Why Arizona is a tiny unincorporated town located at the intersection of state road 85 and 86, which was originally a “Y” shaped intersection. The last census listed the population at 167, so not a big town, it is two hours west of Tucson on AZ-86, it is 30 miles north of the Mexican border, and is at the entrance to the “Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument”, it is ten miles south of Ajo, which was the site of a huge copper mine, and is still the closest location for most supplies. There is the world famous “Why Not Store” which has fuel pumps, propane, Mexico insurance, general store, and of course gun storage lockers.

So how the hell did we end up in Why Arizona? Well this is the story of how we came to this hot spot…it started with a YouTube video done by Bob Wells, who specializes in cheap RV living, he did a piece about a little RV park called Coyote Howls East that offered an unserviced site for around $500 per year, there is water available, and a dump station, no electric at all, the sites are approximately 50 feet by 50 feet. This got Miss Laurie looking at Arizona as a possible winter destination, and she found that there was a RV park called what else Coyote West, it had full service lots for $220 per month, plus electric. So I said let’s try it, if it’s terrible, we will just dump the tanks, fill the water and move on, I mean seriously that’s like $17 a day, how bad can it be?

So we leave a county park near Tucson and drove the two hours across AZ-86 to the metropolis of Why, it was December the first and at that time we were towing my van on a tow dolly so as we pulled off of the road onto Kater Road within a few hundred feet we are now in front of the park, it’s shortly after lunch and as we get checked in, I’m unloading the van, and Miss Laurie is checking us in. Now first of all we are forty feet long and the sites are a little on the tight side, and our site had changed from our original choice, it is very dusty and even moving at five miles an hour the coach is creating a dust storm. Well I after unhooking the dolly squeezed into our site, we on the back row and there was a small lane that we used to get into the site, as we are finally in position, I have set the brake and as I open the coach door I’m met by Miss Cindy, inviting us to happy hour at 4 pm, that was the introduction to an amazing month.

Well we made Happy Hour that day and about thirty more over the next month, and met many great people, from many different walks of life, most of them snowbirds escaping the cold weather, but a few have made this their permanent residence. With summer temperatures well into the triple digits, it would be a little more than uncomfortable in any coach, I don’t care how dry the heat is. There were potlucks most Fridays at the happy hour gathering, and many afternoons someone would just bring some snacks, it truly became the centre of the social activities, there is also events at the community center, a weekly breakfast, potlucks, fellowship gatherings on Sundays, a monthly flea market, as well as other social events.

Well happy Cyber Monday, I have been up early making a few purchases, my first purchase was some new Berkey filters for our water filter, got a great deal more than a 30% discount usually ten percent is the best I can normally get. And the deal that makes me really smile was able to snag some Battleborn lithium GC2 batteries at a greatly discounted price, they are blemished but I believe beauty is more than skin deep, these cuties have full warranty, and are fully functional…now just have to wait for them to arrive.

We arrived early afternoon yesterday at Sonoran Skies Campground to a warm welcome from the owner Miss Joyce. We have not stayed here before as this campground was not operational two years ago, in fact it was two years ago that Joyce purchased this property while she was visiting the next door campground at the same time as us. So far there are only six sites as she has been fighting red tape since taking over the park. The joy of small town politics, it just so happens the campground next door is owned by the local water utility, the little village has a population under 200, and some people think they are much more important than they really are, it really is a case of bullying, and this involves someone’s ability to make a living, just wrong in so many ways but I will go there later on.

We will visit next door today as that is where most of the folks we came here to visit are, Joyce had a happy hour last night with a fire, so we got to meet a couple of of the campers in this park, and a few ventured over from our old park. I can see Miss Laurie being busy helping with some of the gardening during our stay, I have lots of things that I need to address while I’m here, with temperatures in the high sixties (high teens) it will be perfect for some maintenance. And I have some new batteries that will have to be installed and the solar reprogrammed for lithium, as well as adjusting the charger on the inverter.

Now I just play the waiting game, I expect items to start arriving tomorrow morning, and then there will be no end to the items to install or repair in the next few weeks. I found a number of items that we need at some great pricing. So the Black Friday items will be the first to arrive and the cyber Monday items will be a week or so, getting items on the road are difficult unless you are settled into a park that will except packages or we have them sent general delivery to a local post office, which works but is not the most desirable, so this month will be hard on the credit card as I gather lots of item…just saying

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