Category: Arizona
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Roughing it – rafting through the heart of Grand Canyon, part 2
June 16-22 Be sure to read the the first part of this post, if you’re just joining us. There I showed the many hidden discoveries we saw along the canyon walls and the heart pounding rapids we ran. I also briefly mentioned how we were unplugged and roughing it for a week. Now, let’s get…
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Our unforgettable wilderness expedition through the heart of Grand Canyon
June 16-22 – Grand Canyon, Arizona We interrupt our Postcards from Southeast Asia series of postings to insert our most recent exciting adventure. For seven days we were on board a motorized river rafting experience on the Colorado River at the bottom of Grand Canyon National Park. Fair warning: This is a long post with…
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Epic Adventure: Flying to Jackson, WY on a Private Jet
Steve here – Since I started flying small planes over 20 years ago, I’ve taken advantage of any opportunity I could to experience other types of aircraft – helicopter, glider, hot air balloon, lighter-than-air and seaplane. I loved them all, but one was missing – executive jet. Whenever I saw one take off I would…
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A Weekend of Cars and Stars
From Steve – On the weekend of April 6-7 Mona Liza and I went with Dave and Sue to Chandler to witness the NHRA Arizona Nationals drag races. I had not been to a major drag race event in many years, and fortunately my buddy Hans had told me about this one several weeks before.…
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Steve’s 2-year TAM Rebuild, part 2 – Back On the Road!
This is my final post covering the rebuild and startup of TAM, our 1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am convertible. Go here if you missed the disassembly of the car. This post won’t be wordy, but it will be picturey (is that a word?). Several of the shots were taken by my wonderful and talented photographer…
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Steve’s 2-year TAM Rebuild, part 1 – Disassembly
NOTE: If you’re into cars, read on. If not, you should probably go back to what you were doing 🙂 Along with our travels and maintaining all of the systems and gadgets in our house and on our property, Steve has been working on his ultimate automotive project over the past two years. Below is…
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A year later – settled into our new life
Well, yes… since our big move to Wickenburg and becoming permanent desert dwellers. In case you missed my previous post, many things have transpired in our home, our family and our “normal” world. I promised myself that I would resurface in the blog world again when Betsy sold, and at long last she has found…
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Back to the stix and brix!
As you may recall, amidst this pandemic we rented a house in Wickenburg, Arizona to confirm this is where we would exit from our nomadic lifestyle. Halfway through our lease and after living in this little town of about 10,000 people, we realized it was where we wanted to settle down. We checked out several…
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Transitioning to a new chapter of our life
We agreed sometime in 2019 that our return to Tucson, AZ at the end of the year would be the conclusion of our full-time travels. During the past 8 years we’ve visited every U.S. state (several of them multiple times) and much of Canada. We even slipped down into Mexico a couple of times to…
