Today was the second travel day in a row which is hard on old people. We cleaned up our power hookup and I put away our satellite dish and we vamoosed from Deming, following I-10 west. Deming and most of the territory between there and Benson, AZ, is over 4000′ elevation and we drove all day into a big headwind so our fuel economy was poor. There is stunning desert scenery all the way. There are some kind of yellow flowers that covered big sections of the terrain on both sides of the highway.
Many hours later, we pulled into Tucson where we continued to the north part of town before exiting the freeway. We then took a miserable route over city streets that have malicious, vengeful traffic signals that were almost universally either yellow or red as we approached. It took 40 minutes to travel 15 miles despite posted speed limits of 45, 50 and 55 mph. Afternoon traffic here can be a nightmare.
We finally emerged from the hellish Tucson metro and continued north until we got to the dogpatch of Catalina. There we turned into the Wishing Well RV Park, the same spot where we spent Xmas 2016. The park is a funky little joint but we like it. It is outside the Tucson metro, they have full hookups and wifi, Trader Joe’s is nearby and, best of all, it’s cheap.
There’s a picture of some desert flowers in action if you click here