Happy birthday to my sister, Theresa!!! Yesterday, Barry and I drove to the White Sands National Monument, north of Las Cruces, NM. We went through a border crossing, I think it was our fifth one. Just beautiful!! Gypsum sand everywhere and so soft to walk in!! Today, we found a 2017 National Monument, Organ Mountain-desert …
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March 12th and 13th
Yesterday, was a relaxing day for me, Hank ran errands, Barry washed the truck. We just hung out and talked enjoying our time left. We ate pizza and played bingo in the evening at the clubhouse, met some very nice people. Hank said he hasn’t played bingo in at least 30 years. So, this morning, …
March 11th
It was suppose to rain this week, we were blessed to be able to see everything we wanted. Today, we are visiting the Air and Space Museum in Tucson. We wanted to see the Graveyard, however, we didn’t know we had to apply 16 days before for background checks since it is on an air …
March 10th
Tuesday, we went to Tombstone and Bisbee, Arizona. OK Corral area, where the famous gunfight happened. We took a trolley tour. We then drove to Bisbee, Arizona to visit the Queen Mine. This was fun, we took a tour of the mine. First, we ate lunch at the Breakfast Club. Went back in history. Great …
March 9th
Barry and I met Hank this week. On Monday, we travelled to Organ Pipe National Park and hiked the Arch Canyon trail. Today was an all day adventure. These cacti can only be found in this park. So, our hike was not bad til we arrived at the rockslide we were suppose to climb. NOT!! …
March 7th
Barry and I travelled to Tucson, Arizona yesterday. We are waiting for Brother Hank to meet with us tomorrow. Barry found a great bike trail very near to our campground. 60 miles of bike trails throughout Tucson. Today, we visited Saguaro National Park East. They have a drivable 8 mile scenic loop. We stopped at …
February 29th, 2020
Happy Leap year!! Barry and I moved to Casa Grande, Arizona this week. We visited the Casa Grande National Monument with the largest prehistorical compound in North America. This Great House is the center of the compound. Yesterday, we met Becky and Eric, our niece and nephew in Goodyear, Arizona for a bucket list adventure. …
February 24th, 2020
It has been a long time since we posted our adventures. We settled in Congress, Arizona for the last 4 months. While we enjoyed our stay it was time to move on to new adventures. In January, we rented an UTV and travelled through the desert to the Hole in the wall waterfall. In December, …
Jan. 18, 2020
Our weekly travels took us to Yuma, Arizona.We thought about moving there, so, we decided to visit the city to decide.Once we arrived, there where orchards of lemon, grapefruit and orange trees. Barry was given information on the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park by Bill from the campground. We toured the area and learned …
It has been along time!! January 13th!!
Barry and I travelled home for Christmas and came back to Arizona for the New Year.The North Ranch Escapee residents had a party waiting for the New York ball to drop and everyone went home by 10:00 PM. We had fun meeting newly arrived campers.Barry has been riding his bike and exploring the desert while …