We Did It ! – 6 Days of Boondocking

March 24, 2017

The 57th Escapee’s (another RV club like FMCA and Good Sam) Escapade Rally in Tucson is over and we survived our 6 days of boondocking which we have not done before.  For those not RVer’s, this means we have no electricity, no water and no sewer hookups and rely upon being self contained with our holding tank of fresh water, holding tank for gray water, generator for electricity and black holding tank for our other need.   Being without electricity means that we have to run the generator for electricity for our air conditioning.  Since the temperature for most of the week was in the 90’s, air conditioning was a real necessity.  The only bad part about running the generator is that you have to run it for at least an hour in the morning and the evening to keep the house batteries charged.  These batteries give us power to run the residential refrigerator, microwave, TV, lights and other appliances.  All the windows must be closed when the generator is running or if a neighbor is also running theirs since the fumes are nasty and not healthy for you. 

Boondocking is okay when necessary as far as we are concerned and we now know that we can do it without too much hassle or problem.  It’s not something we like to do, but there are times when staying in a Corps of Engineers or State Park without hookups would be nice to do.

As for the Escapade, we decided that we have had enough of Rally’s for a while.  Since vendors at rallys tend to follow a circuit of rallys and events, most of the vendors here were also at the FMCA Rally in Calfiornia in January.  Also seminars were similar if not the same since vendors do some of the seminars. 

In previous blogs I mentioned that we have seen several RV friends while in Yum and Casa Grande.  Well, we found out on the last day of the Escapade that a couple we had shared a seat with on the Glacier bus trip last summer were here for Escapade.  While Dennis had to return to Washington for a family situation, Vivien was still here and we had a short visit catching up.  Hopefully, we will be able to spend time with her one day this next week.  It really is a small world and being RVers does not mean you don’t see friends and acquaintances along the road.

We are off now to spend the next week at Sentinel Peak RV Park here in Tucson and will take in some of the sites we have not seen before.   Our friends Tricia and G are also here in town and we will get together with them a couple of times before saying goodbye for who knows when our paths will cross again.  This winter we have been in four places at the same time so have had a chance to catch up and enjoy each other’s company.