Thankfully Sunday was an easy day as we made our way to Tucson for a nice seven night rest. We left the rest area at 9:00 a.m. then stopped at a Walmart along the way to pick up some groceries before arriving at the Tucson/Lazydays KOA just before 3 p.m.
We had a couple instances of the engine light coming on briefly when we stopped for a rest on the way to Tucson and again briefly once we parked the RV in our spot. This time Dan was able to successfully clear the fault code using the Blue Fire app.
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| Our spot at the Tucson/Lazydays KOA |
Temps in Tucson were HOT 🥵 at 34 ºC and the way the RV was oriented put the hot afternoon sun on the door side. Late afternoon temperature readings on that side of the RV were close to 50 ºC ☀️ I actually had to put a small piece of reflective bubble insulation on the outside black metal door handle so that we wouldn’t burn ourselves opening the door. We also parked the truck in the shade of the RV to keep the inflatable boat shielded from the hot afternoon sun. We didn’t get any flack from anyone about that thankfully. The sites are pretty big and we were technically still in our site even with the truck on the opposite side.
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| Everyone settled in now that the slides are all open |
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| Heffay loves his “pig”…we fill it with his dog food as a fun treat for him. As you can see, he often brings it to me to ask for it to be filled |
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| Happy Halloween! Lots of decorations and fun events for families to celebrate |
Our week was restful with minimal shopping other than a fair size Costco run near to the end of the week and a few Amazon purchase. Amazon truly does deliver everywhere!! We spent time relaxing in the pool and taking HeyZeus and Heffay for regular walks. Heffay loves the huge 1 acre fenced dog park, and had fun playing with many new dogs. He even made friends with a little boy. That was a nice surprise. Since last year he hadn’t been a fan of kids. It was nice to see him relaxing around a child. The temperatures all week were very hot, in the low 30’s each day but evenings cooled down nicely to 18 or so.
There was one thing we noticed more this year and that was the noise. There is quite a bit of noise from jets flying above and train horns. The KOA is surrounded by 2-3 air force bases and it was apparent they did practice runs every morning during the weekdays starting at around 7 or 8 a.m. It took poor Gizmo some time to get used to that loud noise. He eventually did so long as we reassured him everything was ok. The other noise was from train horns blowing as they crossed intersections nearby. We were able to get used to the noise pretty easily, but it did stress poor Gizmo out. Oh, and I almost forgot about one other loud event….there was a huge storm that rolled in one afternoon. The skies went black and the rain POURED down in buckets. It was incredibly loud in the RV for the 10 minutes or so that it lasted. Poor Gizmo returned to his hiding spot during that brief storm. I’m pretty sure he was happy when we pulled out of there 😉
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| Beautiful pools at the KOA |
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| The GIZMO!!! 💕 Finally out from his hiding/safe spot 😊 |
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| Such a sweet boy he is 🥰 |
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| Gizmo and his big brother A great spot for a new cat tree, up in the bunk over the cab - looking out across the park |
I have to say, as much as we enjoy our time at the Tucson/Lazydays KOA and as GREAT a deal it was (65% off regular price), next year I’m pretty sure we’ll take only a couple days rest before crossing into MX. I say that now after being here for over a month in this BEAUTIFUL spot in San Carlos. More on that in the next post 😉
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