Fri 5-Feb-2016 Arizona, Travel |
After leaving our campsite in Patagonia Lake State Park, we headed north on SR 82. Our first stop was the Paton Hummingbird Sanctuary. This quirky little place is the backyard of a family who started in the...
Thu 4-Feb-2016 Arizona, Travel |
Right next to Patagonia Lake State Park is a wilderness area where one can hike (or ride on horseback) for miles. We selected a 3.5-mile loop that started at the west end of the lake at the spillway and...
Wed 3-Feb-2016 Arizona, Travel |
Interstate 19 leads directly south from Tucson so that one can be at the Mexican border in just over an hour. Our goal was Patagonia Lake State Park, just north of Nogales. On route we took a lunch break and...
Tue 2-Feb-2016 Arizona, Travel |
The weather was a cold as predicted today, but it was very sunny and there was little wind, so we headed out for a walk along the Sutherland Trail. We did not expect to complete the entire loop, but did about...
Mon 1-Feb-2016 Arizona, Travel |
After a couple of high-70 degree days, Tucson certainly has had a change of weather. We spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Tucson friends, Katherine and John. Katherine and I went to elementary and...
Sun 31-Jan-2016 Arizona, Travel |
This morning we drove through and hiked from a loop in the Saguaro National Park West, a place we had never visited before. Spectacular cacti set against the mountains. After a quick grocery stop, we arrived...
Sat 30-Jan-2016 Arizona, Travel |
Tucson Mountain Park is a county park to the west of Tucson with a great campground (Gilbert Ray) and easy access to the Desert Museum, Old Tucson, Park Saguaro National Park (west), and hiking in the park....
Fri 29-Jan-2016 New Mexico, Travel |
There are not many public places to stay along the Interstate 10 corridor through New Mexico, but we found a delightful state park to the south of the interstate near Deming, NM. Rockhound State Park...
Thu 28-Jan-2016 Texas, Travel |
Since we couldn’t hike at Seminole Canyon State Park, we headed west. While I was driving, David selected our next stop: Davis Mountain State Park. This park is at 5000 feet so it is chilly, but perfect...
Wed 27-Jan-2016 Texas, Travel |
After leaving Eagle Pass, we had a relatively short drive to the Seminole Canyon State Park about 35 miles west of Del Rio. Unfortunately it was raining, but we secured a site for a two-night stay. The rain...
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