Wednesday March 1st 2017

It was in the 30s when I got up this morning, but it was clear and the wind was calm. I was packed up and on the road shortly after 8AM. I’ve changed time zones twice in the last week. My mind and body aren’t really sure what time it is. Today it worked to my advantage allowing me to get on the road early.

Arizona Welcome Sign through my dirty windshield.

I made it into Arizona by 9AM. The welcome center was full of overnight trucks. I’ll need to find another way to get welcomed to the state. I passed the welcome center without pausing. The road continued along through the area that had caused the road to be closed the last three days for dust storms. A farmer in the area has prepared the top level of ground for planting over a large area. This provides the fuel for dust storms when the wind blows hard. The Arizona Department of Transportation is not too happy with the farmer. There were no dust storms today.

I stopped in Benson AZ for gas. Unfortunately, I had not prepared for the stop by checking Google maps ahead of time. The station didn’t have enough room to easily get in and out with the motorhome. If it had been a little less busy I could still have managed, but the place was packed. I went around the station through the truck parking area. It was my best recourse to get out of the station, but it turned out to be a bad choice. Some unlevel ground caused the RV to wobble and shack badly. The closet doors in the bedroom popped open and stuff spilled all over the place. Worse yet the door flopped around on its hinges and cracked the mirror on the front of the door. Boo boo number two for my Rambling Home. I finally got gas down the road on the outskirts of Tucson.

Damaged mirror in my bedroom.

Tuscon turned out to be a wide sprawling city. The traffic wasn’t bad, but it seemed like I was in the congestion of the city forever. It was probably only an hour.

Site 344 at the Silverado RV Resort.  Picture taken into the sun.

I arrived at my destination for the month of March about 1PM. I’ll be at the Silverado RV Resort in Eloy Arizona. It is a large park with many parallel sites back to back. Most of the parks in Arizona have a similar configuration, large and regular. This one may have a little more space between sites than some. I think I’ll be happy here. The people in the office seemed friendly and everybody says hi as you walk through the park.