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Table Top Mountain Hike

Sun 12-Mar-2017 New Mexico, Travel |

Within view of the City of Rocks SP is a high (about 500 feet above the campground) mesa with a rocky ridge around the top — called Table top mountain. We decided... more

Simon Ranch Hike

Sat 11-Mar-2017 New Mexico, Travel |

When we checked in at City of Rocks, we noticed a sign offering a Ranch guided tour for the 11th. We signed up, not being too sure what we getting into. Our morning... more

City of Rocks, NM

Fri 10-Mar-2017 New Mexico, Travel |

We took a walk around the campground -2.2 miles. Started early as it’s quite warm. The views out to the plains are amazing. We returned to our site to listen to... more

AZ to NM

Thu 9-Mar-2017 Arizona, New Mexico, Travel |

We left Catalina State Park in Arizona today and headed east to New Mexico. This is the beginning of our drive east and north heading towards Indiana. There is not much... more

Waterfall Trail

Wed 8-Mar-2017 Arizona, Travel |

Early, before getting too hot, we took a trail recommended to us by another camper. The trail, starting right at the Romero Ruins Trailhead, is not on any of the park... more

Sabino Canyon

Mon 6-Mar-2017 Arizona, Travel |

We spent the night with our friends Katherine and John in Tucson and took a great 4-Mile hike with them in the morning. They are among the lucky Tucsonians who live... more

Canyon Ranch Walk

Sun 5-Mar-2017 Arizona, Travel |

Our drive to Tucson from near Phoenix was uneventful, but we were pleased to see the flowers by the road — poppies, lupine, and Bougainville. After arriving at... more

Hoover Dam

Sat 4-Mar-2017 Arizona, Nevada |

Even though we had a long drive to Tucson, we did a bit of sighteing at Hoover Dam before leaving Lake Mead.  The Dam is quite an engineering miracle that I remember... more

Lake Mead

Fri 3-Mar-2017 Nevada, Travel |

We packed up in Death Valley and headed out the Daylight Pass Road between the Grapevine and Funeral Mountains. The ride to Las Vegas is through pretty uninteresting... more

Mosaic Canyon

Thu 2-Mar-2017 California, Travel |

After leaving our campsite at Mesquite Springs we drive the 50 miles south to Furnace Creek to get fuel and milk, then headed back to Stovepipe Wells where we planned... more