I am picking up my Coachmen Beyond in Dallas and then heading home in a week and now will be staying in Tucson with some things to see thanks to you! Thanks for the Vlog!
You're most welcome Judith! It's going to be hotter than Hades in Tucson this time of year, but enjoy -- there's a lot there to see and do, and Mt. Lemmon will be a respite from that heat.
I love traveling with GA. It's raining and 45 degrees here in PA. We just got the RV out of storage and I'm sitting here in the driveway making sure the heater works..hahaha..watching GA and daydreaming. Waiting for hubby to retire so we can put the house in winter storage and we can be gone all winter in the RV. Until then, I'll join you on your trips. Happy travels.
Thanks for highlighting Tucson and southern Arizona, Marc. As you know, there are even more things to do and see here so I look forward to the next time you can swing by and spend more time in our neck of the woods. Travel safe.
Thank you Jim! We always like to "miss" a few things at each stop, which keeps giving us a good reason to come back some day. 😉 You have a wonderful area!
Very cool video Marc 😎👍 that was a home run 🏃♀️😊 lots of fun seeing you with guest. Tucson is a beautiful place and on my must visit list. 🎥🚌🌎🎶😊🐍🌵🌞thanks for sharing and be safe from Birmingham Alabama
Hi guys! I used to live in Tucson. I loved the desert ecosystem. Tucson is not as hot as Phoenix because first, it is not a basin and second Tucson's altitude is higher than Phoenix's. There is also a nice little mountain north of Tucson that infrequently gets snow in the winter. Thanks for reminding me of my old hometown.
Very nice. I guess I need to my drone out for the trip. My parents used to live south of Tucson years ago, and I was surprised to hear about the pecan groves from them. We used to all get a 5 lb bag at Christmastime.
Another great video. And very nice to see TR who I've been following for the last 6 months or so. He seems to be rebuilding the inside of his coach right now. Thanks to both of you for not fixating on the current health situation. It seems like most video bloggers are virus virus virus one episode after another. I spent several years in Tucson, first and second grade. The roads were mainly dirt and below ground level and when it rained in the mountains the streets would flood, and I don't mean a few inches of water. People got swept away and they rigged lines across the crosswalks to hold onto as you crossed. We drove by my old home and it seems to be an industrial/commercial district now with 100% paved roads. I'm surprised you skipped the Desert Museum but was interested to see the other areas, another longer visit is on our schedule for Fall or Winter.
Thank you Bryan! We didn't skip the Desert Museum, it was unfortunately closed due to the current health situation, like many attractions are. We're going out of our way to avoid harping on that situation in our episodes, because a) we get enough of that in our daily lives anyway -- people want an escape, if only for a few minutes of video -- and b) to be quite honest, aside from things like the Desert Museum being closed, we're really not finding that it's affecting our travels much. Sure, in Arizona we're finding USFS campgrounds closed and we're occasionally having to wait in line outside a store to get in to get what we need, but for the most part it's life as usual with a few inconveniences. That's a fascinating story about life in Tucson when you were a child. I can't imagine city streets turning into torrents as a regular occurrence. They've obviously done a good job figuring out how to channel that runoff. It was great hearing from you, thank you!
Thanks Ed! (Our new neighbor tonight, BTW.) That just gives you a reason to return. If there's a ski area out there that we've never seen, we'll hunt it down.
Very good video Mark. I love that part [desert southwest] of the country. Brings back many memories. Did tours in Yuma and 29 Palms [USMC] in the 80s and 90s. Be safe and practice that social distancing. Oh...by the way I would recommend "gargling" with some Jim Beam instead. :)
It was definitely tight, no doubt about it. But there really was a lot of character to the place. There are a lot of full-timers and snowbirds staying there, and while the park would have normally emptied out for the season by the time we visited, many were hunkering down in the current situation and waiting for travel restrictions to ease before leaving. We found the residents to be wholly welcoming and inviting. The owner has started bringing in food trucks every evening to help guests minimize their need to go to the grocery store, and help out local businesses at the same time. Whether at those food trucks in the evening, or at the RV park's dog park, we found the regulars to be chatty and friendly. It really made for an enjoyable stay, even for guests like us who would rather be boondocking.
