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<\/a>GTW Hop 22: Tucson AZ to Sun City AZ<\/p><\/div>\n
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. Many have over 1,000 sites and one has nearly 2,000. Because they are designed for long-term residency, vary few pull-through sites exist. I finally convinced Jett that a back-in would be fine as we would be staying for 4 nights. I thought I opted for one of the “small” parks – just 144 sites. But that was 144 transient<\/em> sites; it has many more long-term sites. I haven’t seen a full count, but you can estimate from the map. Our site number – 2126 – suggests that the park might contain nearly 1,000 sites.<\/p>\n Paradise RV Park site map<\/p><\/div>\n We are looking forward to our time here as we think it will give us a taste of the “snowbird” lifestyle. I will report on it fully after we leave.<\/p>\n The trip itself was easy until we got to Phoenix. We did see some interesting geological formations along the way.<\/p>\n Picacho Peak(?) on the way to Phoenix<\/p><\/div>\n Traffic in Phoenix was very heavy and the drivers there could compete with Boston or New York on the asshole scale. I was trying to get over to the right lane on Route 60 and put my turn signal on. I let two cars pass (they love to pass on the right in Phoenix), then saw a small gap and started to move over. But the approaching car would not stop to let me in. And when she passed, she gave me the finger! Like I had done something wrong. Unbelievable.<\/p>\n Good thing I didn’t have the shotgun in the cab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 <\/a><\/a>