We hit the road early this morning, knowing we had a long drive ahead of us. We wanted to avoid having to drive through Phoenix and its traffic, so we choose to take CA-86 south along the Sultan Sea to I-8. With the mountains to the west and the Sultan Sea to the east, it was a scenic drive. I-8 took us through the Imperial Sand Dunes recreation area at the foot of the Chocolate Mountains in southeastern California. We crossed into Arizona at Yuma (Our 24thstate) and took advantage of the significantly cheaper fuel prices ($1.50 cheaper per gallon than in California). We arrived at the RV park in Tucson after 7pm, 8.5 hours after we started. We enjoyed visiting California’s beautiful national parks and our wonderful friends. But we won’t miss the earthquakes, horrible roads, smoke and haze from the wildfires, dust, rude drivers, high fuel prices, high grocery prices, and high RV park prices. We are staying at the Sentinel RV Park near downtown Tucson ($44 , with no discount beyond the weekly rate). It’s a small RV park but had plenty of room to maneuver our Wanderer. Water pressure, electric, and sewer connections are all good. Its mostly a gravel and asphalt park with some trees around the perimeter. But is central to what we want to see. There are four National Monuments and one National park we want to visit while here as well as visit with our friends in the area.
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