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Yuma, AZ

Sun 11-Feb-2018 Arizona, Travel |

The drive from Tucson to Yuma is about 4-hours through mostly barren desert as the Saguaros started to dwindle. From time to time there are interesting mountain ranges... more

Tucson Botanical Gardens

Thu 8-Feb-2018 Arizona, Travel |

Our quick trip into Tucson for Sprinter service turned into two days when they had to get parts shipped in. Rather than waiting at the dealership, we had the courtesy... more

El Paso TX to Benson AZ

Mon 5-Feb-2018 Arizona, Texas, Travel |

We turned a four hour drive into one nearly twice as long. Rather than take I-10 from El Paso to Benson we chose to follow Route 9 and then 80 through New Mexico and... more

El Paso

Sun 4-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

We moved to El Paso to do a little housekeeping — laundry at the Supreme laundromat and shopping for Super Bowl snacks at the Vista Central Market. Finally we have warm... more

Smith Spring Trail

Fri 2-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

It was really cold this morning — 27-degrees — so we were a bit slow to get started on a hike. Around eleven we headed to the Frijoles Ranch and took the Smith Springs... more

Devil’s Hall Trail

Thu 1-Feb-2018 Texas, Travel |

We enjoyed our hike along the Devil’s Hall Trail, but found it to be more challenging than the “Easy” rating in our guide book. After leaving the RV campground, the... more

Lunar Eclipse

Wed 31-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |

We spent the night in the Marfa Lights viewing area so that we could watch the lunar eclipse of the super-red-blue moon. We also looked for the “Marfa Lights” but saw... more

Langtry to Marfa TX

Tue 30-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |

We spent 5 nights at Seminole Canyon SP so we were ready to head west. There is not a great deal between the state park and our destination, Marfa TX. Our first point... more

Canyon Rim – Rio Grande Trail

Mon 29-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |

The Canyon Rim Trail is billed as ‘strenuous,’ but since it was a level, relatively even walk, the only strenuous part was the length – 7.5 miles round trip. The... more

Seminole Canyon SP

Fri 26-Jan-2018 Texas, Travel |

While this park has spectacular views of the canyon from the rim, the public is not permitted to enter the canyon without a guide. There are too many 4000 year cave... more