Author Archives: Sparky
Passport America
We have been having a good time here in Sun City, AZ. The weather has been great. We lounged by the pool on Halloween. Never done that before. I will give a full report tomorrow, but I thought I would say a few words about Passport America. We are using our Passport America membership to … Continue reading
GTW Hop 22: Tucson, AZ, to Sun City, AZ
133 miles via I-10 and US 60. Cumulative distance: 3,759 miles. We opted for a good night’s sleep, vacated the “Whispering” Palms park and hot-footed it up to Sun City. I found that Phoenix is snowbird central: it has numerous mega-parks that cater to long-term occupants. They look more like trailer parks than RV parks. … Continue reading
GTW Hop 21: Las Cruces, NM, to Tucson, AZ
280 miles via I-10. Cumulative distance: 3,626 miles. This was another hop that was easy to navigate: get on I-10 west and keep going until you get there. The only difficulty was that the ramp closest to the RV park was closed (which we were told when making reservations), so we had to get off … Continue reading
Las Cruces, NM
We stayed two nights at La Hacienda RV Resort in Las Cruces. It is very neat and clean and has a lot of amenities. It has a great community room, a hot tub (unusual), a very nice laundry (which we used) and the longest dog park we have seen yet. It is also pricy – … Continue reading
Mid-term report card
As we are now more than half done with the GTW, I thought this would be a good time to assess how it has gone so far. Kind of a mid-term report card. I will start with two subjects that relate to the work we did prior to the start of the trip: Preparation: A- … Continue reading
GTW Hop 20: Pecos, TX, to Las Cruces, NM
253 miles via I-20 and I-10. Cumlative distance: 3,346 miles. We stayed one night at the TRAPark in Pecos. This is an Escapees Rainbow Park, but it is a mere shadow of Rainbow’s End. We missed the social hour, which is a shame, but we had a good night’s sleep in the midst of the … Continue reading
Cafe Malta
I am not above unabashedly plugging a restaurant run by Jett’s nephew. But I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t truly impressed. Cafe Malta on West William Cannon Drive in Austin doesn’t look like much from the outside – a smallish storefront tucked between a beauty salon and a roll-your-own cigarette place in a small … Continue reading
GTW Hop 19: San Angelo, TX, to Pecos, TX
218 miles via US 67 and US 285. Cumulative distance: 3,093 miles. I don’t have much to say about San Angelo because we were there for just 20 hours. Because we had difficulty getting the front landing jacks to work, I didn’t unhitch. But I resolved that problem and decided this morning that it would … Continue reading
GTW Hop 18: San Antonio, TX, to San Angelo, TX
216 miles via I-10, US 83, US 87 and US 67. Cumulative distance: 2,875 miles. This was supposed to be a hop to Ozona, TX, which is little more than a couple of truck stops and an RV park. But the RV park was full, so Plan B was to go further north, to San … Continue reading
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio is yet another place where we wish we could have stayed longer. For one thing, I would have liked to have tried the golf course that is adjacent to the RV park. I learned last night that the cost for 9 holes there is just $17 – including cart! It would probably be … Continue reading