A Tale of Two Busses

Greetings from Tucson!

Check Bullwinkle's Travels for tales and pics of our latest adventures in Las Cruces, White Sands, our drive to Tucson and last night's entertainment here at the park.

It's all good!

We are reminded how much we love the Southwest. It's our kind of place, except in the middle of Summer, of course. We like the vibe. It's the kind of place where people are free to do their own thing in all kinds of ways. Traveling fulltime in an RV is pretty darn normal here. Jeep Wranglers are everywhere. And, the people we've met are very friendly.

Case in point. Just the other afternoon, as we pulled the moose and squirrel off of I-19 south of Tucson at the exit that would take us toward our campground, a big yellow Tucson Unified School District bus pulled up beside us. The driver gave us a big friendly smile and motioned to her one and only passenger a few rows back. As we sat at the light together, she pulled the bus up and we were face to face with her passenger. With tinted windows between us we couldn't see much, but we did see a big smile and a thumbs up. So, we gave the same back. It looked like the sighting of our moose and squirrel had just made some kid's day. The car between us and the light turned right on red, so we nuzzled up to intersection and were again side by side with the school bus. The still smiling driver opened her door. Paul opened the window.

"I was wondering if you'd want to trade me even up," she shouted as she pointed to our bus and hers. We all laughed.

Then, her "passenger" stuck his head out from the front row. Turns out, he wasn't a kid. He was a full grown adult with an obvious passion for RVing.

"I was wondering if you'd want to adopt me!" he shouted with a big smile.

They complimented us on our many wheels and we wished each other a great day and safe travels. With that, the light turned red. The yellow bus took the the next turn into a school. As we piloted our bus the last few miles to our campground, we appreciated our warm welcome to Tucson.

That's just one of the many reasons we like life here in the desert.