Trip 165 miles
New River, AZ to Catalina State Park (near Tucson)
This Saturday night turned out to be pretty special. Friends were getting together for a Christmas event. Six Model T driving couples were invited to take an after dark tour of several exclusive neighborhoods to view the Christmas lighting in each. These normally gated communities had decided to open the gates to light peepers for one evening only.
We conspired to tour these communities in our dressed for the occasion Model Ts. All of us festooned our cars with strings of colored lights and under cover of darkness we took off in a caravan.
Joan and I had a blast. The night was clear and cool, so we were dressed in puffy coats, wool caps and gloves. After the tour we met at friends house for hot toddys and finger food- what a night. Thank you Dick and Helen!
Sunday morning we carpooled over to Dick and Helen's house to retreive the Ts, and drove them back home in the daylight. That set our departure of until about 11 AM but it was sure worth it !
Our route for today is rather circuitous because we want to search out a station where we can refill our empty propane tank- and Sunday isn't the best day to do this. We chewed through all of our 30 gallons on propane on the trip down and during our 3 week stay in New River at our friends house. The first station we stopped at in Anthem wanted $4 a gallon, three said they didn't have anyone that could pump it for us, and finally the Flying J Station in Eloy filled us up at $3.29 a gallon a savings of $21.30 on the tankful. Frustrating at the very least.
I wanted to take AZ 79 down from Florence - however we HAD to get propane and there were no prospects in that direction, so I-10 it was.
Push Ridge, a spectacular granite cliff rises high above the RV park.
Armed with the new SkyCatcher app on my iPad, I felt very confident I could get sat TV hooked up quickly and efficiently.
After doing our best to set up the Dish antenna, we took a long walk through this campground and one adjacent to us. We hike a short distance up the ridge behind the park and were rewarded with this beautiful vista.
More on exploring Tucson- stay tuned!
Your Traveling Friends
Jeff and Joan
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