Wings Over Wilcox

Last night we had a beautiful sunset and woke up this morning to another gorgeous day.

Rolling up I10 W we stopped at the visitor center just past Wilcox. We talked with a man who RV'd full time for 10 years and he gave us a lot of good information. We learned that the Wings of Wilcox festival was going on. This is a weekend festival that celebrates the migration of the Sandhill Cranes. They identified 33 different species of Sandhill's this weekend. Some come from as far as Siberia! We found out that these are the cranes we have been seeing in all the fields along the road.

Across from the visitor center was Stouts Cider Mill. Boy did it smell good so in we went. We had cider and bought apple turnovers (pies were too big - 10lbs of apples in one pie). We couldn't have fit it in the fridge....

Tumbling along we entered Texas Canyon. The sides of the canyon look down on us and provide a spectacular view. Tons of rocks are perched on top of one another in a blancing act along the side of the road. Ken says they look like Lone Ranger rocks. Small trees are growing out of some of them and the whole area is very rugged. Further on the Saguaro Cactus start to appear on the floor of the vallies and canyons along with Prickly Pear. I hope we get to see some desert blooms, but we are a little early.

Rolling into the Tuscon area we decided to stop for lunch... the adventure today was Omars Hi-Way Chef. This was okay, but typical truck stop food. I think we will stick with Wendy's!

We arrived at the Los Colinas RV Resort in Casa Grande. This is a little garden in the desert for snowbirds. Most of the license plates were from the mid-west. The part is nice and they settled us into our spot. It's in the 70's here and we are enjoying the southwest winter weather.

Of course we had to go check out the surroundings so we took a short ride. There really isn't much around so we headed back and went to Eva's Mexican for dinner. It was right across the street from the RV resort and had excellent Margarita's and yummy Fajitas.

Back at camp it is very quiet here, wateched TV and called it a night.

NOTE:

The RV Resorts are nice but they are really for "snowbirds" and folks who are staying for a month or more. There are no firepits or tables to eat outdoors. The folks are friendly and there are alot of activities if you are staying long enough.