05/12: Tucson
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Packed up the wagons and headed west out of Tombstone this morning. In less than an hour we had arrived at our destination, the Pima County Fairgrounds on the south east edge of Tucson. The RV park at the fairgrounds offer full service sites for $100 a week, a real deal when you realize that most of the RV parks in Tucson charge $35 or more for a night. It's not fancy, but as there are only about 20 units here it's quiet, clean and there's lots of places to walk the dogs. The driving to stores and attractions maybe a bit further but most of the things we want to see are on this side of Tucson, so it should work out.
Yes, it's a big parking lot but I can actually see grass and trees from my window so it's all good. Due to the desert climate, a lot of parks in Arizona resemble parking lots.
After setting up, lunching and roughly planning our time in Tucson (figuring out what was only open on weekends and what was only open during the week) we headed out to camping world and dinner. Both us and John and Carol were needing some new RV hoses, etc and Tucson is the first place we've stopped with a Camping World. As today is Ed and my 26th wedding anniversary (can't believe it's been that long) I got to choose the restaurant. As we had enjoyed Red Lobster last year for our anniversary I opted to try it again and again it was very good. We all decided to try Red Lobster's four course meal option and only Ed was able to eat the entire dinner (but he didn't have room for any of my dinner). I probably don't get out enough, but I was very surprised to see Chuleigh's Apple Crostada on the menu. Chuleigh's is an apple orchard in Milton Ontario not too far from us when we lived in Campbellville. Just seemed a little weird to be eating something from Milton when I'm in Arizona. Yes, I ordered it and it is in my refrigerator waiting for me to eat it. When we got back to the trailer I went online and found out that Chuleigh's is doing very well and sells to many grocery chains and restaurants including Red Lobster.
Yes, it's a big parking lot but I can actually see grass and trees from my window so it's all good. Due to the desert climate, a lot of parks in Arizona resemble parking lots.
After setting up, lunching and roughly planning our time in Tucson (figuring out what was only open on weekends and what was only open during the week) we headed out to camping world and dinner. Both us and John and Carol were needing some new RV hoses, etc and Tucson is the first place we've stopped with a Camping World. As today is Ed and my 26th wedding anniversary (can't believe it's been that long) I got to choose the restaurant. As we had enjoyed Red Lobster last year for our anniversary I opted to try it again and again it was very good. We all decided to try Red Lobster's four course meal option and only Ed was able to eat the entire dinner (but he didn't have room for any of my dinner). I probably don't get out enough, but I was very surprised to see Chuleigh's Apple Crostada on the menu. Chuleigh's is an apple orchard in Milton Ontario not too far from us when we lived in Campbellville. Just seemed a little weird to be eating something from Milton when I'm in Arizona. Yes, I ordered it and it is in my refrigerator waiting for me to eat it. When we got back to the trailer I went online and found out that Chuleigh's is doing very well and sells to many grocery chains and restaurants including Red Lobster.