Days #492-498 of Our Epic Trip

3-8-2025
H: 66ºF L: 41ºF
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

It’s a travel day! We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Ajo, AZ. My initial impression of this town was that it was a sleepy, economically depressed, small town in the middle of nowhere. After interacting with locals, seeing the community engagement, and enjoying local art, we have fallen in love with this cute town.

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3-9-2025
H: 70°F L: 33°F
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We did laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. I’m not a big fan of public laundry facilities. I’m not sure how people like me (i.e. slightly germaphobic) do laundry on the road especially if living in a van. There are small, collapsible washers but they can only wash one or two items at a time.

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3-10-2025
H: 75ºF L: 33ºF
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We finished the laundry and bathed the boys.

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3-11-2025
H: 70ºF L: 38ºF
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We went to the Titan Missile Museum today. We learned about the level of security the staff were held to and the action sequence for launch. Staff had to make four phones calls to get into the control center and use a daily security code from the Air Force Base which was burned upon entry. It would have taken 3 minutes to launch the missiles once the president sent the message and the missile would have reached its target in less than an hour. The silos are nine stories deep.

There was an agreement in 1991 with the Soviets that the missile silos had to be decommissioned but some could be used as museums if the silo doors were permanently half open and the warheads were removed.

We drove through historic downtown Tucson, AZ. The old adobe homes had been restored and were stunning. We also laughed at the Ugly but Honest Pizzeria and Beer Garden – what a name!

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3-12-2025
H: 70ºF L: 44ºF
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We went grocery shopping and made Aloo Gobi with brown basmati rice from a recipe in Vegan Casseroles by Julie Hasson. We omitted the oil to make it whole food, plant-based. It was really good!

We also enjoyed a soft pink and purple evening sky with an almost full moon.

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3-13-2025
H: 67°F L: 40°F
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We went to the Windy Vista Point on Mt. Lemmon. It was cold and really, really windy. Driving just a little farther up the mountain brought us face to face with… snow. It’s 38°F on the mountain and I wore shorts today. Good thing I was born and raised in Michigan! We decided to warm up with a drink at the Iron Door near a ski resort but they were closing early due to an incoming storm.

We got up at 11:30pm to look at the blood moon. A blood moon is a lunar eclipse and appears reddish-orange as sunlight is filtered through the earth’s atmosphere.

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3-14-2025
H: 48ºF L: 35ºF
Valley Vista RV Resort, Benson, Arizona

We are really enjoying just relaxing at our campground. I’m not really sure what we did today besides play on our phones, watch Netflix, and read the news. Everybody needs days like this.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $36.19
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $0
• Camping memberships: $38.26
• Food: $178.90

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 185 (135 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 555.7 (161.6 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 2

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