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Welcome to the photo blog for David and Janet Elmore. You can find pages full of photos from our trips with Vanessa or Savanna (our van-based RV) and pages that are a record of events with lots of photos. Many of our travel photos are connected to a map at the bottom of our posts so you can see where we went and can look for photos at specific places.

Below is a list of recent posts.

David and Janet

Cactus Country

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...

Sprinter Service

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...

Millville and Tombstone

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...

Guindani Trail

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...

Whitewater Draw

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...

Kartchner Caverns II

Fri 3-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |

Full day. A mid morning tour of the Rotunda — one of the two caverns open for tours. Afterwards we returned to the van for a quick snack and change of chores to hiking boots. we completed the Foothills Trail...

Kartchner Caverns I

Thu 2-Feb-2023 Arizona, Travel |

It was cold overnight. Our heater kept us toasty and we assume our next door neighbor was also as we could hear his propane furnace all night. It is amazing that such a low rumble could be heard inside our...

Arizona, Finally

Wed 1-Feb-2023 Arizona, New Mexico, Travel |

When people asked where we were going this winter, we always said Arizona. Today, two weeks after leaving home, we are in Arizona. However, our day started in southern New Mexico. We drove to Deming NM in...

Puerto Palomas

Tue 31-Jan-2023 Mexico, New Mexico, Travel |

Our plan for the day was to go to the post office to mail February Birthday cards, visit the Columbus historical society museum, and cross the border into Mexico for some shopping and lunch. The post office...

El Paso to Columbus NM

Mon 30-Jan-2023 New Mexico, Travel |

Today was a housekeeping day.  There is a great laundermat about 2-miles from “our” Walmart.  Clean and large with machines that work.  We happily found we still had ~8 dollars on the card we...