I was out get the camper ready and lost track of time. Missed the premier. Oh well, I just I’ll watch it like this with the common folk 😂😂😂. Safe travels bud.
Love the landscape. So different from what we’re used to. That was great having TR give a little nature talk - was that Zoe panting in the background? That’s pretty cool the manager allowing the food trucks to come into the campground. As always, great video. Thanks Marc!
Thank you! Just scoped out your Sedona spot yesterday, it's occupied as is most everything else in that area. It's packed. That low stalled over SoCal, too, is making my decision this morning very difficult. What was supposed to be wet weather Wednesday through Friday is now today through Monday. I think I'll make another run up 525 today to see what I see, then decide. Yep, that was Zoe panting -- my editing software needs a "pant reduction" filter for the audio effects. ;)
There was a road where we camped that was next to us and was marked as being closed. However, less than a few hundred yards on that road on the left side are two nice open areas off that road and probably a hundred yards apart from each other. You might want to check out Road 618 just East of I-17. It is where 179 ends at I-17. The National Park recommended that road. There are a lot of sites on either side of the road once it starts going South after Beaver Creek. Also, a short way up the road on the right side to Lawrence Crossing has a spot on the edge looking over a little Valley. We were going to head here if 525 was closed. My wife wasn’t crazy about the road to Lawrence Crossing.
Thank you Tony! We're sure that you'll enjoy TR's channel, he's quite the character. We'll have more guests upcoming, we keep bumping into fellow RUclipsrs all over Arizona.
Oh, we definitely were, Nigel, much more so than we would have liked. Nevertheless, the place had a great character, and was filled with some great characters. We enjoyed our visit.
Glad you enjoyed. I showered in rubbing alcohol afterwards. 😁 Seriously, though, it's so hard to adapt sometimes. TR and I have known each other for years electronically, but never met in person until this video. Out of habit, the very first thing we did was shake hands...then immediately realized our mistake. It's tough to break.
Oh I know it is! Also very sad to not be able to hug people we love!...but this virus is a deadly threat to any human being..my life and everyone's around me as well as yours worth more than a hand shake..this virus doesn't give us too much room for any mistakes right now..keep showing us all your experiences...love it..take care😀❤
Marc, Very interesting episode. I very much enjoyed the explanation of the Suguero growth. Even though you missed the end of the skiing season, you didn't miss the dessert flowers. I'm going to guess that there was a forty to fifty degree temperature differential between the desert at around 75° and four thousand feet elevation in the mountains above at around 30°... Gord
Your guess is pretty close, Gord. That was a chilly day down in the desert, where temps were in the upper 50s, whereas we logged a 25º temperature reading atop Mount Lemmon. And a flowering desert makes an excellent consolation prize.
@@GrandAdventure Ok... the desert was allot cooler than it looked from video. When it gets down into the fifties you'll see me wear a wind breaker. You and your friend didn't have one on so my guess was of by quite a bit. I was high by at least fifteen degrees on the high side and high by about five degrees on the low side. Thus, there was only a twenty-five degree differential for an estimated 4,000 ft elevation change. Which makes more sense to me. Gord
@@gorrdd oh, I've turned into a complete wuss about cold temps, especially after some unplanned weight loss. So yeah, I had a jacket on when it was in the upper 50s, especially with that wind. We had some weather activity during my visit to Tucson, so the temperatures fluctuated greatly day over day. The shots with TR were filmed on the warm side of that front.
