Where are Cheryl and Dennis?: A short visit in Tucson

04/01/2019 – 04/04/2019

Monday – 04/01/2019 – It was a short 2 and one half hour drive from Apache Junction to Tucson. We took Hwy 60 to 79. It was a pleasant drive until we got to the outskirts of Tucson. We ended up driving through 20 miles of city. That was not much fun but we arrived safely at Far Horizons RV Park. We had our choice of sites. The streets are a little narrow and the sites are short. It took about 20 minutes of finagling to get the RV in the right spot on the site. Dennis did an excellent job!

Tuesday – 04/02/2019 – Visited the Titan Missile Museum today. It is a National Historic Landmark located south of Tucson in Green Valley. It is the location of the last of 54 remaining Titan II missiles that were on alert in the United States during the Cold War, from 1963-1987. For $10 we were shown a short video about the construction of the complex and the missile silo. Then we were taken on a tour of the control center as well as the missile silo itself. Our tour guide was stationed here and was in command of the control center. She had lots of first hand experience and stories about what it was like to live and work here, always on alert for the phone call that would initiate the launch of the missile. Each missile was fitted with a 9 megaton warhead and had a range of 8700 nautical miles. Fortunately the Cold War ended without having to use any of the 54 missiles. All but one of the 54 missile silos were destroyed except for this one which is now a museum.

Just south of Green Valley is the town of Tubac. It is a small town known for its shops, art galleries and artisans. Since we were close we decided to check it out. We poked around in a few of the shops but did not find anything that we “needed”.

From Tubac we drove south a short distance to the Tumacacori National Historic Park. This is the site of a mission established around 1700. Construction on the church began around 1800. It was never completed. The part that remains is in excellent condition.

Wednesday – 04/03/2019 – A few of our friends mentioned how nice Sabino Canyon was so we headed there today. This is a U.S. Forest Service Recreation Area. We paid $10 each to take a narrated shuttle bus ride into the canyon. The bus travels on a paved road 3.8 miles into the canyon crossing Sabino Creek multiple times. At some crossing the creek crosses the road. It was a very lovely drive. At the end we got out of the bus and we decided to walk back down. About three quarters of the way down we met a park volunteer. We walked and chatted with her for a ways. She recommended we leave the road and take a trail to Sabino Dam. At the dam she continued on to the Visitor Center. We followed a short time later.

Where we are parked: Far Horizons Tucson Village RV Resort – Cal Am Resort – Site 633 – 665 sites. Pool, hot tub, activities, laundry, rock, silver and glass shops, bocce ball, pickle ball, shuffleboard. We stayed one week free as we took advantage of a promotional program through a Cal Am Resort in Yuma. See attached fee schedule for rates.