Tucson-Phoenix-Oakland-Phoenix
Tuscon is very spread out. It takes an hour or more to get from one side to another, so if you plan to do anything in Tucson, plan to stay on one side or another where your activities are, otherwise you’ll spend lots of time driving from one side to another, not to mention gas money.
I had an exceptionally lovely day hiking in Catalina State Park with Steve who I met at Demming LoW-Hi RV Ranch with the Loners on Wheels
There was water in the Wash! This is very unusual and due to recent rains. Nearly all the river beds n the southwest are dry with the exception of a few large rivers.
After crossing the wash, we went on up the trail through this spectacular landscape just on the edge of Tucson
My first close up view of cacti
Spectacular!
Next day in Tucson, I spent an evening with Gloria whom I had met in Albuquerque at the Bernalillo KOA in Albuquerque, NM. We had a lovely Mexican dinner with her boyfriend Randy, and I slept in style in the guestroom with the campervan, lonely without me, out front. Gloria lives in a gated mobile home park in East Tucson. She has lots of friends and a club house, pool and activities making it hard for her to get out in her 5th. wheel and take trips. In fact, if I had a ready made community of folks to hang with, I might never venture far myself.
