We are still in the Tucson area at the Prince of Tucson RV Park. We spent Saturday doing laundry, getting some groceries and just generally touring around the area. It is a nice area and there is a lot of building going on here as well. Much of the construction is encroaching on the edge of the mountains and, as a result the mountain lion has become quite aggressive , even stalking humans!! Well, it WAS their land first, don't you know? Poor things!!! They really are beautiful animals but I would prefer to see them at a distance! Today we went out to the Sabino Canyon area in the Coronado National Forest just NE of the city of Tucson. It is located in the Santa Catalina Ranger District, on the edge of this expanding urban ... read more

We ended up driving another 100 miles past Amarillo, TX to Tucumcari, New Mexico. Also about 3 inches of snow on the ground!!! Ridiculous. We hope to be able to make it to Las Cruces, near the border of Az. And hopefully feel some warmth!! Yesterday we did go by Cadillac Ranch where that Texan "planted" some Cadillacs. I guess he just had to move them so we almost missed them! But I did not have a can of spray paint to make my mark! It really is just kind of dumb. But to each his own, I guess. This is another KOA andswe had to shut off the water at night b/c of freeze warning. And it WAS very cold last night! It probably got down into the 20s. Then our gas tank went empty ... read more

WE arrived here last night tired but happy to see Jan and her family. Her home is absolutely gorgeous!! She added an addition onto her existing home where she lived w/ her Mom until her Mom needed too much care and is now in an assisted living situation. She designed this addition to accomodate her and her mom. It is just lovely. The "other" house is now occupied by her daughter, Nikki and her husband, PC and their kids. Jan and Paul designed the house and it really is a piece of art!! Jan has a real knack for decorating!! Today Jan treated us to an excellent tour of Jenks and the surrounding area as well as Tulsa. We really liked Tulsa. It reminded us a lot of Grand Rapids. Housing construction in Jenks is HUGE!!!! ... read more

We got up early again. Rain. And lots of it! WE stayed in a KOA which was nice but lots of standing water on our RV lot. It is such a pain to pack up in the rain. This KOA was quite nice and they served Belgian waffles for breakfast (free, of course!!) on Sundays. I am not a big breakfast fan but Mike is so he was happy w/ the waffles. Now we are headed to Missouri. Tomorrow we are going to see our friend, Jan, in Jenks, OK. We met her and her hubby on our first trip out in 03. Her husband, Tall Paul, died shortly after returning home. We have not seen Jan since then but have stayed in touch. We are very anxious to see her and her family. We will ... read more