didn’t plan on being there so early. If you’ve been reading my blogs, you know I’m the early bird around here. Terry and Duchess rarely get up and going before 8:00 --- rarely. Well, Saturday morning rolled around and Terry was actually out of bed by 5:45 AM!! He was up before I was. By 6:15 we were on the road and heading to Tucson. Now who would think there would be much traffic on the freeways around town especially early AM on a Saturday? The freeways were packed. Where were folks going? We had no clue. It was a zoo finally getting on I-10 and beyond Riggs Road.

The trip was uneventful. We like uneventful trips. We were parked in our new slot in Tucson less than 3 hours later. It was only a 130 mile trip but getting out of town and our rendezvous with fueling up took some time. We stopped at the Love’s station south of Casa Grande. It doesn’t seem to matter where you travel, there are always those who try to beat you even in the fueling lines. It took a while to get an empty lane without someone trying to merge in front of us but we finally made it and were back on the road again.

--- Sunset at the park

By noon we even greeted our good friends, Jim and Sandie. We’re going to party together for the next few days. Actually, we had to twist Jim’s arm and bribed him with a hookup to our cable just so he could watch the NASCAR races on Sunday. We have two leads to our satellite and had one ready and waiting for him.

Saturday we got caught up on all the latest travels and ended up at a great eatery for dinner. We went out to Green Choice for salads. It's not just any salad. At the entrance you are given a card to check off all the items you want in your own personalized special salad. It was fantastic and it was huge! We even had to get boxes to take leftovers home.

Isn’t it fun to meet up with friends on the road? We’ve made and met so many. You just never know who will be waiting for you around the next bend in the road.

We have quite a few things on our agenda for this area. Terry went to high school here but high school kids rarely take time out to tour. He remembers some places so we’ll revisit those and then head out to all the other places we want to see. Like I said, we have quite a list starting with the Biosphere 2 and ending up in Tombstone. There’s a lot in between. For now we’re going to visit with Jim and Sandie.