August 30-September 1: Photos will look better if viewed on a computer screen. Monument Valley consists of red sandstone monoliths in very large sizes that are well recognized icons in the northeast corner of Arizona and the Utah border. Monument Valley is in the Navajo reservation and all aspects of the park are controlled by…
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…
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…
October 24, 2018 On our four wheel drive trip, we were in search of fall color and water in the creeks due to heavy rains in the past month. Who said the desert is always dry? We traveled up I-17 and got off at the Sedona exit, only we went east instead of to Sedona.…
April 25, 2018 This is a 4 wheel drive trip report in the Castle and Buckhorn Creek drainages. However do not look for any water photos in the creeks, as we have had only a 0.5 inches of rain since last September. The first stop is Castle Hot Springs Resort which is being restored to…
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