133 miles via I-10 and US 60. Cumulative distance: 3,759 miles.
GTW Hop 22: Tucson AZ to Sun City AZ
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 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.
Paradise RV Park site map
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.
The trip itself was easy until we got to Phoenix. We did see some interesting geological formations along the way.
Picacho Peak(?) on the way to Phoenix
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.
Good thing I didn’t have the shotgun in the cab.