We left Indio about 9:00 AM and found our way back to I-10 with no difficulty. It would not be an arduous drive to Tucson. The desert is fairly level with one long slope to climb between California and Arizona at Blythe. We did the drive to the border in two hours. It took us all day with two stops for flat tires coming home from Florida last time. It had been a memorable day and we pointed out the places of interest as we passed them going east.
We noticed many of the rest stops were closed this trip. We stopped for gas just before noon and Dan suggested pulling over to a dirt lot there for a lunch break. I suggested we go on to the next rest stop not far east. It was closed. So was the next one. Third time lucky but it was quite a few miles on.
Dan lay down to rest and I took my camera out into the desert. As the sign suggested, I did watch where I was stepping and did not venture far in my sandals. I could not resist seeing all the flowers in bloom up close!
After a nice lunch break, we carried on around the edge of Phoenix and south to Tucson. We found our way to the east side of town and back into the hills where we planned to stop at Western Way RV park. The husband and wife management team are very nice and very helpful. They discussed the pros and cons of the available spots and got us settled in. They even opened the office to get us coupons for some of the tourist venues nearby in case we should want to visit them Easter Sunday.
That brought up a thought - we had not realized it was Easter and everything we planned to see would be closed. Oh well we would extend our stay a little and go sightseeing on Monday.
It was nice to be settled. Dan put the “legs” down on the trailer and opened the cover on the front window. It was about 80 degrees F during the day (26.7 degrees C). We had the doors and windows open and could smell the orange blossoms as we sat at the table. It was lovely!
As the sun began to set we went for a short walk out into the desert. Here we were warned to watch for coyotes, rattlesnakes and javelina. I don’t even know what a javelina is! Dan tells me it is a wild boar. Add that to spiders and scorpions and maybe we should stay in the trailer! We returned safely to cook dinner. The desert stars were bright above and we decided to turn in early. The fact that we did not need to move again seemed to relax us. We were more tired than we expected. At this time of year the night is cool and makes for good sleeping. ‘Night all!
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