Tucson, AZ
Well, maybe I should say Davis-Monthan AFB, which is just south of Tucson. Vi had a full day of driving, but it was mostly sunshine and no sign of the storm which was forecast. Good thing we weren't travelling on I-40 because it was closed from Kingman to Winslow (remember that song?), a distance of over 200 miles.
We went south mostly along the Colorado River from AZ to CA, back to AZ and then down through Lake Havazu. Lots of RV'ers dry camped out in the desert and Lake Havazu was beautiful - obviously it's caused by a dam on the Colorado and has become quite a touristy spot. You may recall that they moved the original London Bridge from London to the middle of the desert there and then rebuilt it brick by brick! Quite a feat.
You could tell that they had quite a bit of rain because whenever we hit a low spot, we had to slow down and splash through the water. The Red Baron now has a very clean undercarriage :-). One small town we passed through was named Hope. As you were leaving, there was a sign which said "You are now beyond Hope" - cute! Just because of the topography we were forced to use interstates for part of the way - I-10 and I-8 and then back on to I-10 again.
Arrived in Tucson, gassed up at Costco and then drove over to Davis-Monthan. Always something good about coming back to a military installation - not sure what it is, but Vi says it's because I spent so much of my life on them. Checked in and then had dinner at a local Mama Louisia's Italian Restaurant.
Normally, the DV suites run by AF Inns are named after AF Generals; however, we are staying in the Eskiminzin Suite. According to the picture on the wall, he lived from 1828 to 1894 and was the Chief of the Aravaina Apaches of South Arizona. Nice to see them acknowledge the leaders of the Indian tribes. After reading a little history of "Men Stand in Line for Him", I'm not sure that he was exactly a paragon of virtue, but then history is often written by white men and not the Indians.
We went south mostly along the Colorado River from AZ to CA, back to AZ and then down through Lake Havazu. Lots of RV'ers dry camped out in the desert and Lake Havazu was beautiful - obviously it's caused by a dam on the Colorado and has become quite a touristy spot. You may recall that they moved the original London Bridge from London to the middle of the desert there and then rebuilt it brick by brick! Quite a feat.
You could tell that they had quite a bit of rain because whenever we hit a low spot, we had to slow down and splash through the water. The Red Baron now has a very clean undercarriage :-). One small town we passed through was named Hope. As you were leaving, there was a sign which said "You are now beyond Hope" - cute! Just because of the topography we were forced to use interstates for part of the way - I-10 and I-8 and then back on to I-10 again.
Arrived in Tucson, gassed up at Costco and then drove over to Davis-Monthan. Always something good about coming back to a military installation - not sure what it is, but Vi says it's because I spent so much of my life on them. Checked in and then had dinner at a local Mama Louisia's Italian Restaurant.
Normally, the DV suites run by AF Inns are named after AF Generals; however, we are staying in the Eskiminzin Suite. According to the picture on the wall, he lived from 1828 to 1894 and was the Chief of the Aravaina Apaches of South Arizona. Nice to see them acknowledge the leaders of the Indian tribes. After reading a little history of "Men Stand in Line for Him", I'm not sure that he was exactly a paragon of virtue, but then history is often written by white men and not the Indians.
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