April 23, 2013 – We traveled to Tombstone and surrounding ghost towns. Tombstone was thriving when the silver mines were in full production. The most famous event in Tombstone history is the known as the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” on Oct. 26, 1881 between the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday and the Clanton cowboy gang.…
April 3-8: We visited the Missions in San Antonio – Alamo, Concepcion, and San Juan. One day we stopped in Smithville, TX for lunch on the way to Houston. A day trip from Houston to Galveston resulted in a nice lunch at a seafood restaurant by the Gulf. After a little shopping on Strand street,…
April 1-4: San Antonio – Texas is known for Blue Bonnets, otherwise known as lupines. We found many along the roadsides of Interstate 10 west of San Antonio, I- 35 north toward Austin, around Smithville and Brenham, Rt. 290 on the way to Houston. We also found verbena, indian paint brush, primrose, and a few…
Sorry, I have not posted in awhile as I have been quite busy. Here are a few photos from a recent 4 Wheel Drive Trip. We found an old mine and an old cabin. Great sunset in the Joshua Tree forest north of Wickenburg.
February13: Four Wheel Drive Trip We travelled west and north of Phoenix, AZ through Wickenburg and north on Rt. 93. The first stop was the town site of Nothing, AZ (population 4). Nothing was founded in 1977 as a gas station and general store, abandoned in 2005, briefly revived in 2008, and now abandoned again.…
Feb. 28, Thursday We have been having crazy weather in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ this past two months. In late January we had 4 straight days of rain, totaling up to 2 inches. On Wednesday we had snow in northeastern Phoenix, Scottsdale, Cave Creek (actually no measurable amount at Sky Harbor Airport).…
Ophardt Photos 