I wonder if we overlapped. I was at the Tucson LazyDays RV March 14 - 17th taking delivery on a trailer. I'm hanging out in the Quartzsite desert right now. Not sure if you are at Lost Dutchman yet but try to avoid loop 75-104, as it packed tighter than the rest of the loops. The first place I ever skied was Mt Lemmon. They do not get a lot of good snow days. That 180 inches of annual snow sounds optimistic. That first day was absolutely perfect but the nice warm day melted some of the snow and the next day was a slope of solid rough ice. I thought I would never make it down. It was three feet and fall all the way! Be snake aware with yourself and pooch, they are out and about already. You did another beautiful job on the video. I didn't know the airfield is now open to visitors. A friend and I were wondering around years ago and got asked to leave by a M16 carrying security guard. That was when the CIA had operations running out of there.
Yep, no more CIA ops now that Evergreen is belly-up. You can actually call ahead to request a tour, but with the whole coronavirus thing we didn't even try. We're sure that conditions at Mount Lemmon can be "variable", to put it charitably. Haven't encountered any snakes yet, thank goodness. We didn't overlap, it was early April by the time we got to Tucson, and since this was filmed we've been to Lost Dutchman, Tonopah, Prescott and we're now in an RV park in Camp Verde where we retreated to because of a bad weather forecast that doesn't seem to have come to fruition. On the plus side, Jarrod from All About RVs and Campendium, as well as Ed and Ann from a new channel Homie at Large, are both also here entirely by coincidence.
@@GrandAdventure The storm around Q didn't have much rain but a lot of wind leading the front. I subscribe to Jarod's channel. I need to rewatch the video he put out a couple of weeks ago on installing an inverter in a 50 amp coach with a transfer device to access both lines. I will check out the other two channels.
@@bruceh3786 I'm sure that you'll enjoy those channels as well. Looking at the weather last night, it looks like the low stalled over SoCal. Hopefully it'll lose quite a bit of its moisture by the time it ejects over Arizona, which now looks like tonight/tomorrow.
@@GrandAdventure That low is passing over Quartzsite now, tonight. Light rain and no wind. Hopefully it will make it to the high country to reduce the early summer fire risk. I am looking for to finding out where else you are staying as you pass through AZ.
@@bruceh3786 I'm still in an RV park in Camp Verde, where I ran to on Wednesday afternoon to avoid the weather in the high country. That stalled out low, however, is making my decision process very difficult. It's now centered just south of you near Yuma and barely moving. I'd planned to move to boondocking near Sedona today, but now the weather looks lousy through Monday night. We also scoped out the boondocking area yesterday afternoon and it's absolutely packed. Decisions, decisions...
By chance would you be able to tell the N number better from your higher quality stock footage on the side of that SunCountry 737 at Pinal county air Park? I may have flown her.
I am not an RV Park lover either...I want my privacy and I don’t like seeing my neighbors camper or hearing them talk. We want to travel Arizona sometime also. Thanks for this video.. I would like to know your favorite area of Amazon after your finished traveling through it. Best off the beaten path camping areas and boon docking.
There's a ton of great boondocking throughout Arizona, Teresa. Check out our recent videos from Tombstone and Bisbee, we were camped at the foot of the beautiful and remote Dragoon Mountains ruclips.net/video/w4l7YSzFBCw/видео.html . We'll also have some upcoming boondocking episodes from Tonopah, Sedona and more that will hopefully give you some great ideas.
Well, not going to get to do any video at Lost Dutchman SP. I was curious about the park after you mentioned it and the web site says Until further notice: Day use parking is limited - no walk-ins allowed. No photo permits, weddings, or group use. Only registered campers permitted in the campground; no visitors allowed in the campground area. Dump station and showers are CLOSED to anyone not camping at the park. Also noted Photo Permits are required to take photos at the park. Download the Commercial Filming/Photography Application Personal photo permits can be filled out at the park the same day. Sounds crazy to me that a STATE OWNED park would restrict the taking of photographs. Just sounds wrong to me.
