Moochdocking - Tucson, AZ - February 3, 2017

Yep, we are moochdockers. After we arrived at the Casino Del Sol Wednesday, we recieved a phone call from good friends Tom & Cheryl. Originally from Minnesota and now full timers, they are close by us here in Tucson. Come to find out, they bought a place here just west of Tucson, less than 10 miles from us. They invited us to come see, and stay on their property. Cool beans!

So around noon on Tuesday, we lifted jacks and headed over to their place. We did buzz by Snyder Hill BLM area to check the place out. It is small and very crowded. That's ok. We have some friends just down the road.

Tom & Cheryl bought the place late last year. Two and a half acres, a nice two car garage/shop, and a 14 x 70 manufactured home.

Tom is very talented and has been working hard to get the place in shape. A new roof on the garage, new plumbing under the house, flooring, some windows and doors, just a lot of improvements. The place looks great!

And he has room and hookups for 4 RVs. Is that pretty cool or what! We parked out back by their motorhome.

I didn't hook up to anything because we didn't need any hookups, and we were just going to be here one night and have to head on down the road. But we did get to sit around and do some catching up and sharing road stories and some good 'secret' spots to camp.

Thanks Tom for the great hospitality, I'm sure we will be back again. There is still much we want to see in this area.

Off to visit my sister and do some more boondocking.

Dream Catcher RV Park to Casino del Sol - Tucson, AZ - February 1, 2017

We haven't heard from Donna's doctor as far as them making an appointment for her, so we left. I guess we will be back sometime, we are just not holding our breath.

So I took some pictures of the Dream Catcher RV Park.

Like I said, it really is just a gravel parking area, with hookups.

Today we packed up and moved on. Last night was the first night I didn't unhook our water. It didn't get below freezing.
222 miles later, we pulled into the Casino del Sol just a bit west of Tucson. We have been here several times before and it is a great stopping spot.

Tomorrow, we are going somewhere special!

El Paso Doctors..Not! - Dream Catcher RV Park - Deming, NM - January 30, 2017

We arrived at this Escapees park on January 25th, because Donna had a doctor's appointment the next day on the 26th in El Paso. We decided to do a week here. This appointment was made in December of last year after Donna's doctor thought she was having some side effects from her medicine she was taking. This park is really just a gravel parking lot with hookups.

It gets pretty cold here at night. It got down to 21 degrees the other night. I had to break down and turn on our furnace for the night, and unhook water too. 

I made sure the doctor she was referred to was 'in network' according to her BCBS of TX insurance. On the 26th, we drove the 100 miles into El Paso and found the doctor's office. But right off the bat, while checking in and filling out all the medical forms needed, they said BCBS said we weren't covered for the month of January. They rescheduled it for the 1st of February. We headed back, the 100 miles, toward Deming while Donna waited on the phone, on hold with BCBS. After finally connecting with them, they said 'oops' their mistake. Donna told them to call the doctor's office and let them know. They did and the doctor's office called us back and said they will try and get her seen the next day. A 200 mile wasted trip.

They called the next day and said be here at 2PM. Finally! Off we went another 100 miles to El Paso. They did get her in, but the doctor asked her one question, and said she would have to see a female doctor instead of him. Getting a little hot now! He gave us a phone number and on the way back to Deming, Donna called to try and set up an appointment. Office closed, must wait till Monday. Nice!

Over the weekend, we cleaned and organized the house. Too cold and windy to do anything else. I did check and found out that the doctor's referral was not an 'in network' doctor according to her insurance.

Monday morning, Donna called the doctor and gave them a list of 'Specialist' doctors that were in El Paso and also were 'in network'. They said they will make the appointment and let us know when it is. It is Monday evening. We paid for a week here and we were scheduled to leave here Wednesday, heading back to Quartzsite. So...we are pretty much in limbo. What a wasted trip(s) and week. The good news is that it is suppose to warm up a bit around here.

This gives me time to install my new RO water filter system while we are here. Pictures coming.

I also decided to take a hiatus from Facebook for a while. There has gotten to be too much crap on there and I am tired of scrolling through 97 percent of Facebook crap/spam to see if there is anything I care about. I always have my web site (www.thefergs.com), my blog, and RVillage.

Later....

Countryside RV Resort - Apache Junction, AZ - January 24, 2017

This park is an Encore park, and it is listed as a reciprical park in our Thousand Trails membership. So we get to stay here for just $4.00 a night. Unfortunately, we can do only 2 nights here this time. But we know that we want to come back to this area again.

The first night we arrived here, we went to dinner at Organ Stop Pizza. Good pizza and brews, and we got to see and hear the giant 6000 pipe organ too. We sat in the balcony where we could see the organ, since it took up the entire wall.

Then the 'player' came up out of the floor and commenced to entertain us on the organ console.

Pretty awesome. A great evening with my darlin.

Here is a few pics of this park.

This is our spot.

Notice my tires are close to the concrete patio...

And we could barely get our living room slide out on the other side.

I can't even open the bay doors on our rig. Oh well, now that we have checked out this park... we probably won't be back to this one.

We did drive up to the Usery Rec Area and checked out their campground. Nice place. I think that will be our spot next time through here.

We also went to Costco and stocked up with a few items. And I found this RO system there.

It seemed like a good deal, $129.00. But I have to wait to install it at a later date. I can't access my tools right now. I can't get my bay doors open here.

Heading out and moving on tomorrow.