Yesterday we got new neighbors; Heather and Will backed into the space beside us with horse in tow. As we spoke last night, I found out Heather would be competing in the Dressage competition on Saturday. Since I was planning to take some pictures of the competition anyway, she (and...
As it turns out, Saguaro is divided into two sections. Today, we adventured into the Western portion of the park (West of Tuscon) with less than an 80 mile drive round trip. The park is very small in comparison to most other parks, but I still found it worth the...
Today we head into Tombstone Arizona, hoping for a little peace and quiet while visiting a historic place… but, as it turns out, Tombstone is quite the tourist trap much like Fisherman’s wharf in SF. Little of Tombstone-proper exists now, all overrun by tourism and commerce. Heck, you can even...
I figured that, since I plan to be on the road much more this year, I will update this blog for family and friends at a more frequent rate. Maybe a few times a week, maybe daily… who knows, but you should get a greater sense of where I am...
Im not sure why it never hit me, but the ‘Valley’ that sits at -282 feet below sea level also sits thousands of feet below everything else surrounding it. Just 30 miles out of the valley floor and you are at 3000 ft above sea level, and that applies no...
We stumbled upon the Amargosa Opera House while on our way to Death Valley. While we had not planned to do anything in this town other fix a sandwich and move on, we lucked into a tour that was just about to take place so we leaped in the doors...
On our third day of the first road trip in 2011, we stopped at Beatty, Nevada for the night. Just 6 miles outside of town is Rhyolite, a ghost town since the 20’s. It made for an easy afternoon stroll and was easy on the camera as well. After spending...
