Trip across SW to FL

Once we left Tucson we pretty much were just concerned about getting across the southwest and into Florida. We went from Tucson to Las Cruces, NM where we spent 2 nights. We stopped here on our way out west. The historic town of Mesilla is a mile walk from the campground and we really enjoy walking through that old town. From there we drove to Fort Stockton, TX and spent the night and then on to Medina Lake, TX just outside of San Antonio. Next we spent a night on the road and then stayed outside of New Orleans in Land of the Pines campground. While there since we already did New Orleans we went  to Fairview Riverside state park and spent the day. The next day we were on the road heading for DeFuniak Springs FL on the panhandle to visit our good friends Ed and Janie.

So good to see theses guys again

Nicky loves these

This is Fairview Riverside SP in LA. No cost to seniors to get into the park and the camping is $18. above the river and $20. on the river and that is with water and electric. Lovely grounds here.

Their is a really nice boardwalk along the river.

This is a Spanish moss lovers paradise.

Campers all have nice shade.

This was an old sawmill.

They logged a lot of Mahogany and they had the river right there for transportation.

We are finally in Florida and glad to see water and green grass and 2 digit temps instead of 3. It seemed to be along trip back across the southwest but we're here now and already enjoying the lower cost of living.

Nothing like sitting on a nice sugar sand beach in the mid 80's and the nice, warm clean Gulf.

We are visiting our good friends Ed and Janie on the Florida Panhandle and then we will be headed to Fort Myers, FL for 2 months.

Desert Museum in Tucson

Our third day in Tucson we went to the Desert Museum. What a great experience, we ended up spending 4 and 1/2 hours there.  We saw the desert, animal, birds, bugs, reptiles, butterflies, bees and the walkways throughout the park were very picturesque and surprisingly shady in many spots with nice resting spots along the way and water fountains throughout the walkways.  The price per senior is $17.50 and well worth it. We are talking about 4 1/2 hours of entertainment here.

On our way to the museum we stopped by the Old Tucson Filming area and unfortunately it was closed and only open on the weekends during October.
I climbed up on some rocks and got a few pictures.

I would love to have seen where all the western movies are filmed.
I did run across this little guy below.

We are off to the museum

Arizona has far too many snakes for me and a lot of them are poisonous.

Check out the head on this one.

View from the park is awesome

Lovely walkways through out the park.

Went through an amazing cave.

The most amazing gazebos I have ever seen.  Made out of Cypress by the job core volunteers.

Wouldn't want to live here------ I live grass and green too much, but it sure is pretty to look at.

Just trying to stay cool under a shade tree.

I love looking at the mountains through a field of Saguaro cacti

This cacti puts off a needle like sphere which can go right through your shoe and the only way to get them out is with needle nose pliers.

These guys are so personable.

Nap time

How about me? do I get a nap?

Those large Saguaro cacti weigh about 2 tons and are 90% water.

Mr. Beaver having a bite to eat.

There are places like this throughout the part to get out of the sun and relax.

Below are some interesting facts about Humming birds

These are garden ells.
These are just some of the things to see here one could easily spend an entire day here.
We are heading east now---Yea--- there will not be a lot of new things to blog until we hit New Orleans again,