Got Boots On in Tucson

So there's this Big Bad Storm that re-routed us from Grand Canyon, so we came here:

We are staying at a lovely park called Miracle RV Park. There are nice people here, mostly those who live here full-time. The staff are very friendly and helpful. We also have a lemon tree outside of our front door that we can help ourselves to for fresh lemons in our tea. How delightful!

The first thing we had to do was get new shoes for our camper.

Don't they look lovely? Now we can go another few years before we have to do this again. It only took a few hours of back and forth travel to the Goodyear store. For a Google search, they were not only friendly, they were very helpful, even loading the tires back into the truck! AND, they recommended a great hidey-hole to go eat breakfast while we waited for the first set:

It's called The Happy Rooster Cafe. They only serve breakfast and lunch, and it is the best little nondescript place ever! I admit, the outside did not please me very well, but you walk in and feel like you're in your Grandma's kitchen. It was great! I had french toast and scrambled eggs, G had a wonderful omelet. And the coffee was bottomless, hot, and delicious. They even had flavored creamers!

So that was our first day here in Tucson. On the drive down, we saw some great landscape and flora, like these guys:

They were on the side of the road on the way into Phoenix. It was pretty spectacular, since I've never seen a saguaro up close. We are 20 minutes from the Saguaro National Park, so I hope to visit that while we're here, too.

We started our trek here in this place:

This is the beginning of the Grand Canyon, and alas, the closest I will get this time of the year. They are expecting 17-20 inches of snow and temperatures not above 32 the whole time that we would be there, so we would have been snowed in with no hope of getting to our next destination, which would have been outside of Sedona. They were expecting 10 inches of snow! Tucson is expecting rain, maybe an inch to three of snow, but higher temperatures when it's over, so we are good. I hope to see more of this little town. Down the road is the "Miracle Mile." We could check that out for its historical significance. But there is also an historical mission, a horse rider's museum, and another park. Ya'll come back! 😉