We sure enjoyed our stay in Tucson, well at least until the last day when something hit me like a ton of bricks. I suspected it was a bad case of allergies. Nonetheless, it was time to go and we headed out of Tucson and drove the short distance down to Garden Grove RV resort in Sierra Vista, Arizona. The park in Sierra Vista is a no frills park but in an excellent location and at only $16/night it couldn't be beat.
While in Sierra Vista, we visited the San Pedro House Riparian Reserve. We actually visited this place several times during our stay because it offered such a nice hike along the San Pedro River and some great birding. We saw lots of nice birds and more Wilson's Warblers than we've ever seen anywhere. Besides hiking there, we also took a hike up in the Huachuca Canyon just inside of the Fort Huachuca military post. This hike included more elevation but we could tell it was extremely dry there. Luckily despite the lack of water, we did see a few fun birds on this trip.
Another spot we stopped at was the Brown Canyon Ranch historical site. This was also an interesting place to bird and hike. Going far enough on this trail, hikers would end up in Ramsey Canyon way up in the Huachuca Mountains.
Our last hike in Sierra Vista was a desert hike to see some petroglyphs and view the ruins of an old mine. This hike was on the Mellville Historic Townsite trail. It was scenic and although we didn't really see many petroglyphs, we were glad we went.
The only downside of our stay was that I was not feeling well most the time so we didn't visit with friends of ours whom we were hoping to see. Those allergies I experienced became a probable sinus infection. Fortunately, we had some antibiotics on hand for me to take but I feel the best "medicine" I had was at the Tombstone Brewery in Sierra Vista. There was a nice assortment of IPA's which may not have cured me, but sure made me feel less miserable.
Alas, now it is time to move on to our next stop.....
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