We arrived in Tucson on the 11th and will be here until the 25th. The Beaudry RV Resort here on the south side of town just off of I-10 is really great and I'll have to take some pictures of the place. There's 350 sites in a very nice paved resort and it is dry and wonderful. As a result we have been cleaning off all the accumulated dirt and grime from the last six months or so. We had a service come and pressure wash the Flying Scotsman in place (roof included) and that was really convienent. Because of the nice weather, 60s and sun, we have had the opportunity to do more cleaning that was neglected over the winter weather to the north; getting more red mud out of all the cracks. There is actually dirt still in the lower bays that we picked up going across Canada on a particularly nasty piece of gravel road construction ... we'll get it out.



Another reason we've been busy is our good friends and hosts here, Dave and Karen Hammond. Dave and Karen and I went to high school together in Okemos, Michigan and graduated in 1963, so we have known each other for a lot longer than we want to admit. Dave and I were in Vietnam at the same time and then after he was rather severly injured, he and Karen came to Tucson in the late 60s and have been here ever since. From 1975 to 1979, Jo-Anne and I were stationed here with the Air Force and that was the last time we have been to Tucson ... and the 30 years of change is very evident. The city has gone from 250,000 to over a million people and so much has changed that we are having a hard time getting around; but the goal is to see some of the old spots that we frequented.



Again, it is clear, dry, warm and beautiful!