That restriction is only for commercial photo shoots, weddings, etc., Charles, and requires $1M in commercial liability insurance coverage naming the park as an additional insured. It doesn't apply to tourists shooting their own stuff. National Parks do the same thing, but just stop to think of how many RUclips videos you've seen shot in Lost Dutchman, or in National Parks.
My wife and I have stayed at Lost Dutchman at least twice. Neither of us recall any "photo permits" being required (or any of the other restrictions for that matter). That seems very strange. The only time I've seen photo permits required is a) in *national* parks, when b) doing more than casual/typical photography (classes; lots of equipment; off-trail; using models, etc). All I can think is that Lost Dutchman has had some "issues" since we were there last, or this is somehow related to the coronavirus.
Hey, just a question. Do we need to be worried about border issues ( crime ) in 2024? We were thinking of RVing in the sites you mentioned, but I mean on the trails in the parks. Thanks!
I don't agree with the notion that the saguaro "establishes in shaded areas" as if the seed that originated the saguaro had a thinking brain. The seed of the saguaro lands wherever if pooped by birds. The reason there are a lot of plants around it is simple: Neither humans or animals want to be close to it and get pricked by the plant; so it's a symbiotic relationship between these plants. Take for example a barbed wire fence, there will be weeds thriving under it because of the same principle. Just saying.
I’ve never been to this part of our great country! Some breath-taking views! Thank you for the tour!!
You're most welcome, Kathleen! Thanks for coming along.
I am picking up my Coachmen Beyond in Dallas and then heading home in a week and now will be staying in Tucson with some things to see thanks to you! Thanks for the Vlog!
You're most welcome Judith! It's going to be hotter than Hades in Tucson this time of year, but enjoy -- there's a lot there to see and do, and Mt. Lemmon will be a respite from that heat.
I love traveling with GA. It's raining and 45 degrees here in PA. We just got the RV out of storage and I'm sitting here in the driveway making sure the heater works..hahaha..watching GA and daydreaming. Waiting for hubby to retire so we can put the house in winter storage and we can be gone all winter in the RV. Until then, I'll join you on your trips. Happy travels.
You're more than welcome to tag along, Joy! Hang in there, summer -- and a return to normal travel -- are both right around the corner.
Thanks for highlighting Tucson and southern Arizona, Marc. As you know, there are even more things to do and see here so I look forward to the next time you can swing by and spend more time in our neck of the woods. Travel safe.
Thank you Jim! We always like to "miss" a few things at each stop, which keeps giving us a good reason to come back some day. 😉 You have a wonderful area!
I live in Tucson and Tucson Mountain Park is my backyard! Love your videos, Marc!
Thank you Sharon! You've got a wonderful back yard.
Thanks for a great little trip in normal land. What a great area to explore!! Great guy. Glad you had a great trip!!
Thank you! We'll keep bringing you those normal-land trips, too. ;)
Wonderful video! I loved seeing the desert and the wide, wild range of climates! Thanks Marc! Thanks TR! Interesting bit about the barrel cactus!
Thank you so much! We're so happy that you enjoyed this episode. The Sonoran Desert is indeed surprisingly diverse.
My son lives there in Tucson. I love it there. I enjoyed my “visit “ thanks to you 😎
As always we're happy to bring you along, Curt.
Great video so informative thank you
Thank you Walter!
Very cool video Marc 😎👍 that was a home run 🏃♀️😊 lots of fun seeing you with guest. Tucson is a beautiful place and on my must visit list. 🎥🚌🌎🎶😊🐍🌵🌞thanks for sharing and be safe from Birmingham Alabama
Thank you so much as always, Tom! So happy that you enjoyed the episode, and it was a lot of fun for us, too, to do this episode with TR.
Another informative video, Marc. I subscribed to his channel. That rv park is some kind of crowded.
It is, but the others there made it very enjoyable. Thanks so much!
Gorgeous area! Open the border and let me in! Enjoyed the music and videography. And Wow on the blue skies...🌵
Thank you Marian! We'll all be traveling soon enough, and until then we'll bring you along with us.
