Beginning Our Stay in Tucson

We arrived last week to one our favorite campgrounds in Tucson - Agave Gulch FamCamp at Davis-Monthan AFB.

We like many things about this campground.  First, its in Tucson.  There are plenty of great things to do in Tucson.  Hiking, sightseeing, golf, seeing friends,

Next, the reception you get at the FamCamp is outstanding.  Their help and front desk personnel do it right.  They welcome you, process you in a professional manner and provide lots of helpful handouts and information.

How many times have gone to check-in and they are not especially glad to see you?  Or begrudgingly give you the discount they advertise.  These folks are all RVers and they help you get settled in as fast as possible.

At Agave Gulch, there are 198 full hook up sites, but none available when we checked in.  We had to go to the wait list.  But we were #2 so we had a pretty good chance we'd only have 1 night of boon docking in their over flow area.

Later that night, after the arrivals were posted, we went by the office to see where we were on the list.

The one I photographed shows 16 on the list, with 5 "above the line" which means the first 5 get into full hookups the following morning.  At the bottom of the list are specific sites that will be available.  

On another evening, there were 20 names on the list with only 16 sites available for tomorrow.  If your name is "above the line", you get to pick the site you want.  They process names in the order list, so for example, if we are at the top of the list, we get to pick any site listed.  If we are number 16, we get what is left.

I love the process here.  Campers can stay for a maximum of 21 days if there is a waiting list.  Then they go to overflow and get in line to rotate back into full hookups.  No favoritism or "good 'ole boy stuff".  They make it real simple.

We picked a site in the new area which seems to have a little more room.  Our site was empty early (they have to be out by 10 AM, so we moved from the overflow area and got set up.  We only had to spend one night in the overflow area.

I took a few more pictures of the campground.

They even have a nice sized campfire pit at the end of one of the rows.

It has turned a little cool here (50's and 60's) instead of the record breaking high 70's and low 80's we had a few days ago.  But we can't complain after the winter the rest of the country has been having.

We've met our neighbors and gotten a few things done like laundry and wiped down the coach (to preserve our new wax job as long as we can.)  We are going to enjoy the next few weeks here.

Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!  Until next time...