October 23

We are now in Huachuca City, AZ and will be here until October 27 when we head to Tucson (60 miles) Voyager RV Resort, where we will be thru March.  The first thing here in Huachuca City was the Arizona Chapter,  Heartland Owners Club Rally thru Sunday.  We had 16 Rigs attending, mostly from Arizona but we did have a couple Colorado members and a California member.  Rallies are fun times gathering with other Heartland owners, socializing, eating, and seeing the local sites.  This is a great chapter and we've made new friends every time we attend a Rally.

Some of the rally attendees swapping stories.

Beautiful sunset here in Arizona


 

Garry Gilbert, Arizona Chapter Leader preparing us for the door prize drawings

One of the area highlights is Tombstone, Arizona - about 12 miles from the RV park.  During our stay Tombstone was celebrating their annual Helldorado Days.  Locals dress in period costumes and stroll around town just like it was in the day.

 

The Erps strolling town to kleep the peace



Wyatt shooting down at the OK Corral



And entertainment in the street all day.

We had a good time in Tombstone. Lunch at the Longhorn Saloon where we ordered the special of the day, which for me was a steak sandwich and June ordered the shrimp basket.  After or order was placed, the waitress informed us along with the meal we got a pink T-shirt promoting breast cancer awareness. A nice gesture.


One day after the Rally, June and I visited the Coronado National Memorial located South of the RV park about 20 miles on the Mexico border.  During the 1500's Coronado and his band of nearly 1500 marched thru the area during the exploration of the time. 

 

Being on the border signs like this remind all to be aware of your surroundings

 

The eye in the sky - Border Patrol Blimp could be seen frequently. Basically a communications antenna so agents radio signals are not blocked by the mountains.

 

 

We talked with this young man on the Coronado peak. Turns out he was raised in the area and is a local Firefighter.  He patrolled the terrain on this bike looking for hot spots left by illegal immigrants.  Seems they cross the border at night and don't put out their camp fires.

 

This is the road we took to get to the top of Coronado Peak.

 

The black line is an Arizona/Mexico border fence

 

Another interesting site was the town of Bisbee, Arizona. A town just a few miles form the border and known as the oldest, authentic western town. Their claim to fame is the open pit copper mine that was once a huge operation here. Called the Lavender Pit in honor of Harrison Lavender, an executive with the Phelps Dodge Mining operation.

 

Part of Old Town Bisbee

 

 

We'll be off to The Voyager RV Resort on Monday, October 27 where we'll spend the winter. Voyager is a large resort with over 1500 sites, about 550 RV sites and the rest Park models and manufactured homes. Voyager has lots to do and we look forward to getting involved.  I'm already on a shuffleboard team and signed up for a tournament in mid November.  Stay tuned.