Our RV Adventures

We were out of our site at Voyager RV Resort and on the road about 8:45 this morning, with our first stop at the Valero on Kolb about 3 miles away.

We had scouted this station out yesterday, and luckily no one was using the outside diesel pump where I wanted to fill up.

I parked at an angle to make it easier to pull out straight head when we were done. Although the clerk said there was no cut-off amount, he was wrong. The pump stopped at $100, so it took me 3 tries to get filled up, a total of 122 gallons. This took us 1021 miles for a little over 8.3 mpg. Not Bad.

And of course leaving us 28 gallons, or a little over 200 miles left as a buffer.

After hitching up on the side of the parking lot, we were back on the road about 9:30 with our next stop the Bowlin’s Picacho Peak Plaza and Gift Shop about 50 miles up I-10.

Now Jan is a connoisseur of gift shops and this one is one of her favorites, a must-stop whenever we pass this way. She normally finds something in the jewelry section that catches her eye,  but this time was an aberration, in that we left without her finding anything.

A first.

Back on the road, we made good time until we were about 30 miles from Phoenix when traffic ground to a halt. Finally starting up again it was stop and go for the next 10 miles, taking us about 45 minutes.

Finally we passed a semi-trailer wreck on the other side of the freeway, not even blocking the traffic on our side. But along the way we did see 3 rear-ending wrecks on our side caused by the stop and go traffic.

So it was just 10 miles of rubbernecking on our side for no good reason.

We unhitched the toad on a pullout about a mile from the Santa Fe RV Park where we’ll be staying for the next two weeks under Passport America. When we got to the park and checked in, I already had two Amazon packages waiting for me. Nice.

After the problems with the lady trying to park me last week when we got to Voyager, I was not happy to see the same thing happening here. But I solved the problem this time.

I ignored the gentleman and his confusing handsignals, and just backed in and parked myself.

Here we are happily ensconced in Site 99. Not bad for just backing in with one try and no jogging back and forth.

Not sure what’s on the schedule for tomorrow. Maybe nothing, and that would be nice after the busy last week.

Thought for the Day:

“I’m not stubborn. My way is just better.”

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Our last day in Tucson, Jan and I were up and out the door a little after 10am with our first stop back at the Pima County Fairgrounds to see if I could find the computer mouse I left in Seminar Rm. 4 after our Gate Guarding seminar.

The mouse was black and the ruffled cloth on the tabletop was black, so it didn’t end up coming home with me. It’s not a big deal, only a $7 Amazon mouse, but I’m cheap and it was worth a stop and look in any case.

But no luck. The room had been stripped clean.

So leaving the Fairgrounds mouseless, our next stop was the Oink Café at Kolb and Broadway, but along the way we checked out the Valero station at Kolb and Valencia to see if it was suitable for getting diesel tomorrow on our way north to Apache Junction. It’s only 3 miles off the Interstate and 30 cents a gallon cheaper than the Pilot right down the road. And since we need a little over 100 gallons, that makes a difference.

Several people had told us about the Oink Café. How can you not like a place whose slogan is ‘Breakfast, Lunch, Bacon’. And they do have bacon, eight different kinds of bacon, as a matter of fact.

Jan went with, what else, a BLT with Apple Cider Bacon.

She said it was probably the best bacon she’s ever had.

I had the 50-50 burger, which is a 1/2 patty that 50% Beef and 50% ground bacon.

It doesn’t get much better than this. And their coffee was really good too.

I also tried a sampler of 4 different types of their bacon.

From left to right: Applewood Smoked, Honey, Jalapeno, and Pepper. All very good, and all very distinctly different tasting.

And of course we had to get some donut holes to take home for tomorrow’s breakfast. And of course, they’re Maple Bacon donuts. All bacon all the time.

There’s also an Oink Café up in the Phoenix area that we might check out while were up in Apache Junction.

After lunch it was over to the big Ace Hardware over on Houghton for some hardware items. Then it was on to 3 different auto parts stores until I found AW32 Hydraulic Fluid in gallon jugs.

Getting home I took care of some maintenance items around the rig. First up was using the AW32 to top off the reservoir in the rig that powers the rig’s power steering and the hydraulically-controlled radiator fan. Next I topped off the radiator coolant and checked the engine oil.

Then I added Rain-X wiper fluid to both rig and the truck, as well as topping off the brake fluid in the truck, and checking the oil and transmission fluid too.

Finishing up with this, I worked on some Internet stuff until it was time to head down to Omar’s for a dinner get-together with a bunch of other RV’ers, including Dennis and Carol Hill, and Sharon and Don del Rosario.

As with our previous visits, our food was really good. We both went with breakfast, Jan with a Belgian Waffle with Strawberries and Whipped Cream,

while I had the Omar’s Favorite, with 3 Cheese Enchiladas, Shredded Beef, 3 Over Medium Eggs, and Country Potatoes.

All very good.

Tomorrow we’ve got a 145 mile trip up to the Santa Fe RV Park in Apache Junction where we’ll be for two weeks, before we head out for Vegas, Baby.

“I named my dog Stay, so I can say, ‘Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!” ― Steven Wright

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