Monday 26 October 2015

October 26th - Tucson AZ

Well, it's our last night in Rincon Country West RV Park, Tucson, Arizona, and the United States.  I sure am going to miss the cheap gas; filled the Bigfoot today for $1.99/gallon.  I finally figured out what was going on with the time zones.  We're two hours ahead of Manitoba, but I'd swear we were still in the Mountain Time Zone.  Turns out that Arizona, like Saskatchewan, does not believe in Daylight Savings Time, something about cutting off the top and sewing it onto the bottom to get a longer blanket, I dunno...  So as soon as we cross the line, we'll lose an hour.
Today was spent in last minute details.  We dropped black/grey tanks, filled the fresh water, and the Bigfoot gas tank.  Nancy spent the entire afternoon, shopping madly about, purchasing hard to find in Mexico, or very expensive in Mexico items.  Helpful fellow convoyers gave Nancy a list of such items.
We had another convoy meeting tonight, specifically around our GMSR radios (thanks, Meagan!), which we use to keep track of everyone, and warn of suicidal truckers/buses passing, massive topes, and other such important information.  There was about 1/2 hour of feedback squeals as everyone figured out how to use the radios, and get them on the same channel and privacy channel.
Tomorrow, we hook up the CRV, apply the Very Colourful La Penita sign that Carole came up with to ease the convoy following workload to the CRV back window, and ease on down the road about 9 am.  At least, that's the plan.

1 comment:

Amy and Rick said...

Happy Trails guys. What a great adventure you are going to have! And we mean that in the most positive sense!
Can't wait for your first post from Mexico.