We’ve been to Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona twice. This area preserves some of the Southwest’s earliest history. These Sinagua cave dwellings from the 12th and 13th century are shockingly intact. The “Island Trail” is a 1-mile loop…
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From Catalina State Park (link here) we drove to Picacho Peak State Park. On a clear day, its 3,374 ft spire can be seen from downtown Tucson which is nearly 45 miles away. Most people that have heard of…
Catalina State Park is conveniently located just outside of Tucson in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The park provides miles of equestrian, birding, biking, and hiking trails which wind through the park and into the Coronado National Forest. We spent…
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.…
What a lovely singing voice you must have.” Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman in “Ghostbusters” This ad-lib line from the movie Ghostbusters as Bill Murray’s character is trying to contact his would-be girlfriend, Dana, who’s been possessed by…
Taos is town filled with southwestern art galleries, local jewelers, and plenty of handmade crafts and clothing tucked into distinct adobe style building that scream southwest, but so many places were closed in October of 2020 due to Covid…
From near Denver we headed toward South Park for a blast from my past (highschool years). We boondocked just outside Fairplay in the San Isabel National Forest. Oddly, I never camped there when I was living in Fairplay. Making…
I’m convinced there isn’t a person on the planet who didn’t suffer in some manner due to Covid – some paid the ultimate price with their life. For others, it was job loss, food insecurity, financial stress, not being…
