The KOA in Tucson was very nice but pretty large so the RV families were spread out more than the last rally we attended
Grace playing in the rattlesnake sandbox
Grace and her friend, Arwin, at the talent show
Talent show
The three amigos - Jackson, Grace and Finn! These three spent a lot of time together!
Jackson and Finn riding the KOA’s banana bikes
Lollipops with scorpions were a fun treat this week
I worked all week while the kids and J enjoyed the events and RV park amenities- I did get to enjoy the pool over the weekend! ☀️
This room is constantly a mess! I don’t know how they find stuff (oh, right, they don’t!)
They had the kids marketplace at this Rally - kids can sell anything they want at the marketplace. Our kids made bracelets and tic tac toe bags.
Kids marketplace - so many fun, creative things
One family had a cotton candy machine so that’s always a must for Grace!
A Tucson sunset
Jackson and Finn’s birthdays are a day apart so we decided to have a birthday dinner with the Duffy family to celebrate (a week early) the boys turning 10!
Pizza and cake!
The boys had sleepovers too - one night in the Duffy RV
And one night in the Ruggless RV
We visited the Saguaro National Park on two separate days - the East side with the Fulltime Families crew and the West side on our own.
The park ranger talk teaching us all about the Saguaro cactus
The average age is 200 years old and the tallest one they’ve found in the park 78 feet tall!
Trail walk with the Duffy family
Desert and mountains!
Prickly pear cactus
Cactus skeleton
They take a census every ten years of the Saguaros - there are about 2 million in the national park
Chollas
Checking out the chollas fruit
Jason using the Seek app to help the kids identify plants
Chain fruit cholla
Saguaros grow arms and no one knows why - some have no arms and one cactus in the park had a record high of 48 arms!
Jackson and Finn
Family photo in the desert
Grace and I spent some girl time getting pedis - she always giggles
The results!
Kids also got haircuts - Grace wanted bangs and looks like a totally different child!
Jackson finally got his mop cut!!
The west park of the Saguaro National Park
Video - Grace worked on her Junior Ranger book for several days and got to take the oath!
Kids got walking sticks and have used them several times
❤️
Trail walk to find petroglyphs
Our first find - a trail leaf cutter ants
Good to know!!
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Selfies
Selfies
Selfies
Checking out the scenery
After the national park, we visited the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
The museum is a mix of native wildlife and plants
Coyote
Nice mask!
Nice bat ears!
Checking out the snakes, spiders and scorpions
Picked out the perfect book!
