The Misadventures of Wally & Sue on the way to AZ.......

We finally made it to Arizona, with only a few minor experiences, though they seemed major at the time !!

Left Minnesota Tuesday AM, drove as far as Lincoln NE, where we parked in the Walmart parking lot..what a mistake. It was so noisy no one could sleep, so we got up at 4:00am and hit the road again.
After a 14 hr drive, we stopped at a campground in Tucumcari New Mexico. We found out we had no water coming into the M/H, ..the relief valve on the water heater was out, and the water line in the bathroom was frozen.  After several hours of work, finally had water again and could actually use the bathroom.

Thursday, we left Tucumcari and headed south towards Las Cruces NM, as there was a severe storm front coming through the mountains with extremely high winds, and a storm alert for Flagstaff with snow. We also ran into high winds coming across New Mexico, which proceded to try and tear the awning off the motor home, we had 6 feet of canvas blowing over the roof, kind of like a sail. Nothing like standing along the road in 60MPH wind trying to fix it.  Thankfully, there was a little town about 3 miles down the road, where we could pull behind some buildings and get some shelter from the wind to do a repair job. The blowing dust also made it hard to see the road at times.

Friday, we did the final 400 miles into AZ. We drove through heavy rain by Tucson, but made it into Pioneer Park by 4:30pm.  Got everything set up, and just collapsed...... Spent all of Saturday just unpacking and putting stuff away.

We are in lot 152, on the opposite side of the park from where we used to live. There is a wash behind us, lots of quail and birds.  Just had a hummingbird at the feeder, and our old neighbor Pete Jensen stopped for a good visit. It dropped to 39 last night, high for today is in the upper 50's with sunshine and light wind, much better than the 14" of snow in Flagstaff, and the 24" in Show Low.  I can see snow on the upper peaks from where we are parked.

I'll try and get some pictures, and hopefully my next blog will be more interesting.

The backyard

My favorite co-pilots !!!

Home is where you park it