Category Archives: Going South, 2011

Today we drove to Yuma from Tucson.  We got to our RV Park (Desert Paradise) just after 1 pm and checked in.  Since they have a nice heated pool we went for a swim, and Enid enjoyed the hot tub.  … Continue reading →

It was a really nice warm day again today, and no wind unlike yesterday.  We went for a bike ride this afternoon, but along the way we stopped at the short hike around the Romero Ruins.  This is an archaeological … Continue reading →

It rained the night before last (November 25) and when we got up it was cool and cloudy.  We thought about going to Biosphere 2, but decided against it, and just took it easy all day.  I did beat Enid … Continue reading →

It is American Thanksgiving today.  The state park we are in is full of motorhomes, trailers, and 5th wheels.  Several of them seemed to have deep fryers for turkeys set up.  I could smell turkey cooking in the campsite tonight.  … Continue reading →

It was a very nice warm day today, probably the warmest we’ve had with a temperature near 25 C.  We drove from Tombstone this morning, and stopped to get gas about half way to Benson.  While at the service station … Continue reading →

Our RV park is right next to “downtown” Tombstone, so we walked around the old historic town today, and visited a number of different museums and exhibits.  We started at the old Cochise county courthouse, which is now a state … Continue reading →

It was a long travel day today.  We left White’s City, New Mexico early this morning, and drove through El Paso, Texas and on to our destination of Tombstone, Arizona.  It was a very windy day, and mostly a headwind, … Continue reading →

It’s only about 11 kilometers from here in White’s City to the caverns, so we were there in good time this morning.  We bought tickets for a guided tour of the “King’s Caverns” for the afternoon, and then headed into … Continue reading →

We hooked up the trailer to leave this morning and found a problem.  When I went to check the lights, the left turn signal was not working.  On investigation, I found that the wire from the truck to the trailer … Continue reading →

We stayed in Oliver Lee memorial state park again today and hiked the Dog Canyon trail which starts behind the visitor center in the park.  The total trail is about 9 km long, and rises over 900 metres, but we … Continue reading →