RV Adventures of Rick & Deb

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Charlestown State Campground Indiana

We really like this campground and state park areas. The sites are so spacious and are angled differently to allow more privacy. Unfortunately, we have to move to other campgrounds and back because this one is booked up on holidays and other events.

Below are pictures of the campground. Enjoy.

Trails Below

Ohio River looking from Indiana towards Kentucky

Didn't understand the blue tent on the back of this fifth wheel.

Most people with the ramp/platform put a screen house around it.

Guess these people wanted more privacy?

Below is the very first site we were placed onto.

We had a Louisville based RV Mobile Service Company

Called Trusted RV Services come out to fix the damage

caused by the tire blowouts on our way back from Tucson this year.

They were very professional, efficient, courteous, and friendly.

If you are ever in the area and need RV work done, you should contact them.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Eventful Trip From Tucson

Our trip home to Ohio from Tucson, Arizona in June of 2024 was a really hard trip between Albuquerque and Amarillo. We had two flat tires that blew on the Motorhome at different locations and time. Both of the tires that blew were on the driver's side. First the rear outside tire blew and took out the cargo compartment which spew Deb's paperwork and clothes all over the freeway. We were only about 2 hours out from Albuquerque. The driver's steering tire blew just 40 miles from our next stop in Amarillo. When it blew, it threw the Motorhome from the right lane across 2 lanes of traffic into the median. I was fortunate enough to know what to do and was able to steer the Motorhome back across the lanes of traffic and into the breakdown lane to park until we got help. I am very thankful for the truckers that I had just passed who fanned out across the freeway to hold the traffic back while I was trying to get our Motorhome and Jeep under control and into the breakdown lane. Below are photos and a clip from the dashcam. We are lucky to be alive. Deb still has PTSD from the incident. It was the first time she had sat up front with me while I was driving down the road and it is most likely the last because she was scared to death and didn't think we would make it out alive.

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Far Horizons Resort, Tucson, Arizona

We have been in Tucson, Arizona since November 12th and are really enjoying the weather and activities at the resort. Who would have thought a 55 and over resort would have so much to offer and so many people to interact with? There are a lot of people here that live here at the resort but there are also "Snowbirds" who move south during the winter months and north during the summer months to be in a more constant temperature/weather range.

I feel like I am in the Air Force on assignment again with all of the different license plates around us in the Tucson area. Most of the plates are from the northern most states as well as from Canada. We see plates from Washington State, New York, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon, Ohio, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Colorado, Northwest Territory, Ontario, and Alberta. Military planes fly over a lot. Even the A-10S that are being retired, going to the boneyard soon. We do see the newer fighter aircraft as well as some of the ones I used to work on while I was in the Air Force. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is located here in Tucson.

We have found there are other 55 and over resorts here in Tuscon and the Phoenix/Mesa area so we are looking into those as well, but we will most likely return to the Tucson area again next year since we are trying to figure out where exactly we want to retire. We don't want to deal with the snow and freezing weather in our golden years. We want to have stores nearby and places to go, and people our own age to hang out with who want the same things as we do.

Enjoy the pics!