We left Tucson this past Friday and are starting to travel again after an exciting and wonderful winter at Voyager Resort in southeast Tucson. We were there a total of 81 days and really had a fun-filled time. We were joined by our good friends Bob & Betty Sobeck from Vero Beach, Florida . Golf, sightseeing, visits with Laurie’s cousin Dee and her husband Pete, board games, and outstanding weather made for a great time. Walt & Pat Whirshup, retired LIRR engineer and fellow RV’er also stopped to visit.
Friday’s trip north began somewhat slowly with detour to Beaudry RV for a generator service and a check of the rear A/C unit that had quit working. They’ve ordered a new unit and hopefully that will get installed in Phoenix later this week.
Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate as we headed north. A huge low pressure center was heading for the mountains and the mid-west and brought high winds through the southwest desert. Most of the trip gave us a great "tailwind" as long as we were headed north, but at times our coach's trek along I-10 was buffeted by 50+ mph winds and blowing dust that completely obscured the mountains and sometimes parts of the roadway. Further north, I-40 east of Flagstaff was closed due to dust storms. At times I had the steering wheel at a 15 degree angle just to keep the coach straight. Thankfully, we only had 110 miles on the trip and we got into Chandler (suburban Phoenix) in good shape. Of course the newly washed coach was now covered in dust ! Oh well !
We’ll be here a week seeing the area and getting in some golf with good friend and retired RR conductor Howie Weiss and his wife Pat who live here. From here it’s on to Sedona and another railroad retiree Ray & Becky Anderson, then over to Albuquerque for the big Good Sam Rally in mid April.
We’re well, the winter was great and it’s good to be back on the road again.
We’ll talk again soon,
Gene & Laurie
Friday’s trip north began somewhat slowly with detour to Beaudry RV for a generator service and a check of the rear A/C unit that had quit working. They’ve ordered a new unit and hopefully that will get installed in Phoenix later this week.
Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate as we headed north. A huge low pressure center was heading for the mountains and the mid-west and brought high winds through the southwest desert. Most of the trip gave us a great "tailwind" as long as we were headed north, but at times our coach's trek along I-10 was buffeted by 50+ mph winds and blowing dust that completely obscured the mountains and sometimes parts of the roadway. Further north, I-40 east of Flagstaff was closed due to dust storms. At times I had the steering wheel at a 15 degree angle just to keep the coach straight. Thankfully, we only had 110 miles on the trip and we got into Chandler (suburban Phoenix) in good shape. Of course the newly washed coach was now covered in dust ! Oh well !
We’ll be here a week seeing the area and getting in some golf with good friend and retired RR conductor Howie Weiss and his wife Pat who live here. From here it’s on to Sedona and another railroad retiree Ray & Becky Anderson, then over to Albuquerque for the big Good Sam Rally in mid April.
We’re well, the winter was great and it’s good to be back on the road again.
We’ll talk again soon,
Gene & Laurie
Our winter home in Voyager.
A nice restaurant, bar and market on the grounds.
Dinner with friends !
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