Just over an hour from Kartchner Cavern State Park is Indian Bread Rocks, one of my favorite boondocking locations! If you’re lucky on the drive up highway 10, you’ll get a little weather with wonderful clouds like we did. …
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Just a short hop from Tucson, near Benson, AZ, is Kartchner Caverns. They have a top-notch RV park with full hookups that ran us about $30/night. It’s not Marriott Autograph Collection level but still great! The grounds are pristine…
After a disappointing day of AZ wine tasting at Sonoita Winery (post here), I was more than a little worried about a second stop for wine tasting already booked at Hofmann Winery. As it turns out, not only was…
Four unique Arizona locations are today’s topic. The creativity of Bisbee, the cars of Lowell, the cowboy shootouts of Tombstone, and the cranes of Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area should make your Arizona bucket list! BISBEE Someone once described Bisbee, AZ…
Despite the numerous fires raging throughout the western US in 2021, the only flames we’ve seen up close were from a controlled burn occurring in Montezuma Canyon, AZ. Once past the burn, we began our scenic drive over Montezuma…
PATAGONIA LAKE STATE PARK Although we only stayed two nights in March 2021, it was obvious that Patagonia Lake State Park’s large (over 100 sites) and crowded campground is popular with families, boaters, and nature lovers alike. This 265-acre…
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area is southeast of Tucson, AZ and contains one of my favorite boondocking spots. Overcast skies made for an interesting drive to Las Cienegas, but partial clearing made for an unbelievable evening sky! The boondocking…
So many old fairytales take place in an enchanted forest overgrown with huge trees, deep green fields, and gurgling brooks. Enchanted. It’s probably the reason that camping in the desert never appealed to me, but we decided to meet…
Painted Rock Historic Park has plenty of overnight spots for boondocking. This area is near Gila Bend, AZ (southwest of Phoenix) and a decent stop if you’re headed from Phoenix to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.…
We were able to spend part of February and part of March 2021 in Phoenix visiting our friends, the Grabowskis, Doug’s family friends Sharon and Brian Herndon, and Doug’s son, Hayden, daughter-in-law, Tressa, and their new bundle of joy,…
