First Camping Trip in the PhxCruiser

Our first camping trip with the Phoenix Cruiser ... Yay!

We made our reservation at Peregrine Pines, the famcamp at USAFA (US Air Force Academy) the day it was announced that the campground was opening again.That was just a couple of weeks ago. We purposefully selected the Tuesday following the Memorial Day long weekend to begin our road trip. So here we are, finally camping in our RV.

Sites here are assigned by the campground management, so we had no idea where we would end up. The only thing that was guaranteed was that with generously-sized sites, we’d have plenty of space to do our social distancing.

As it turns out, we were assigned #52 — in a small cul-de-sac ... with just three sites ... each facing a different direction, thus giving an additional sense of privacy. All of the sites here are FHU with 50 amp electricity. The gravel pad looked like it was quite uneven, but we had no trouble leveling ourselves ... even though it’s our first time using the Cruiser’s hydraulic leveling system.

Though we’ve camped at Peregrine Pines before, we were always over in the area where they put the big boys. So far we’re enjoying being in this small section. Though trees are bountiful at our site and all around us, there’s plenty of sunlight streaming in. There’s a delightful scent of pine wafting on the light breeze. Itty bitty birds are already visiting ... I’ll have to keep my camera handy on the off-chance that they stand still long enough for a photo op.

It doesn’t matter that we didn’t travel far ... just 11 miles from home. It doesn’t matter that this is a short outing ... just three nights. What matter’s is that we’re out and about in the Cruiser ... communing with mother nature. And listening to the trains whistling at us as they go by periodically. We don’t mind that sound one bit.

We’ve got several more short outings already on the books. Hope to add a couple of trips that are longer now that private campgrounds have been given the go-ahead to open in addition to the state parks. It’s time to get to know our new home state better.

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