Tucson for Snowbirds?
We finally rolled into Tucson last night for the first time and plan on being here a few weeks. It sure would help us out to know what your favorite things to do, see, and eat are here! TIA!!!
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Here's a few favorites of ours:
Down south of Tucson in Green Valley is the Titan Missile Museum which should bring back some memories of those days back when all we had to do was worry about the Russians.
Then for maybe a day trip or perhaps when heading on out of town, off to the southeast of Tucson roughly 100 miles are:
The Fort Huachuca Museum which shows a lot of the history of that Post starting back in the late 1800s in the days of the Buffalo Soldiers. This is still a very active Army Base and probably very interesting for anybody never having spend time on a Military Post.
Down the road from there is the Coronado National Memorial which commemorates the Coronado Expedition of 1540- 1542. They ranged all the way up into the Panhandle of Texas and beyond looking for some Cities of Gold. I don't want to oversell this Memorial, though. It's mainly just a beautiful visitor's center built back around 1940. There is nothing much else there so unless you have the time or are just a real history buff maybe skip it. (And be aware the Expedition probably did not pass through that area at all.)
And the old copper mining town of Bisbee absolutely should not be missed. Lots to see and do there.
And if by chance you should happen to be out wandering around down in this area with your tow vehicle and need somewhere to stay for the night you might take a look at The Shady Dell "motel" which has a lot of vintage (1940s and 1950s) trailers and old buses in which to spend the night. Now where else would RVers our ranging around stay?
And of course there is Tombstone down in that area, too. OK. It resembles a tourist trap in a lot of ways but given it's history and the old buildings we never miss it. Sometimes we just have to admit our sophistication level is maybe not what it should be.
Hope these ideas give you something to think about. We love Tucson. It's one of our favorite "get out of town" places.
Down south of Tucson in Green Valley is the Titan Missile Museum which should bring back some memories of those days back when all we had to do was worry about the Russians.
Then for maybe a day trip or perhaps when heading on out of town, off to the southeast of Tucson roughly 100 miles are:
The Fort Huachuca Museum which shows a lot of the history of that Post starting back in the late 1800s in the days of the Buffalo Soldiers. This is still a very active Army Base and probably very interesting for anybody never having spend time on a Military Post.
Down the road from there is the Coronado National Memorial which commemorates the Coronado Expedition of 1540- 1542. They ranged all the way up into the Panhandle of Texas and beyond looking for some Cities of Gold. I don't want to oversell this Memorial, though. It's mainly just a beautiful visitor's center built back around 1940. There is nothing much else there so unless you have the time or are just a real history buff maybe skip it. (And be aware the Expedition probably did not pass through that area at all.)
And the old copper mining town of Bisbee absolutely should not be missed. Lots to see and do there.
And if by chance you should happen to be out wandering around down in this area with your tow vehicle and need somewhere to stay for the night you might take a look at The Shady Dell "motel" which has a lot of vintage (1940s and 1950s) trailers and old buses in which to spend the night. Now where else would RVers our ranging around stay?
And of course there is Tombstone down in that area, too. OK. It resembles a tourist trap in a lot of ways but given it's history and the old buildings we never miss it. Sometimes we just have to admit our sophistication level is maybe not what it should be.
Hope these ideas give you something to think about. We love Tucson. It's one of our favorite "get out of town" places.
