Tucson Before Christmas

We arrived in Tucson on the 17th and fairly quickly made ourselves at home in the KOA Campground.  It’s a large campground with probably 200 sites, two swimming pools and hot tubs, weight room, two pickle ball courts and lots of planned activities for both adults and kids, plus a restaurant.  We explored the area around us while trying to find a nice grocery store and shopping.

Monday morning found us playing pickle ball and making new friends.  We also got together with friends from Sedalia, Tom and Judy, and had dinner together before walking through Christmas lights in the zoo.  It was a nice evening although a bit chilly.

The resort hosted a Christmas Eve pot luck dinner with ham, dessert and wine while everyone else provided some really nice side dishes.  We sat with our new neighbors, Bill and Tracy, and another couple and laughed a lot while sharing RVing stories and blunders.

Christmas Day was cool but sunny.  I enjoyed a church service in the morning and we watch a football game before preparing a nice steak dinner.  Of course we talked with all the family at some point during the day.  Merry Christmas!

A southwest Winter Trip

Hurricane Ian changed our plans for this winter.   Our spot at Fort Myers Beach was devastated and we chose not to add to confusion of rebuilding. 

We celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with our families in Sedalia then took part in as many Christmas activities as time would allow before heading to the Southwestern states in our RV.  We have hopes for a warm winter but it is not starting out that way.

We left home on December 10 and spent some time with our daughter and family in Norman OK. After driving in fog and rain for two days we finally drove into some sunshine in New Mexico but not the warm weather we had hoped for.

Roswell NM seemed like a good place to camp for a couple of days. Just a few miles from town is the Bottomless Lake State Park.  The Lakes are fed by springs so water is very cold.  It appears to be a popular spot in the summer.  But it’s winter, it’s chilly and it’s very windy.  What better time than to examine the UFO Museum and walk the city streets.