Marc, you never fail to disappoint. Fantastic talent on video presentation. Looking forward to your next video. Safe travels!!
Thank you so much Gary!
Thanks Marc. Beautiful video as usual. Stay safe.
Thank you Dick, you do the same!
Your production talents are very good. Thank you for sharing...
Thank you so very much, John!
Thanks for making this video. Haven’t made it to Saguaro yet but hopefully will get there soon and this will help us plan better!
We're so happy to help your planning!
Hi guys! I used to live in Tucson. I loved the desert ecosystem. Tucson is not as hot as Phoenix because first, it is not a basin and second Tucson's altitude is higher than Phoenix's. There is also a nice little mountain north of Tucson that infrequently gets snow in the winter. Thanks for reminding me of my old hometown.
And thank you, Jon, for sharing that climatological tidbit about Tucson! We're thrilled that we could bring you back for this visit.
Very nice. I guess I need to my drone out for the trip. My parents used to live south of Tucson years ago, and I was surprised to hear about the pecan groves from them. We used to all get a 5 lb bag at Christmastime.
Yum!!!
What an awesome episode. Thank you Marc! Stay safe 🙏🌵
Thank you so much Johanna! You do the same.
Another great video. And very nice to see TR who I've been following for the last 6 months or so. He seems to be rebuilding the inside of his coach right now. Thanks to both of you for not fixating on the current health situation. It seems like most video bloggers are virus virus virus one episode after another.
I spent several years in Tucson, first and second grade. The roads were mainly dirt and below ground level and when it rained in the mountains the streets would flood, and I don't mean a few inches of water. People got swept away and they rigged lines across the crosswalks to hold onto as you crossed. We drove by my old home and it seems to be an industrial/commercial district now with 100% paved roads.
I'm surprised you skipped the Desert Museum but was interested to see the other areas, another longer visit is on our schedule for Fall or Winter.
Thank you Bryan! We didn't skip the Desert Museum, it was unfortunately closed due to the current health situation, like many attractions are. We're going out of our way to avoid harping on that situation in our episodes, because a) we get enough of that in our daily lives anyway -- people want an escape, if only for a few minutes of video -- and b) to be quite honest, aside from things like the Desert Museum being closed, we're really not finding that it's affecting our travels much. Sure, in Arizona we're finding USFS campgrounds closed and we're occasionally having to wait in line outside a store to get in to get what we need, but for the most part it's life as usual with a few inconveniences.
That's a fascinating story about life in Tucson when you were a child. I can't imagine city streets turning into torrents as a regular occurrence. They've obviously done a good job figuring out how to channel that runoff.
It was great hearing from you, thank you!
Great video Mark! Made us wish we would have gone up to see Mt. Lemmon while we were in Tucson. Maybe next year!
Thanks Ed! (Our new neighbor tonight, BTW.) That just gives you a reason to return. If there's a ski area out there that we've never seen, we'll hunt it down.
Very good video Mark. I love that part [desert southwest] of the country. Brings back many memories. Did tours in Yuma and 29 Palms [USMC] in the 80s and 90s. Be safe and practice that social distancing. Oh...by the way I would recommend "gargling" with some Jim Beam instead. :)
I'm more of a rye guy, Jason. 😉 Thank you so much, and a huge thank you for your service.
Great vid Marc, beautiful up there.
Thank you!
Looks like a sardine can campground. Everybody packed in bumper to bumper.
It was definitely tight, no doubt about it. But there really was a lot of character to the place. There are a lot of full-timers and snowbirds staying there, and while the park would have normally emptied out for the season by the time we visited, many were hunkering down in the current situation and waiting for travel restrictions to ease before leaving. We found the residents to be wholly welcoming and inviting. The owner has started bringing in food trucks every evening to help guests minimize their need to go to the grocery store, and help out local businesses at the same time. Whether at those food trucks in the evening, or at the RV park's dog park, we found the regulars to be chatty and friendly. It really made for an enjoyable stay, even for guests like us who would rather be boondocking.
two of my favorite youtubers.
