"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

If you’re thinking about coming up with a song title for a blog, there are plenty abut Texas, Arizona and California.  However, if you need one for a few other states, they are a little harder to find.  This one suited this blog just fine because I figured by the time I finally posted it we’d probably be getting close to Phoenix.

I left off on the blog I posted Tuesday as we were getting ready to pull out from Balmorhea, Texas and conquer the Guadalupe Mountains.  The winds were forecasted to be fairly calm that day.  The trip was a piece of cake.  We sailed through El Paso without a hitch and crossed over that Texas – New Mexico border thrilled that we were one state closer than we were in the morning.

Our planned stop for two nights was the LoW-HI RV park in Deming.  It’s a nice little park south of town.  The park itself accepts Passport America, has lots of desert plants and is the current home of IYQ – our friend, Lee.  We didn’t waste any time checking out his new shop.  He’s not quite finished putting it together but what he has finished is enough to make every RV’er jealous.  

Lee had a special place he wanted to show us so off we went.  He took us to the Adobe Deli.  It’s a place locals hang out.  You’d never be able to find it if you didn’t know where it was.  It’s an old school house out in the middle of no-where.  We loved it!! 

The food was fantastic, the ambiance fascinating and the company even better. 

The next day another set of friends showed up at the same park, Julie and Mike.  Actually, we knew they were coming so we already had another meal planned. 

Lee came up with another great place to eat.  It was Forghedaboudit Pizza..  Everything about this place topped the charts too.  The pizza was fantastic, the staff amazing and the company, special. 

Too soon it was time to think about heading a little farther west. It was time to say our goodbyes for now.  We knew we’d see each other again when wintertime rolled around and the cold weather returned to the northern states. 

First we wanted to get some of the grime off of our motorhome.  We had noticed a car wash that welcomed RVs on our way through Deming.  Lee took us to check it out.  That was our first destination Thursday morning.  We wanted to wash the road dirt off as much as we could.

	Once on the road we had our share of road construction. Where did all these funds come from?  You can see this was a New Mexico project as it ended at the Arizona border.  Thank goodness for that.  We got tired of driving mostly on the shoulder for a zillion miles.

Our final destination that day was the Voyager RV park just south of Tucson.  We had stayed there on our way to Texas.  This time we were hoping we rated a pull-thru site.  We were only going to be there overnight on our trek northwest.   That pull thru worked out perfectly too.  That meant no unhooking for us.

With all the beautiful Texas wildflowers we got to see along the road, I was hoping I’d get to see a little of Arizona in bloom. 

Hopefully we’ll be seeing lots more of the desert plants blooming before we move on into California.

Thinking of California and with more winds forecast through Tehachapi on Tuesday, we’re still undecided if it’ll be a trip over the Grapevine or down Tehachapi. The decision will have to be made by Sunday as that’s when we’ll be heading someplace west after spending one full day with Terry’s mom.  Maybe by Sunday we’ll know if the wind forecast has increased or even gone away.

‘Tis life on the road.

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."