Monthly Archives: February 2010
On to Tucson…
We left Las Cruces a few minutes after 10am heading to Tucson for a few days to visit some friends we met in Alaska two years ago.
It got down to 24 last night so I’m glad I disconnected the water. There was ice on top of the truck this morning, but no snow at least.
About 15 miles out of Las Cruces, we passed thru a Border Patrol inspection. Every vehicle was sniffed by dogs, I assume looking for drugs.
We stopped for lunch in Lordsburg NM at Kranberry’s Restaurant that advertised RV parking on their billboards coming into town. The food was good and we appreciated being able to park the rig without any problems.
One thing we noticed was all the snow-topped mountains as we got further west and crossed the Continental Divide at 4525 feet. And we really enjoyed the rocky landscape. Some of the rock formations we passed were really something.
We pulled in Voyager RV Resort here in Tucson about 4:15 and quickly got set up. According to the billboards coming into town, this park was voted the Best RV Park in the Country. And what we’ve seen of it looks really nice.
We met our friends, Al and Adrienne, about 5:30 at the park restaurant. and had a great time catching up. We hadn’t seen them since we parted company coming back from Alaska in Oct. 2008. They workamped in Yellowstone National Park last year and will be in Washington state this summer. We hope to be able to see them there if we get that far north this year.
After dinner we went over to their house and visited for a while longer. They have two dogs, Banjo and Sarah, that we had gotten to know in Alaska, and it was obvious they both remembered us. They were jumping around, barking, and leaping on us. Then when we sat down, they were at our feet or in our laps..
We got back to the rig about 9:30 after planning a full day of sightseeing tomorrow. We’re really looking forward to it.
More tomorrow…
Where’s the Giant Coyote?
Today was our last day in Las Cruces for a while.
As I said yesterday, we always stay at this KOA because of the view.
Note the snow on the mountain tops.
Just beautiful!
After a great meal at La Posta last night, we slept in and then decided to go back to La Posta for lunch. You can’t have too much La Posta!
Last night it was supposed to get down to about 32 degrees, but here on the mountain side it got down to about 27 degrees.
Tonight it’s supposed to get down to 26 so I figure it will get down to about 20 here. This means I will be unhooking our water hose and draining it and our water filter to prevent damage from freezing.
After a great lunch at La Posta we headed to Wal-Mart to stock up on more ‘stuff’..
Arriving back at the rig, we settled in to goof-off the afternoon. I mean, isn’t that what it’s all about!
About 4:15 we left for supper at another favorite place of ours called El Comedor. On the way we stopped off at Radio Shack so I could get some solder wick to repair our heated mattress pad.
On the way home I stopped off to get a picture of this giant roadrunner erected at an Interstate rest area.
It’s about 30 feet high and very impressive. I was going to get a little closer for a better shot until Jan pointed out this sign.
Oh, never mind!
Getting home, I went ahead and disconnected and drained the water hose and filter so they won’t be affected by the cold weather.
The Weather Channel is no longer talking about snow tonight, so that’s something, I guess.
I did my repair to the heated mattress pad. We’ll see how it works.
We plan on heading out about 10am tomorrow to Tucson for a couple days to visit some friends, so more then.
