Next adventure began 2 days later. On Thursday August 31st we picked Greycie up and brought her to the house. After some ingenious maneuvering we were able to park her in front of the house. I had to trim the neighbors tree in order to get it close to the curb. That was quite a sight. So we loaded her up and went to bed. Getting up at 3 am, we set out for Tucson. We made our first gas stop at a Chevron on Tom Wells road about 3 miles inside the Arizona/California border. I had about 20 miles range left in the tank. We arrived in Tucson to stay at the Far Horizons RV Park with Don and Melanie. I impressed everyone with my ability to back Greycie into the spot. 566 Miles, 10 hours 40 minutes.
Now we began to open things up and get her plugged in for the first time. After some insecure moments on our part, she came to life. All the lights, ac units, water and slide outs worked. Tucson temperature - 104. Nice to have 3 working ac units now. Visited with all the usual suspects + Bob and Mary in Tombstone. After 4 days of 100+ temps it is time to get back to 75 deg Oxnard.
Left Tucson around 8 am on Sept 5th and got back to the storage facility at 8:30 pm. Had a 1/2 hour side trip into Simi Valley for gas since it seemed to take a bit more on the trip back. Note to self - Don't let the gas get below 3/4 for any reason. Stories about pulling a rig through a gas station are all true. Not a fun thing to do unless you are into reality horror. But we did it and got Greycie backed in to her spot and out the gate at 9:10 heading for home.Total trip was 1367 miles, 28 hours 34 minutes, 11.2 MPG and 48 MPH average. On to bigger and better adventures!!
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