Blogs from Tucson, Arizona, United States, North America - page 27

Motorhome News from North America 1 Arizona - The Grand Canyon State 10th - 24th January 2006 Planning and preparation for this trip had taken weeks of research, through the internet, many books and countless brochures. Then came the frustration of settling domestic bills, selling Smiley (our beloved UK Autotrail motorhome) and our remaining car. Letting our little house and moving furniture into store left us weary on the day of departure. And then, the sad good-byes to family and friends. Our 747 finally left the Heathrow runway some 30minutes late, heading for Phoenix Arizona and with a smile and a high five the reality of our next adventure began. We were on our way at last, expecting to be away from home for a year or more, travelling some 40,000 miles clockwise right around the ... read more

Ok, we're not leaving yet. This is a test page. Ah, but you ask. Where are they going? Since this blog is mostly for our family and friends, you already know. But, just in case we haven't talked your ears off about it enough already, we're leaving on a 45-day cruise on Radisson's Voyager. We'll travel from LA to Hong Kong, posting our thoughts and pictures here. Hope you'll check back often and be sure to post a comment.... read more

Tucson: International Wildlife Museum Tucson: Tuscon Mountain Park and Desert Museum Tuscon: Saguaro National Park Tuson: Camping in Catalina Mountains Details will be provided later. ... read more

On September 23rd Kim and I took a nice side trip to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. There are wonderful exhibits explaining the plants, animals and geology of Arizona and the Sonora Desert. The museum is located in the mountains on the west side of Tucson. We drove through Saguaro National Park on the way....what breathtaking scenery. The back roads were very challenging to drive....curvy, swervy, and narrow. And did I mention NO guard rails? YIKES! Even though this is called a Museum....that's a little misleading. It's an outside 'living' museum with live animal exhibits in their natural habitat, hiking trails with cactus gardens....not very much of it is inside. We saw everything from hummingbirds to big horn sheep. We hiked around about 80% of the entire park which is pretty impressive in 100 degree heat ... read more

We arrived, as you may recall from the last post, by Amtrak at 4am feeling rather crazed! Checked into a cheap hotel in downtown Tucson an slept. Next day we went to the airport to collect our rental car (another white Dodge Neon - the same as the one we rented in Tennessee!) and drove to our hotel on the outskirts of Tucson. We are staying in a really nice suite (another cheap deal secure back in the UK!) which has a fridge, microwave & living room. We unpacked and got in the car to go to Wal-Mart to buy groceries as part of our ever increasing economy drive!.The only thing is that Wal-Mart don't sell groceries, they are more like a cross between Halfords and B&Q but they also sell clothes!??!?! (we thought they were ... read more