We LOVE Arizona

We rolled into Arizona on February 28 and camped 3 days in Bowie then onto Tombstone for 3 more days.  Our current stop is Tucson, the only place we could find a spot.  Luckily we can stay here 2 weeks.  Tomorrow we must vacate and haven't been able to secure a reservation anywhere, we have decided to head south to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.  January - March are the months Northerners and Canadians come to the southwest ,darn there are a lot of people here and it's been difficult to continue our rambling ways.  That will all change April 1st when everyone heads home,we have to survive 10 more days.

It's been great staying in Tucson, a real city with stores and all kinds of things to do.  What a change from the month of February where everything was few and far between, really nothing there at all.   It's amazing the contrast between enjoying our natural beauty then returning to civilization as we know it with our Starbucks, Target, Lowe's, Applebee's and endless stores and restaurants,we were ready for it.

The weather has been great, the sun shines 265 days of the year were told, I'm a believer.   We could easily buy a home here and we may down the road, we like it that much.  So many people we have met have traveled like were doing, then came here to stay the winter and travel during the summer months when it gets really hot starting in May lasting until September.  July and August are referred to as the monsoon season. There are dry river beds everywhere, it must be wild when the rain starts and flash floods are of concern.   Right now it's very dry, sandy and rocky including little rocks that get stuck in your shoes daily and you have to pick them out.  Oh that's just an observation and one we can live with.

We are in the city of Tucson.  
Behind the store and below the clouds are the mountains.

We have a mall across the street, beyond the bushes there is a busy boulevard.  If you look below the clouds you can see the mountains in the distance.