Travel from Tombstone to Surprise, Arizona

· food · map · RV · travel

We drove our coach 219 miles, about four hours of driving, from Tombstone, Arizona to Surprise, Arizona, to visit NIRVC there.

Here’s the map route, heading northwest:

Map route

An interactive map, with our stops marked:

There wasn’t room to "toad up” (connect our truck to our coach) at our site, so we drove separately to an open area by the entrance of the RV park:

Leaving RV park

Toading up:

Toading up

An animated GIF of the brake controller operating; an air hose connected to the air brakes of our coach pushes the brake pedal in our truck for proportional braking:

Brake controller

On our way, with distant mountains:

Distant mountains
Mountains

A multi-vehicle accident at an immigration inspection station, caused by a car-jacking a few hours earlier:

Accident at inspection station

Four visible crunched vehicles (apparently there was a fifth):

Accident at inspection station
Accident at inspection station

Hey, fellow Tiffin motorhome:

Tiffin motorhome

Overpass art:

Overpass art
Overpass art

We parked at a truck stop for lunch:

Truck stop
Restaurant
Restaurant

Jenn's French dip lunch:

Jenn's French dip lunch

My BLT lunch:

My BLT lunch

Passing through Tucson:

Tucson

Picacho Peak:

Picacho Peak
Picacho Peak

Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch below Picacho Peak:

Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch below Picacho Peak

A rest area stop:

Rest area

Phoenix Sky Harbor airport:

Phoenix Sky Harbor airport

Tunnel:

Tunnel

Arriving at NIRVC:

NIRVC

Heading to a campsite:

NIRVC
NIRVC