So, TR and who else? 😁 Appreciate it so much, Don!
thanks for the video. love Tucson. been on several golf trips there. and they have some great restaurants too.
Thank you Mickey! We enjoyed our time there, but with all of the closures we weren't able to sample area restaurants. Next time!
@@GrandAdventure yeah that's too bad. Mi Nidito is an absolute must.
@@mickster1780 noted.
I was out get the camper ready and lost track of time. Missed the premier. Oh well, I just I’ll watch it like this with the common folk 😂😂😂. Safe travels bud.
Thanks Angus! We think that your time was better spent anyway. ;)
Busy making pizza and garden plans! Looking forward to the vid, Mark.😉🍕🇨🇦
Looking forward to seeing you there, Marian!
your playing in my home town Grew up there
Great home town you have there!
Love the landscape. So different from what we’re used to. That was great having TR give a little nature talk - was that Zoe panting in the background? That’s pretty cool the manager allowing the food trucks to come into the campground.
As always, great video.
Thanks Marc!
Thank you! Just scoped out your Sedona spot yesterday, it's occupied as is most everything else in that area. It's packed. That low stalled over SoCal, too, is making my decision this morning very difficult. What was supposed to be wet weather Wednesday through Friday is now today through Monday. I think I'll make another run up 525 today to see what I see, then decide.
Yep, that was Zoe panting -- my editing software needs a "pant reduction" filter for the audio effects. ;)
There was a road where we camped that was next to us and was marked as being closed. However, less than a few hundred yards on that road on the left side are two nice open areas off that road and probably a hundred yards apart from each other. You might want to check out Road 618 just East of I-17. It is where 179 ends at I-17. The National Park recommended that road. There are a lot of sites on either side of the road once it starts going South after Beaver Creek. Also, a short way up the road on the right side to Lawrence Crossing has a spot on the edge looking over a little Valley. We were going to head here if 525 was closed. My wife wasn’t crazy about the road to Lawrence Crossing.
Great episode! Enjoyed meeting your guest and will check out his channel!
Thank you Tony! We're sure that you'll enjoy TR's channel, he's quite the character. We'll have more guests upcoming, we keep bumping into fellow RUclipsrs all over Arizona.
I used to have TR on my list, can't find him now. Thanks! Born in Tucson, liver in Yuma. Love it!
@@back2homesteadingoffgrid234 here ya go: ruclips.net/user/trbowlin
That's beautiful country there but man... You guys were packed in like sardines in that RV lot..
Oh, we definitely were, Nigel, much more so than we would have liked. Nevertheless, the place had a great character, and was filled with some great characters. We enjoyed our visit.
That's exactly what I was thinking, a sardine can, pandemic or not.
Hey man, great channel! What kind of drone are you using?
Thank you! We're flying a DJI Mavic Pro (1st gen), we actually did a video on the drone here: ruclips.net/video/uT7NTiopOww/видео.html
@@GrandAdventure Perfect! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! Very interesting! Social distancing is minimum 6'..😉
Glad you enjoyed. I showered in rubbing alcohol afterwards. 😁 Seriously, though, it's so hard to adapt sometimes. TR and I have known each other for years electronically, but never met in person until this video. Out of habit, the very first thing we did was shake hands...then immediately realized our mistake. It's tough to break.
Oh I know it is! Also very sad to not be able to hug people we love!...but this virus is a deadly threat to any human being..my life and everyone's around me as well as yours worth more than a hand shake..this virus doesn't give us too much room for any mistakes right now..keep showing us all your experiences...love it..take care😀❤
Great video Marc!!
Thank you John and Jo-Ann!
thanks TR.
Yes, thank you TR!
Marc,
Very interesting episode. I very much enjoyed the explanation of the Suguero growth. Even though you missed the end of the skiing season, you didn't miss the dessert flowers.
