Ahhhh… Tucson! Sunny and mid-seventies predicted for the next 10 days or so. Marv was first in line this morning at Discount Tire in Las Cruces. The bad news was they didn’t have the same tire for us. The good news was they had a like-new passenger car tire that would be okay as a spare, which they mounted and balanced, for free. It would do in a pinch if we needed it. When we get to Phoenix we’ll go to one of the many Discount Tire places they have and get the real thing. Once again, they have won our loyalty. We were back on the road by 9:30. The temperature by then was in the low forties, after below freezing overnight. It was another pretty unremarkable day of driving, but we were interested in the many warning signs about dust storms. All we saw were a few dust devils, luckily. As we approached the border between New Mexico and Arizona we saw more and more mountains with snow on the top. We stopped for a picnic at a rest area about an hour from Tucson where the temperature was still in the low 50s. The rock formations there were fascinating. They looked as if a giant child had scattered handfuls of giant boulders, with some ending up balanced precariously on top of others. It was unlike anything else we have seen before this. We drove on to Tucson and to Gilbert Ray County Campground in the Tucson Mountains, about 3 miles south of Saguaro National Park (West). It’s going to be a great place to spend our time in Tucson. We are camped on the outside of the loop again, surrounded by Sonoran Desert and giant saguaros. Marv took some classic pictures of the sunset, many from our “backyard” at the sight. We have a lot to look forward to here.
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