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An Iconic Slot Canyon

There are so many great stops north of the Grand Canyon – Lee’s Ferry, Vermillion Cliffs, and Horseshoe Bend (click here for more info), but the first time we travelled through this area a bucket-list item was closed due…

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Grand Canyon 2023

From Phoenix we headed north.  We whizzed past Flagstaff and up Hwy 89 where we turned left near Cameron on Hwy 64 for some scenic views of the canyons along the Little Colorado River. Our destination?  None other than…

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Phoenix Friends and Family 2023

We were really excited to roll into Phoenix.  We hadn’t seen our best friends, the Grabowskis, or Hayden, Tressa and granddaughter, Claire, since January of 2022.  Claire would have been 15mo at that point and now she would be nearly 2.5years…

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Tonto Natural Bridge

From Winslow, AZ to Pine is a pretty drive and quick stop at Tonto Natural Bridge was on the day’s agenda.…

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2 Days in Petrified Forest National Park

At first I was afraid, I was petrified…but then I really enjoyed the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.   If you don’t enjoy a lot of hiking, this park should be near the top of your list as you…

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Jemez Springs Has Been a Draw For Thousands of Years

As the name implies, Jemez Springs, has mineral springs that have been attracting people for centuries.   After a beautiful morning of driving through the Valles Caldera National Park, we saw the first sign of these mineral springs, Soda Dam.…

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Bradbury Science Museum

The Bradbury Science Museum is the chief public facility of Los Alamos National Laboratory.  If it sounds familiar it’s likely because of the Manhattan Project, a research and development undertaking during WWII that produced the first nuclear weapons.  It was led by the…

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Quick Walk Through Bandelier National Monument

From Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument is about an hour drive and worth a stop! In New Mexico, more than one million years ago, huge volcanic explosions rained ash and cinders over a 1500 square mile area.  Ash flows up…

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Santa Fe Lives Up To Expectations

There are some cities that live up to expectations.  Las Vegas.  You know before you go that there will be plenty of gambling and drinking, fine dining, sensational Cirque shows, tiny wedding chapels, and crowded clubs.  New York.  Bring…

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There’s Just Something About Wide Open Spaces

There’s just something about wide open spaces like deserts and plains.  Maybe it’s the comfort of wide open spaces.  Here even the plants give each other room to breathe.   Maybe it’s that these backdrop provide such a beautiful canvas…