Valley Vista RV Resort, Tombstone
Another park on our trails collection from thousand trails was Valley Vista RV Resort in Benson AZ. We're making our way east, then north so we can see Petrified Forest National Park on the way up. We also want to go this way back to WA to avoid CA at all costs. Fuel prices are bad enough without paying that states exorbitant fuel taxes for them. Enough taxes already thanks.
On this stay we didn't move much, due to the skyrocketing fuel prices, but we did visit a couple things. And we met a nice couple, Terry and Marci, who invited us over to their site to chat. They were from Colorado, and had 5 acres of property at elevation. They don't like how cold it gets so they were at this park from September through April. It was their first time being "snow birds", so we had that in common. I asked some things about their property, because that is exactly the size of acreage we are thinking of getting soon, to make it possible to rest a bit and not consume fuel for a while until they become manageable again. That will probably not be until the next administration.
This was a nice park and we met some friendly people. I even got to help out a neighbor, his wife asked the right person for help. We were just walking by taking the dog for a walk, and this lady comes rushing out, "do you know anything about 5th wheels?". Why yes, we have one. It turns out this is their maiden voyage, and they are a bit confused as to the unhook process, which admittedly is rather stressful the first time. But it turns our he had the exact same hitch and trailer lift system we have. He was confused about at what level the trailer needs to get the mechanism to let go. I told him when you "drop front jacks" on the lippert leveling system, it never lifts enough to relieve all pressure from the truck suspension, you have to manually operate the front jacks until you see daylight in between the trailer and jack, until all weight is off the jack, then the mechanism will release easily. Boom, that was all he needed. I felt good about being able to help him out.
We took a day trip south to Tombstone, the historic site of Wyatt Earp and other outlaws. They have preserved the main street for tourist purposes, lots of shops to peruse. My wife and I have decided we want a western theme to any future cabin we will build, and one shop in particular had some really cool items. We had a nice afternoon visit.
