The photos which follow were taken in the last several months. The first set of photos were taken in early December and are sandhill cranes that over winter in southern Arizona mostly in the White Water Draw area. This year about 35,000-40,000 cranes are present in several areas. They like shallow ponds where they roost…
Oct. 9-11 The photos will look better if you go to the blog by clicking on the blue title. This is my 100th Post! Finally this morning we woke up to blue skies which should make for a nice day as we head to Bryce Canyon National Park via Route 12. About half way to…
September 25, 2019 Today we escape the heat in Phoenix and head for Mount Lemmon at 9,157 feet, which is near Tucson, AZ. Mount Lemmon has the most southern ski resort in the United States…. and you thought Arizona was only desert and very hot!! Before we make the ascent, we travel a route down…
January 31, 2019 We were trying out our new (2014) RV Roadtrek Van at Earl, CA, an RV Resort, across from Parker AZ. We decided to take a trip north a little further to Oatman, AZ on old Rt. 66. Oatman was started over 100 years ago as a mining camp. In 1915 two miners…
November 28 and Dec 11, 2018 The trip in November was along the Salt River, where we were able to photograph several wild horses including a young one. Then we went into the hills north of Saguaro Lake. This is the confluence of the Salt and Verde Rivers, one of the water supplies for Phoenix.…
Nov. 14, 2018 Today we approach Sedona from the south side starting on the Bill Gray road just a little north of Cottonwood. It takes a little while but we begin to see the red sandstone formations that are characteristic of the Red rocks of Sedona. We stopped numerous times for photos. Eventually as we…
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