We had a few more days to wrap up our time in Tucson. Tuesday night was Pat’s final commencement and we were leaving on Wednesday. Our last few days were pretty low key. The kids had school on Monday and Tuesday. Their two campground friends, Sadie and Anna, were still around, so we played with them alot. One day the kids walked around the campground collecting lemons and then set up a lemonade stand. They really wanted to buy candy from the front office, so they were motivated little salespeople. We also spent some time in the pool splashing with friends. But the most fun was when Sadie and Anna’s parents rented a huge multi person bike and came by to pick up Zach and Sarah to join them.
On our last night in town, the kids and I went to dinner at a place known for their Native American Fry Bread. It was so yummy! We had Indian Tacos for dinner and then a fry bread trio of desserts. Afterwards we went back to the playground that we found the other day to run off all our sugar, haha.
Wednesday we said goodbye to Tucson. It was a little weird because we had spent so much time there. But we packed up and headed north to Williams, Arizona. The first thing we noticed was that Northern Arizona is much much colder than Tucson. We had to bust out the space heaters and extra blankets. The kids were excited that the campground had a jumping pillow. It’s a favorite part about KOAs, but not all KOAs have jumping pillows, and we hadn’t seen one since Nashville. Besides jumping, we also explored the hiking trail directly behind the campground. We have been geocaching on this trip, and I was excited to see that the trail had 2 geocaches along it. What I thought was going to be a nice leisurely after dinner stroll turned into a pretty strenuous hike… but you couldn’t beat the view at the top.
While we were in Williams, we also visited “Bearizona” which is a zoo and drive through. If you ask Pat about it, he will just complain about the price, but it was a really neat little zoo. The first part is a drive though, and you come up close and personal with bears, wolves, bison, donkeys, and deer. Once you finish, you visit the inside of the zoo with more adorable animals.
After the zoo, we took a quick drive through Williams on Rt. 66. Williams was the last town to have Rt 66 bypassed by Interstate 40. The town is still thriving, and prides itself on being the “Gateway to the Grand Canyon”. And that’s why we were there! Friday we left right after the kids finished school and headed to the Grand Canyon! But more on that in my next post :-)
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