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HAPPINESS is to have EVERYTHING
you NEED,
NOT the NEED to have EVERYTHING
This month’s Travel Plans:
14. March 4th Cottonwood, AZ at Verde Valley RVP (TT) x 14 nights (A section!!)
15. March 18th Grand Canyon Village at GC Campground for 4 nights
16. March 22nd Las Vegas at Las Vegas TT Campground for 14 nights
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We got a very early start, about 8am to go one-hour to Lazydays in Tucson, AZ. About 3pm we were on our way again getting no satisfaction from Lazydays except a prognosis on the repairs needed. Cottonwood was over 200 miles from here which is 4 hours travel time in a coach. What we did not expect was taking almost one hour to travel through Phoenix. It’s always been my intention to never travel at night.
Sunset came at 6:30, still very good driving except for the awesome sunset skies. At 7pm the sun had gone, and the only hint of its existence was the dark blue glow on the evening sky, but that blue glow separated the road and mountain ranges from the sky. By 7:30pm we were totally in the dark except for the light from the headlights and we reduced are forward speed to a very safe 40 miles per hour. It was white knuckle driving then things went south.
The 4-lane divided highway, after the seventh roundabout turned into a 2-lane country dirt road. We were on the Thousand Trails Road but with no idea where the campground was. It was so dark I had trouble seeing what was or was not on the left side of this road. Carla quickly got on the cell phone and out of no-where an distant pickup truck was approaching the coach in the opposite direction to us; I flagged him down.
Is TT on this road I asked? At the same time Carla was getting instructions from the camp ranger on duty at the campground. As the trucker was telling me, “it’s the only thing on this street, at the end of the road” , Carla was getting collaborating information as well. We continued to creep along even slower until we spotted the TT flags…Home!
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The ranger station was just where it was supposed to be with tons of parking to the right of the station. She welcomed us to Verde Valley and gave us all the paperwork we needed to begin our stay. She gave us two suggestions on good sites. We were exhausted and asked her if there was a BIG parking lot we could easily find in the pitch-black of the park, and she said yes. “take your first right and follow the road to the ADM building; Sure!
The first right took us onto a construction site for I don’t know how many feet, but she was right, and there it was, barely visible in the heavy darkness. After we parked safely, we departed the coach and WOW! You should have seen all the stars…Awesome! Needless to say, we slept well that night. it only took us a few minutes to find a site that met our needs.
Construction equipment I everywhere.
Imagine trying to navigate this in pitch-black darkness!
This campground should be awesome when finished. They’ve told us by the end of April much of it will be completed. Wi-Fi is skimpy. They’re installing a Wi-Fi for all for a price, we’ll probably have to pay should be pick up one of these sites s a permanent site.
“Everything we were, we carry with us. Everything we will be, is calling to us, from the roads not travelled yet.” pjgrenier