Mon 13-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
We left Twin Peaks Campground at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to head north a few miles to Alamo Canyon. At the end of the Alamo Canyon Road (dirt) is a small, 4-site campground (with tables, grills,...
Sat 11-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
Today we drove almost to the Mexican border and took the South Puerto Blanco Drive (dirt) to the Quitobaquito Oasis. The road parallels the Mexican-US border so we were able to see first hand the...
Fri 10-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
We took advantage of a shuttle bus offered by the visitor center to be dropped off at the Senita Basin trailhead. The 5 mile hike back to the campground took us through the desert on the old Sonoyta road to...
Thu 9-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is one of our favorite national monuments. If nothing else, the weather is great: warm and breezy. We decide to once again drive the ~20 mile Ajo MountainDrive — a...
Wed 8-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
We left Catalina State Park and headed west and then south through the Tohono O’Odham Nation Reservation. The drive takes one through lots of cactus — saguaro — and plenty of scrubby,...
Tue 7-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
Just a few miles south of the Catalina State Park is a lovely loopwalk up into the mountains. The views back over the Oro Valley were outstanding and the cacti were lush. I hope the people of Tucson realize...
Sun 5-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
We are back in Saguaro Cactus Country. They are such magnificent plants. After a stop at the post office, we had a short drive to Catalina State Park. This is a very popular park and seemed very much so when...
Fri 3-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
Many of the casinos allow dry camping in their parking lots. It is often free. At this casino, we found out later, we were supposed to first check in with the desk and then spend the night. We did not, but...
Thu 2-Feb-2017 Arizona, Travel |
We returned to Kartchner Caverns SP because it is lovely, they have campwide Wi-Fi that David needed for some work, and we needed a physical address to receive our new credit cards — our old one had...
Sun 29-Jan-2017 Arizona, Travel |
Lakeview CG is a two-hour drive west and south of the Whitewater Draw, near the Mexico border. The drive starts out through shrubby, grassy flat land with mountains in the distance. At Sonoita we started...
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