Tubac, Arizona

Heading south to the little town of Tubac, Arizona, where our mission was to visit the art show. This is a trip that my friend, Eileen, and I put off over the last couple of years because of the pandemic. The weather was looking good. Clear blue skies, and all was a go. We stopped to have lunch at my friend's sister-in-laws restaurant. It's a Culver's burger place where I enjoyed a bacon cheeseburger and of course ice cream for dessert. I enjoyed our visit with these lovely people, and what a treat to be treated to lunch! We didn't stay long as Jo Jo was left in the RV, but fortunately the weather was quite comfortable. 

Using my many apps, I found a site in the Coronado National Forest, just north of Tubac. The initial directions took us to a place that was already occupied. So we continued up the mountain and found a place where I managed to back in after moving a few larger rocks. We enjoyed an early happy hour and watched the sunset over the majestic valley below. It became the dinner hour and I attempted to heat up some gut warming soup since the temperatures were chilly up here in higher elevation, at about 5,400 feet. I'm pretty good about getting my RV ready for travel. I've done this so many times now, making sure I am filled up with fresh water, empty holding tanks, meds, food, and everything else. I couldn't figure out why the stove flame was going out, until I checked the monitor and saw that it read E. We were out of propane. DUH! Oh my goodness, we were not only tired from traveling, and already had wine, so we weren't about to climb off the mountain road to find propane. We discussed plans a, b, and c, and decided we would stay even with no heat. I'm pretty sure temperatures dropped down at least into the 40°s but we wore extra clothes and got snuggled up in the sleeping bags. I ran the generator briefly to heat up our bean bag heating pads, in the microwave. And we took that into bed. We were both quite comfortable and laughed about the fact that we were glamping. And how camping in a tent on the ground would have been torturous, so putting things into perspective, spending a night with no propane heat, was quite doable.

Our reward for this mishap, and my poor planning, was watching a magnificent sunset, and spending an utterly peaceful night with no one else nearby.












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