Tucson-Phoenix Area
After Thanksgiving, we headed south to Tucson for some needed maintenance on Shiny. I won't go into detail but let's just say that the next…
Lake Pleasant Regional Park
For the second year in a row we decided to join an Airstream Rally for Thanksgiving. When we signed up for this rally, owning an…
Canyon de Chelly Part Two
I read another great chapter in the book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass. The chapter was titled, The Honorable Harvest. She talks about…
Canyon de Chelly Part One
According to archaeologists, Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Chelly is pronounced Shay) has held Native American inhabitants for over 5000 years and it is one…
Whitewater Draw
I heard about Whitewater Draw https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/whitewater-draw-state-wildlife-area from an athletic octogenarian at the Chiricahua visitors center. She was showing me photos of the Sandhill Cranes on…
Chiricahua National Monument
27 million years ago the Turkey Creek Volcano spewed over 1,200 square miles of ash (11 times bigger than Mount St. Helen) in this area…
Stop, look, listen # 5
There are times on this trip when I really dig what I see. I feel exhilarated by the place; inspired. It’s a great feeling…
Petrified Forest
We changed our minds at the last minute and instead of heading to Chiricahua National Monuement we headed north to knock off a few items…
Tucson
We drove straight from John and Marcia's house to the Southwest Old Time String Band Gathering held at a Girl Scout Camp in East Tucson.…
Sierra Vista
We made our way across the New Mexico-Mexico boarder, heading west towards Arizona on route 9 that was as straight as a road could…