YELLOW BRICK ROAD ADVENTURES: TRAVELING TO THE CHRISTMAS TREES

BY NOW IT WAS THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD TO BE AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LOT BY THE 11TH. WE HAD MILES AND MILES TO GO.....NO MORE TOURISTING. WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO FIESTA GRANDE RV RESORT IN CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA FOR ONE NIGHT'S STAY.

WE DIDN'T DRIVE LONG AND WE WERE IN ARIZONA!!

NEAR TUSCON, WE DROVE BY THE TURNOFF FOR SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, I WISH WE HAD TIME TO STOP!

THIS IS WHERE THE SAGUARO CACTI GROW.

I REMEMBER READING ABOUT THIS.

WE STOPPED FOR GAS IN QUARTZITE ARIZONA.

THIS IS THE PLACE I'VE READ ABOUT ALSO WHERE A LOT OF RVERS GO FOR THE WINTER MONTHS AND JUST PARK IN THE DESERT FREE.... WITH NO HOOKUPS......NOT FOR ME!!

FIESTA GRANDE RV PARK WAS NICE, THEY HAD A DOG PARK AND A HOT TUB.

WE LEFT BY 8:00 THE NEXT MORNING HEADING FOR DEMING, NEW MEXICO.

PRETTY UNEVENTFUL STAY...THE RV PARK WAS OK.

WE GOT AN EVEN EARLIER START THE NEXT MORNING.....7:30 WE WERE GETTING GOOD AT THIS! WE WOULD BE BACK IN TEXAS TODAY!

WE WERE IN FORT STOCKTON BY 4:00, WE WERE TIRED. IT HAD BEEN ANOTHER LONG DAY OF DRIVING. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN SOME PRETTY LONG HOURS OF DRIVING AND MAGGIE AND MARLEE HAVE BEEN GREAT!!

THIS ROAD RUNNER WAS READY FOR CHRISTMAS!! BRING IT ON!!

WE FOUND THE RV PARK THAT WE STAYED AT ON OUR WAY TO WASHINGTON IN THE SPRING. MAGGIE AND MARLEE DO NOT LIKE THIS RV PARK, THERE ARE BURR STICKERS IN THE GRASS THAT GET IN THEIR FEET. THEY REFUSE TO WALK IN THE GRASS. IT'S A SMALL TOWN AND THERE AREN'T MANY TO CHOOSE FROM. THIS WOULD BE OUR LAST NIGHT ON THE ROAD, TOMORROW WE WOULD BE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AS WE GOT CLOSER TO SAN ANTONIO, WE NOTICED HOW GREEN AND TALL THE GRASS WAS. IN THE THREE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO TEXAS, WE HAD NEVER SEEN THE GRASS THIS GREEN OR THIS TALL.

WE HAD DECIDED TO STAY ONE NIGHT AT STONE CREEK RV RESORT, BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO UTILITIES AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE LOT. WE DROVE RIGHT PAST OUR EXIT TO 7040 NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST.