There are three key ingredients to a great town or city: soul, sustenance and youth. If a town has all three plus scenery or major points of interest (national park, monument, preserve…) or both, then it gets bumped from great town to great destination.
Tucson has a little of each and made it in our top five destinations for Arizona.
Located on the eastern edge of Tucson Arizona, Voyager RV Resort consistently gets top reviews from Woodall’s, Good Sam and others. After staying for a week at this resort we were officially on board with being a snowbird!
Sure the price was a little more than some of the other area resorts but here, you get what you pay for. This resort was all about the amenities and activities, more so than any other resort we have ever been too!
We have been fans of Stone Brewery and their knock you in the face with flavor beers for a while now. So the new Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens immediately made the top of our to-do list for the San Diego area.
Stone likes to be different and even considered to be some very arrogant bastards when it comes to their beer. So of course, nothing about the Bistro & Gardens is average.
If you’ve ever driven across the vast deserts of Arizona you know it holds many treasures, however few compare to the stunning Mission San Xavier del Bac. The mission is the oldest intact European structure in Arizona and claims to be ‘the best example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the US’. Affectionately called the ‘White Dove of the Desert” this Baroque designed mission was built in the late 1700’s by Franciscans to spread Christianity to the Native Americans (actually the mission was founded in 1692, but the church you see today came nearly 100 years later).
California and Arizona are known for a lot of different things but one very popular and very controversial aspect is crossing the border into Mexico for Medical!
So, of course while we were camped out in Yuma, we grabbed our passports and drove south to Los Algodones. It’s a four block radius where there are said to be more pharmacies, doctors, dentists and opticians than any similar area, anywhere else in the world!
While traveling through Arizona and filming different RV Resorts we’ve had our share of experiences, but our stay in Mesa at the Viewpoint RV and Golf Resort was definitely unique.
This resort marked many firsts for us: our first 55+ resort, our first RV Resort with a golf course and our first RV Resort with free fruit everywhere. Read more
A mile high in the San Jacinto National Forest is the small town of Idyllwild, California. Famous for old movies and Jazz this town still holds its small town charm even though it’s a popular tourist destination.
There’s quirky art, not one single chain restaurant and (my personal favorite) the tiny retro theater!
What is the Cost of Full-Time Living on the Road in an RV? Surprisingly it’s a lot more than we expected. Here we outline our expenses and costs for life on the road full time in our Motorhome. Everyone has a different experience with full time travel across North America but one things for sure: We’re all trying to live the dream while saving money. Hope this information will help you plan a realistic budget for your RV travels. If you’re not an RV’er don’t worry, just remove the RV and Smart Car expenses and replace with your form of travel, no matter what if you’re traveling across North America this just might help you plan for the unknown.
We get a plenty of “producers” calling us to tell us all about a nomadic or RV project they are working on or pitching and surprise, they want our help. Which usually involves, skype interviews, lots of paperwork and oh, can you make an audition video?
Most of the time we kindly say thanks but no thanks. However, when we got an email from our friend TravelingJules saying Travel Channel was looking for RV’s we perked up. Why? Because it’s a show that will air because this will be the second season of it. So, there is real potential to get your hard work out there.
We always have fun throwing out the phrase “we get around” but while staying in Mesa, Arizona we definitly lived up to the self proclaimed reputation.
This was one of those places we drove so much we almost proclaimed ourselves offical car tourist too! Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but we were super happy to have our 40mpg car! Mesa is just a short drive from the Superstition Mountains, downtown Phoenix and the famous Apache Trail. We visited all of them and everything in between.
