Day 45 – Tuesday – We Went up a Mountain

Actually, Diane drove us uphill to the northern edge of Tucson to Western Way RV Resort. It’s about 20 miles out of Tucson proper and around 3000 feet higher. She’d seen an advertisement and was thinking we might want to move there from Davis-Monthan AFB in January.

The Park was very nice, filled with a combination of park model homes and a few open spots suitable for RVs. The trick is that they typically don’t allow RVs older than 2013 vintage. We were told this after driving all over the park and seeing many RVs that were obviously older than 2013. There was a 1970s model Winnebago, for instance. It looked pretty nice, I’ll admit, and the lady did say, “send me a photo of your RV and I’ll see if we can accept it.” So, it’s a general rule that can be broken if they like the way the RV looks. We asked about availability in January, and she said they had only one spot that would fit our rig for that time frame. We haven’t officially made up our minds about moving, but Diane’s checking our options. We have time.

For lunch we stopped at a McDonald’s and had chicken sandwiches and fries. We had Max with us, so we ate in their parking lot. Max didn’t mind. I offered him a fry, but he graciously declined. I know he really wanted a bite of chicken, but he knew he knew that wasn’t going to happen, so he just sulked a little.

Got back to the base and stopped at the Boneyard Vista office to get some brochures about things to do here. You know, like basket weaving, ceramics, line dancing, beer pong, yoga, stuff like that. We’ll digest our choices and maybe try some of them.

Diane dropped Max and me at home, and she toddled off to the base exchange to get some essential things. Max and I sat on the patio for a while enjoying a nice breeze in the shade. The temps have dropped from the 100’s to the low 90’s and it’s noticeable. I guess winter really is heading our way.

Before Diane got up this morning, Max and I took a walk all the way around the park. I think on one of these trips, I’m going to count all the spaces to see how many there are. Just a quick glance makes it evident that there are lots of them. Also, I’m sure I could check the map and count the spaces, but that’s the easy way.

Anyway, on that trip, I found this.

I think it used to have something to do with phone lines until squirrels and rabbits got to it. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work anymore.

Adjacent to the RV park are some of the base housing units. There are hundreds of them, mostly duplexes, and pretty much every roof is covered with solar panels. This is certainly the place for those things.