We Are Back

29^th May – 5^rd June  - We’ve arrived!

We arrived in Tucson at 10pm on Thursday 29^th after a gruelling 21 hours of travel.  Spent that night in a hotel near the airport and were then picked up by our friends Susan & Reve on Friday morning.

We were a little apprehensive on what state the Motorhome and car were going to be in after being stored for six months.  Reve had already managed to uncover the car and get that going so at least one less job to do.

Now for the motor home; the huge cover came off and Alison went inside to open some windows.

Now to get it started, one turn of the ignition and the engine roared into life. A great relief all round.

Susan & Reve's Home

Our (slightly smaller) Home

We then moved both vehicles to a better site to spend the next week.

We had already planned for the motorhome to go to a garage for servicing on Monday. We soon found out that we had a problem with the car as the water temperature gauge and the AC did not work. (Driving a car in temperatures of 40C without AC is not good). All fuses checked and OK so into the garage would go the car as well.

Saturday Alison dragged me along to a horse show and then on Sunday evening we went to a concert in the park with Susan & Reve.  It was lovely to be sat watching the sunset as the Tucson Philharmonic orchestra played.

Monday we found out that the problem with the car was “Pack Rats” eating through some of the electrical cables.  (Why can’t they eat normal food).  So Monday evening both vehicles were back in the park with $550 less in our wallet.

Gambles Quail

 We do not do too much during the daytime as it is so hot.  Tucson is having record temperatures for this time of year ie 42C – the swimming pool is a welcome cool down later in the day.  The RV resort is almost empty for the summer so the wildlife is quite active.  We regularly see families of Gambles Quails, with their tiny chicks, running about.
 The Saguaro cacti are flowering.

Rabbit outside our door

Today is Thursday, and having spent a great week with Susan & Reve we say our goodbye's as they pulled out of the park this morning. They are heading north east towards Detroit, much the same as us but a lot faster as they will be back in Tucson by August.

We have now worked out our route for the next couple of weeks, so we will be leaving Tucson in the morning heading back up into Colorado.