Mon 13-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
We drove from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to Yuma for a visit with our friends David and Jennifer. The ride was uneventful. Once again we remarked on the quaint beauty of Ajo, but did not stop. There...
Sun 12-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
We had no great plans for today other than driving to the border where there is a convenience store where Janet hoped to get some milk. No luck. So we decided to drive north to Why where there is another...
Sat 11-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
We had to move today. We had planned to stay here just three days, but decided to extend another two days. It was not unexpected that we couldn’t stay in the same site. Moving is not a problem: bring in the...
Fri 10-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
Today we drove south toward the border, then turned west on a very dusty road that paralleled the border wall. The wall here is like the one we saw in Texas — steel “pickets” about 30 feet high. After six...
Thu 9-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
After a quiet morning, we took the Ajo Canyon drive to access the Estes Canyon hiking trail. The drive is a mostly gravel/dirt road through 21 miles of mesquite, cacti, brittle bush, and mountain views ....
Wed 8-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
The drive from Tucson to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is ideal if you enjoy cactus. So many varieties : cholla, prickly pear, the majestic saguaro, organ pipe, barrel, and even a senita. As we entered...
Tue 7-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
We left Kartchner Caverns SP for a short drive into Tucson for the 20K service on our Sprinter van. They have a new facility on the southeast side of town that is easier to negotiate than the one on Grant...
Mon 6-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
Today we relaxed a bit then headed out to the Millville Trail – a short, dusty trail with views of some pictographs and remnants of a once prosperous mining town. The information signs along the way...
Sun 5-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
In 2017 when we visited Kartchner Caverns we walked the Guindani Trail and loved it. The trailhead for it is just outside the state park, but the trail is on National Forest Service land. Parking for the...
Sat 4-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |
Six years ago we drove from Kartchner Caverns SP to Whitewater Draw to see the sand hill cranes overwintering there. Today we repeated the trip with Christine and Udo stopping briefly to look at the abandoned...
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