Heading up in elevation

Long before we knew that fuel prices were going to escalate this summer, we had decided to try staying in Arizona for the summer instead of driving long distances as we have each summer. There are two places that we had heard that friends stayed in the summer -- Show Low, or near Prescott, AZ. So, we booked two months at each location, starting at Show Low.

Since we replaced the Jeep with the Honda CR-V, and since it is not towable, we drove separately -- I was driving the CR-V that is in front of Gracie, and at this point, there was another vehicle between us. We had our Family radios so we could communicate as we drove (there wasn't cell service available for the whole drive). We decided that, for the future, it might be better for Gracie to be in the front and the CR-V following as it is easier to see the motorhome from the car, the motorhome is impacted by climbs in elevation and it was hard for me to gauge how fast to take the hills, and the car has the capability of catching up more easily.

We are staying at a park called Venture In (our winter location is Venture Out -- and the realty company at our winter park is called Venture In -- so we may be a little confused at times!). It is an Encore park, part of the overall Thousand Trails system, though we are not staying under our membership.

Our site at Venture In. We are anticipating that more folks will be coming to the park in the next few weeks as the summer season ramps up.

There are lots of things to do at Venture In (not as many as Venture Out, but we're happy to have a little less scheduled on our calendar). Show Low, AZ is at about 6200', and has temperatures that average about 20F lower than the "valley" around Phoenix.