We left the Monaco service facility in Wildwood Florida early Thursday morning. They did a good job on sealing the windshield & so far everything is fine. We decided to violate our "300 mile per day rule" & make the "run" to the desert. The weather forecast was excellent & we were well rested for the 2000+ miles to Phoenix. The route was all Interstate highway (mostly I-10) so we made good time. The first night we stayed in a Wal Mart parking lot near Biloxi Mississippi. We dry camped there & were on our way the next day at sunrise & drove right through to Seguin Texas (about 30 miles east of San Antonio). We again overnight ed in a Wal Mart parking lot next to the freeway & were up & away the next morning at daybreak. After about 500 miles we found ourselves in a nice RV park near Van Horn Texas. We had a full hook up there & were able to relax a bit & get cleaned up.Then we were on the road again early the next morning & pulled into ViewPoint RV Park here in Mesa AZ at about 4:00PM. We had cranked off 2040 miles in 4 days!! We crossed Florida,parts of Alabama,Mississippi,Louisiana,most of Texas (it's real BIG),New Mexico & a good chunk of Arizona.The scenery out the panoramic front windshield was awesome, particularly from San Antonio to Phoenix.
We are now parked in Viewpoint RV & Golf Resort in Mesa Arizona. We plan to stay here until the end of March & then we'll start to migrate back north. It's a very nice RV park with an adjoining 18 & 9 hole golf course, 3 swimming pools, ten tennis courts, lots of "activity centers" & orange trees growing all over the place. Most of the people here either live in "park model" homes or RV's & most are "snowbirds" like us.
Tomorrow morning I am flying up to Vancouver. I will be attending the pilot retirement reception on Monday evening & then working my way back to the desert. Judy is not going to make the trip to Vancouver with me. She just wants to kick back & relax here & we both feel that it is a good idea to have somebody watching over the coach.
The desert is beautiful. We both really like the "wide openness" & of course the warm temps & no precip. So far the temps have been quite a bit above average with the afternoon highs getting well into the mid 80's!
We plan to get in lots of golf.
Maybe I'll see some of you in the next few days ... I hope so.
Brian.
3 comments:
2040 miles in 4 days!, sounds more like a longhaul trucker instead of a retired couple on a leisurely adventure tour. Snow overnight in Cowtown and -10. Enjoy the retirement party.
Wow! How about that, you are in the same park that Barb & Gary stayed in for 5 years. They were in #1506. Mom spent 3 winters with them, how she loved the pools!! They still know some people in there, friends from Claresholm. It's a small world. Happy times to you!
Sharon
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