There is a subdivision in Tucson called the Winterhaven neighborhood. It is written into the covenants and all potential buyers are alerted that they will HAVE TO decorate outdoors for Christmas. For two weeks in December, the neighborhood invites people to come and view their lights. It has become quite the tradition for many families […]
Cooper and I are taking a break from our stint at Desert Trails to spend the week before Christmas with my sister and brother in Oceanside. Today we ventured out to a new-concept pour-your-own beer and wine bar/restaurant, Barrel Republic. You pour and pay for your beverages by the ounce. You have a device that measures the ounces […]
This week we visit the Mini-Time Machine Miniature Museum. What a treasure! I have always been fascinated with miniatures, and at one time collected several Lilliput Lane buildings.( I loved those little houses!) The museum was a labor of love created by members of the Tucson miniature collectors club, but primarily by Pat Arnell and […]
Now that we are finally settled in, and have a bit of a routine established, we have started getting out to see and experience Tucson and Arizona. We no longer have to spend our days looking for Safeway Grocery Stores which also sell gas, Trader Joes, dollar and thrift stores, where to get propane, Camping […]
When we have traveled on our own in the past, getting settled in was a simple as getting the grill started chairs out and a bottle of wine open. Settling in to RV life full time has taken a bit more time but making the space feel like our own has been fun. Now that […]
Who knew it was going to be this hard to tell you all about how this adventure is going? Desert Trails has free WiFi – sort of. There are 6 different WiFi installations throughout the park, but with over 200 sites, and people with a lot of time on their hands, those closer to each […]
We have started taking to this RV Full time Adventure, thanks to our new winter home in Desert Trails RV Park. We are located in a very small RV space (E11), right next to Gail and Dave Hanley, also of Steamboat Springs. They have been coming to Desert Trails for the past 5 winters and […]
Cooper and I have been RVing, as vacationers, for the past several decades, mostly for weekends and up to two or three weeks at a time. We even volunteered as campground hosts on Rabbit Ears Pass out of Steamboat Springs, CO, for three summers. We thought we knew (and had) all the equipment and knew […]
A month ago, on November 7th, 2015, Cooper and I (Tracy) finally embarked on our 40 year dream to become full time RV dwellers. As newly-weds, back in 1975, we worked in an RV-ownership park in Hobart Mills, California, just outside of Truckee, near Lake Tahoe. We spent that summer in a tent, working as […]