Hello Tucson!

We had an easy drive from the state park and found a laundromat near the University of Arizona stadium. Laundry day again, ugh. It was nice to drive through the area; not a game day so traffic was light. Fry’s is a nearby grocery store that gives discounts to students on Tuesdays. Nice gesture!

MotoSonora Brewing Company

Harvest Host membership allowed us to choose a brewery for News Year Eve. MotoSonora Brewing Company was a busy property with parking for smaller rigs like ours. We had another van and a tear-drop trailer for company after the bar closed. The staff were very kind and we chose drinks to enjoy inside as well as a bottle of wine to go for later.

New Year’s Eve is a FIREWORKS celebration here. We started off hearing occasional pops when we returned to Usain for the night, then they got louder and more frequent. I was able to get to sleep after the big burst at midnight, but Tony was kept awake for hours as the noise continued.

Reid Park

New Years Day was a good time to do a little shopping then find a city park to explore while waiting for our time to check in to Crazy Horse RV Park, our home for the month of January. The Reid Park was connected to the Zoo, a golf course and Hi Corbett Field, home of the U of Arizona’s baseball team.

We noticed right away that most of the picnic shelters were sheltering unhoused people. We have no idea what Tucson is doing for these citizens, but the mild temperatures probably make it easier to stay outdoors and rebuff city shelters and other services.

This park is also popular with dog owners and families, with a large, fenced, off-leash place for dogs and a large playground for children and art for all to enjoy.

Home for January

Our check-in process at Crazy Horse RV Park was a very pleasant experience with friendly and helpful staff on hand. Tucson has a huge bike path loop and we are just a block from that multi-use path. Our local path is the Julian Wash Greenway, and we will be able to drive to other parts of the overall path when we have seen the local scenery. What a fantastic amenity for the city.

The Blue Palo Verde trees are native to the Sonoran Desert and are wisely used in landscaping here. Their green trunks and branches all photosynthesize along with the small leaves. They provide a pretty green color to the desert.

Desert Leaf-cutter ants build interesting volcano-shaped ant hills and use their leaf pieces to cultivate fungus to feed the colony. These ants were busy moving sand rather than leaves, probably cleaning up after the rain we had today.