Nestled Beneath the Tucson, AZ, Mountains

It was just a beautiful blue sky, warm, day today.  I raised all the shades, pulled back the curtains, and opened the windows.  Ahhh…..fresh air!  We’re back……! 

A little history: When you even hear “Tucson”, and the nearby town of “Tombstone”, you think of the Wild West. Tucson was 1st visited by Paleo-Indians, known to have been in southern Arizona by about 12,000 years ago.  A Mission settlement and Spanish walled fortress was established in 1700.  The town came to be called "Tucsón" and became a part of the Mexican state of  Occidente after Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. There was the Mexican-American War 1846. The  Mormon soldiers in 1846  marched into Tucson and the Mexican garrison fled.   A brief occupation ensued and then the Mormons continued their march to the Pacific. Following the Gadsen purchase in 1853, Tucson became part of the New Mexico Territory, an organized territory of the United States of America.  In July 1860, a convention drafted a constitution for a "Territory of Arizona" to be organized out of the New Mexico Territory.  In July 1861, after the Civil War began, a force of Texan cavalry and Arizonan militia conquered the southern New Mexico territory. The proposal to organize the territory was passed by the Confederate Congress in early 1862. Efforts by the Confederacy to secure control of the region led to the New Mexico Campaign. Tucson eventually was captured by the Union.  Tucson, and all of Arizona, remained part of the New Mexico Territory until February 24, 1863, when the  Arizona Organic Act passed the Senate forming the Arizona Territory. In 1867, the territorial capital was moved to Tucson from Prescott. During the territorial and early statehood periods, Tucson was Arizona's largest city then Phoenix became the largest city & the seat of state gov’t. was moved from Tucson in 1889.  AZ is the 48th  state and was admitted to the Union in 1912.  

Here we are at the Rincon Country West RV Park and we are located at the foot of some of Tucson’s mountains.   The park is huge!  Most of the area up front is all park models and the RV area is in the rear of the park.  This is a beautiful park with pretty landscaping and so clean.  The sites are nicely spaced and we have our own palm tree!  Wait..!! Palm Trees in AZ!? Did we take a wrong turn & we are really back in FL?  It is a nice touch! We wanted to find an active park and sure did! There are so many things going on that we just can’t begin to do them all.  We are looking forward to some fun times. 

 

We will have to do some of the park activities later because Xmas caught up with me before I was ready! So today we had some quick Xmas shopping to do.  Plus I had to buy the supplies to get ready for mailing.  We also needed to refill a propane tank and buy a few groceries to get ourselves set for awhile.  We did manage a quick late afternoon bike ride on this beautiful afternoon.  But, boy, as soon as the sun goes down, it gets chilly.  It is also nice to see some folks with their sites all lit up for Xmas.  First thing on tap for tomorrow-the post office!