Day 20, Wednesday, 01/16/08

We stayed our 4th night last night here at Catalina State Park, AZ and signed up for five more this morning.

Gracie is probably back to 95% today. We had to get her one additional medication to fix the problem. It's too involved and too "stinky" to give all the details here, but it took 6 days to get her right. When she passed whatever it was she ate, it looked like a big "burr" or piece of cactus. How she ate it is a mystery. It was an $1100.00 fix. So, we are watching her very closely now days.

I did not post pictures as promised last time. I'll try to put some on tomorrow.

Monday we drove around the area to look at houses and businesses close by. I ended up driving through a stop sign in a residential neighborhood that had a cop sitting there waiting for me. That cost $155.00. This trip is really getting expensive!

Yesterday we drove to Old Tucson and checked out Tucson Mountain Regional Park. They have electricity at their RV sites and it was a possible "next move". We didn't like it so we are just staying here a little longer. It is right next to (if not right in) Saguaro National Park, but dogs are not allow on any trails in the National Park and we want to be able to hike with them with us.

Today was laundry day, car wash day, and service the motor home day. Nothing exciting but it didn't cost much either - no Vet bills or traffic tickets. We are going out for thin crust pizza tonight.

Tomorrow we will leave the dogs in the motor home and drive to Sabino Canyon for a hike. They are not allowed there either, but locals have said it is a "must do" while here.

So, I hope to get some good pictures tomorrow on the hike and will combine them with pictures of Catalina as well.

Weather has been sunny and about 65 during the day and around 28 at night.