Tucson, AZ - Rincon Country West RV Resort

Wednesday, Dec 10

We moved from Benson, AZ to Tucson today.  After visiting almost a dozen RV parks/resorts we decided on Rincon Country West RV Resort as our destination for the next month.  It is a fairly large facility with about 1100 units with lots of activities.  All interior roads are paved with pretty level gravel parking pads and full hook ups.  Each site has a concrete pad with a picnic table and a separate parking space for your tow vehicle.  There are palm trees at every site.

This was before we put the flags up.  I can tell I have not washed the front window yet because the screens are not up yet, so we are not completely set up yet.

Just outside the office is this large model train display.  The "Railroaders" are still working on setting up all the buildings and getting the trains to run smoothly.  It is pretty elaborate.

The picture above and the one below are close-ups of parts the display.  You can also see some of the people working on the set-up.

None of the trains were running at this time.  We have walked by since and seen them working on the track where derailments seem to occur.

This is the view on the way to the heated swimming pool.  The pool is heated to 84 degrees.  I can walk right in.  It is GREAT.  I've been doing pool aerobics in the mornings about 11am.  It is fun!

This is our first evening sunset taken from the steps at our front door.  By the way, there is no other door into the coach so I guess "front" is not necessary.

This is just a few minutes after the previous picture.  I was impressed with the colors in the sky.

The next day it rained.  When it stopped raining this beautiful rainbow appeared.  There was actually a second rainbow but it is faint enough that it is hard to see in this picture.

Here is a close up of the rainbow.  It was soooooo radiant!!

The sunset that evening was magnificent also.  The high temperatures have been in the upper 60s to the mid 70s with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s so far.  This is our kind of winter.

Some of the permanent residents have really gone all out decorating for Christmas.

Tic has joined a wood carving group and is learning to carve. 

He decided to start with a buzzard.  This is the example for him to follow.  Obviously it is carved and painted, so this is the goal.

Here is Tic's progress.  He has only worked on his carving twice for about 4 hours total.  I'm impressed for his first attempt!

I'm pleased to be settled long enough to be able to take advantage of some of the activities here.  I have enrolled in yoga twice a week and am going to pool aerobics several times a week.  It is held Monday - Saturday.  We have been here 1 week and I have been 3 times now.

We have not been sight-seeing yet.  We are just enjoying the activities here and meeting lots of people.  We played Bingo last night.  We were told Bingo was the big social event of the week here.

There is so much to see and do, we are investigating before we start, so we are efficient in our sight-seeing.  Next post will be after a day-trip somewhere in the area.