Category: Arizona
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A Photogenic Playground – Page, AZ
When we first camped in Page, Arizona in Spring 2016, we had a great time and vowed to return. That visit was filled with outdoor activities, but several hidden wonderlands remained unexplored in this photogenic playground. I published two posts on our first visit; Exploring by Land and Water and Banded Hills. Page was briefly our home base…
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A Tale of two train tours – Arizona
In addition to airplanes and cars, Steve also loves trains and riding on them. And I have no complaints about them either! During one of our travel planning sessions he noticed that our route would take us near two popular train excursions; one on the Verde Canyon Railway near Cottonwood, AZ and the other on…
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Ancient Ruins and Happy Hikes – Verde Valley, AZ
With the Sonoran Desert in our rearview mirror, we settled in for a week in the Verde Valley at Cottonwood, midway between the cold high country and the desert floor of Arizona. Several small towns (Jerome, Sedona, Clarkdale and Cottonwood, to name a few) in the valley have a quaint character and richness in history.…
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Final days in the Sonoran Desert- AZ
Our winter stay in the Sonoran Desert this year began in January and seemed to just fly by. After my birding excursions at Patagonia, we returned to Tucson recently to wrap up a few appointments, hike with friends and socialize before beginning our slow migration north. While setting up camp we heard the military ‘birds”…
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It’s all about the birds – Patagonia, AZ
My interest in birds started in January 2013, when we first camped at Patagonia Lake State Park. During that visit, I joined a guided bird walk and soon became a bird enthusiast. Now I search for new birds on my own, an activity I find very relaxing. It’s often a challenge to identify them, but…
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Celebrations in Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ has become our unofficial annual wintering ground. Having unexpectedly spent six months here last year taught us a lot about the city, and we confirmed it’s not a place we want to be during the summer months. But this time through we were happy to meet up with a lot of friends, and…
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Return to the Sonoran Desert – AZ
We always look forward to driving back into the Sonoran Desert for our winter stays. We feel like this desert full of Saguaros is waiting just for us – are we becoming desert rats after all these years? Whatever it is, being here makes us feel as if we’re in our “comfort zone”. I’ve published…
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Tough Times in Tucson- AZ
It’s been more than three months since my last post. We’ve been on a self-imposed blogging hiatus, as I just haven’t been motivated to write. We’ve been plenty active, it’s just that we were thrown a curve ball that forced us to re-focus on the more pressing issue – Steve’s radiation regimen. At this point he…
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Catching “The Wave!” – Kanab, UT
In late February I mentioned in a post that I had won two coveted hiking permits to hike Coyote Buttes North – aka “The Wave” – on June 4th in southern Utah. I was giddy and jumping with joy, as these permits are not easy to get. When Steve was diagnosed with cancer several weeks…