I'm going to guess that there was a forty to fifty degree temperature differential between the desert at around 75° and four thousand feet elevation in the mountains above at around 30°...
Gord
Your guess is pretty close, Gord. That was a chilly day down in the desert, where temps were in the upper 50s, whereas we logged a 25º temperature reading atop Mount Lemmon. And a flowering desert makes an excellent consolation prize.
@@GrandAdventure Ok... the desert was allot cooler than it looked from video. When it gets down into the fifties you'll see me wear a wind breaker. You and your friend didn't have one on so my guess was of by quite a bit.
I was high by at least fifteen degrees on the high side and high by about five degrees on the low side. Thus, there was only a twenty-five degree differential for an estimated 4,000 ft elevation change. Which makes more sense to me.
Gord
@@gorrdd oh, I've turned into a complete wuss about cold temps, especially after some unplanned weight loss. So yeah, I had a jacket on when it was in the upper 50s, especially with that wind. We had some weather activity during my visit to Tucson, so the temperatures fluctuated greatly day over day. The shots with TR were filmed on the warm side of that front.
@@GrandAdventure That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.
Gord
I wonder if we overlapped. I was at the Tucson LazyDays RV March 14 - 17th taking delivery on a trailer. I'm hanging out in the Quartzsite desert right now.
Not sure if you are at Lost Dutchman yet but try to avoid loop 75-104, as it packed tighter than the rest of the loops.
The first place I ever skied was Mt Lemmon. They do not get a lot of good snow days. That 180 inches of annual snow sounds optimistic. That first day was absolutely perfect but the nice warm day melted some of the snow and the next day was a slope of solid rough ice. I thought I would never make it down. It was three feet and fall all the way!
Be snake aware with yourself and pooch, they are out and about already.
You did another beautiful job on the video. I didn't know the airfield is now open to visitors. A friend and I were wondering around years ago and got asked to leave by a M16 carrying security guard. That was when the CIA had operations running out of there.
Yep, no more CIA ops now that Evergreen is belly-up. You can actually call ahead to request a tour, but with the whole coronavirus thing we didn't even try. We're sure that conditions at Mount Lemmon can be "variable", to put it charitably. Haven't encountered any snakes yet, thank goodness. We didn't overlap, it was early April by the time we got to Tucson, and since this was filmed we've been to Lost Dutchman, Tonopah, Prescott and we're now in an RV park in Camp Verde where we retreated to because of a bad weather forecast that doesn't seem to have come to fruition. On the plus side, Jarrod from All About RVs and Campendium, as well as Ed and Ann from a new channel Homie at Large, are both also here entirely by coincidence.
@@GrandAdventure The storm around Q didn't have much rain but a lot of wind leading the front.
I subscribe to Jarod's channel. I need to rewatch the video he put out a couple of weeks ago on installing an inverter in a 50 amp coach with a transfer device to access both lines.
I will check out the other two channels.
@@bruceh3786 I'm sure that you'll enjoy those channels as well. Looking at the weather last night, it looks like the low stalled over SoCal. Hopefully it'll lose quite a bit of its moisture by the time it ejects over Arizona, which now looks like tonight/tomorrow.
@@GrandAdventure That low is passing over Quartzsite now, tonight. Light rain and no wind. Hopefully it will make it to the high country to reduce the early summer fire risk. I am looking for to finding out where else you are staying as you pass through AZ.
@@bruceh3786 I'm still in an RV park in Camp Verde, where I ran to on Wednesday afternoon to avoid the weather in the high country. That stalled out low, however, is making my decision process very difficult. It's now centered just south of you near Yuma and barely moving. I'd planned to move to boondocking near Sedona today, but now the weather looks lousy through Monday night. We also scoped out the boondocking area yesterday afternoon and it's absolutely packed. Decisions, decisions...
Thanks marc!
Thank YOU Stu!
I did a search but couldn’t find TR Bowen’s website. Di you have a link.
