Saturday, March 17, 2007
Snyder Hill, San Joachim Road, Tucson, AZ - March 15-16
This is a strange little island of BLM land in southwest Tucson, only a few acres completely surrounded by the city. There are no delineated spaces, no hookups, and no fees. It is a popular boondocking spot for both short- and long-term visitors to Tucson, and was fairly crowded when we arrived. Fortunately, our hopes were realized as someone had left earlier in the day, leaving us a primo spot. After setting up we drove to a restaurant to meet up with Al Stovall & DeAnna White, good friends who have been on the road since 1983. They now own a house in Tucson and travel part-time. Their neighbors all have happy hour at this restaurant every Thursday, and we were invited. Afterwards we drove back to their house & enjoyed the use of the pool & spa.Next day we drove up to visit Gayle (Doug's dad). He is almost completely recovered from the cracked femur (they couldn't even find a fracture line on the final x-ray) and had recently undergone cataract surgery on one eye. During the surgery, which only took 12 minutes, they removed his old lens and replaced it with a new plastic one. He could tell how remarkable the improvement was with the one eye, and was looking forward to having the other eye worked on a soon as possible.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 11:45 PM 
