On the Road Again

We left San Carlos Wednesday morning at 6:00am thinking we would be in Tucson by 1:00, hoping to avoid most of the traffic at the Nogales border crossing. As usual, things did not turn out as expected as the roads were under repair and that slowed us down considerably. The border crossing, which is often very easy to cross on Wednesday, was anything but. We were in a line-up for almost two hours before even getting to the US border inspection.


We decided to dry camp at the Desert Diamond Casino which is located 45 minutes north of the border and 10 minutes south of Tucson. We planned to stay one night, but that turned into three as we had so much to do [remember that kitchen sink].




On Saturday we moved to Picacho Peak State Park for an overnight stay. We have been there before and find this place to be quiet and relaxing. The surrounding hills on one side of the park are in stark contrast to the desert on the other side. The park has excellent hiking trails, in the desert and on the hills.

We had made arrangements to meet Doug and Lenore in Salome, Arizona for a week of golfing and visiting so that was our destination for today. We arrived shortly before they did and after setting up, we had a very windy happy hour [the actual wind, not Lenore and I]. It was nice to see 'old' friends after spending so much time on our own and will enjoy golfing with them on the 18 hole course located at the park.