You bet, Randall. There's a link under "For More Information" right in the video description:
TR Bowlin on RUclips ruclips.net/user/trbowlin
By chance would you be able to tell the N number better from your higher quality stock footage on the side of that SunCountry 737 at Pinal county air Park? I may have flown her.
I'll have to take a closer look and report back.
Grand Adventure I appreciate it. Sad to see one of your own birds at the end of its life.
@@Captndarty N710SY. Is that it? photos.app.goo.gl/hpahL9VXqD8Ry1BWA
nice job
Thank you!
I am not an RV Park lover either...I want my privacy and I don’t like seeing my neighbors camper or hearing them talk. We want to travel Arizona sometime also. Thanks for this video.. I would like to know your favorite area of Amazon after your finished traveling through it. Best off the beaten path camping areas and boon docking.
There's a ton of great boondocking throughout Arizona, Teresa. Check out our recent videos from Tombstone and Bisbee, we were camped at the foot of the beautiful and remote Dragoon Mountains ruclips.net/video/w4l7YSzFBCw/видео.html . We'll also have some upcoming boondocking episodes from Tonopah, Sedona and more that will hopefully give you some great ideas.
Well, not going to get to do any video at Lost Dutchman SP. I was curious about the park after you mentioned it and the web site says
Until further notice: Day use parking is limited - no walk-ins allowed. No photo permits, weddings, or group use. Only registered campers permitted in the campground; no visitors allowed in the campground area. Dump station and showers are CLOSED to anyone not camping at the park.
Also noted
Photo Permits are required to take photos at the park.
Download the Commercial Filming/Photography Application
Personal photo permits can be filled out at the park the same day.
Sounds crazy to me that a STATE OWNED park would restrict the taking of photographs. Just sounds wrong to me.
That restriction is only for commercial photo shoots, weddings, etc., Charles, and requires $1M in commercial liability insurance coverage naming the park as an additional insured. It doesn't apply to tourists shooting their own stuff. National Parks do the same thing, but just stop to think of how many RUclips videos you've seen shot in Lost Dutchman, or in National Parks.
My wife and I have stayed at Lost Dutchman at least twice. Neither of us recall any "photo permits" being required (or any of the other restrictions for that matter). That seems very strange. The only time I've seen photo permits required is a) in *national* parks, when b) doing more than casual/typical photography (classes; lots of equipment; off-trail; using models, etc).
All I can think is that Lost Dutchman has had some "issues" since we were there last, or this is somehow related to the coronavirus.
Hey, just a question. Do we need to be worried about border issues ( crime ) in 2024? We were thinking of RVing in the sites you mentioned, but I mean on the trails in the parks. Thanks!
In Tucson? Not at all, zero worries. I'd be uncomfortable boondocking in the desert close to the border, but not here.
Thanks so much, great to hear! We are planning on going in april I think.@@GrandAdventure
@@markomaticd4106 enjoy!
what kind of insurance run on your camper
Brian, we did a video on that very subject: ruclips.net/video/OATNNHFjH68/видео.html
See ya soon
Looking forward to seeing you there.
@@GrandAdventure Thanks, I need some non COVID 19 content to take me away mentally.
@@spellmadam2947 halelulia!!
What is TR's Channel name?
"TR Bowlin". We've linked to TR's channel both in the video description, and right on the screen during our introduction in the video.
I don't agree with the notion that the saguaro "establishes in shaded areas" as if the seed that originated the saguaro had a thinking brain. The seed of the saguaro lands wherever if pooped by birds. The reason there are a lot of plants around it is simple: Neither humans or animals want to be close to it and get pricked by the plant; so it's a symbiotic relationship between these plants. Take for example a barbed wire fence, there will be weeds thriving under it because of the same principle. Just saying.
Appreciate your feedback! Always nice to hear a different point of view.
I love your work but you guys were sitting too close. Not a good example. Please try harder.
Appreciate your concern, James -- thank you.