Arizona Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals - Page 28

I thought it would be cooler up there if I got there in the morning and hiked before noon.  Boy was I wrong.  I rented a SUV to drive on that awful road, and I got there and started hiking around 10.  I went about a mile and a half up the trail and the map said I should turn right at the fenceline and go another mile and a half to the Mogollon Rim, but at the place where I should have turned right, there was a gate across the trail.  Now, being tall as I am, normally i w…

Celebrating my friends' birthdays with a girly getaway

I went rafting in the Grand Canyon June 6 -12 and posted some pictures and links.Some of the highlights of the trip were: -THE CANYON!!  Incredible beauty!-seeing the Space Shuttle and ISS fly over twice.-seeing spotted skunk for the first time...twice!  The joys of having a restroom with no doors.-great food provided by the crew of Arizona River Rafters-catching some nice sized rainbow trout (see above-yum!)-swimming in the blue water of the Little Colorado River and Havasupai Cre…

Here we sit.  Again.  Waiting for the rich folks to finish whatever it is that they do after we drop them off so we can take them back to La La land to their special place.  Not too bad a spot to hang out though - better than freakin' Teterhole, that's for sure!  Two more days and I am back in the mountains, where my woman and the fresh snow await me!  One warm, and one cold, and both oh so much fun!

My friend Tim and I are giving ourselves graduation gifts in a Roadtrip. We're going west from New York to Glacier National Park, South to Vegas, east to New Orleans, and then north though Nashville to home. All in about 24 days.

San Francisco-Monterey-Yosemite Nation Park-Las Vegas-Death Valley-Grand Canyon-Los Angeles(Santa Monica)

It started innocently enough; I visited Juneau, Alaska in June 1993 and explored the State Capitol building. A few months later, It was Montgomery, Alabama's. In the course of time, it became a hobby. Near the end it became a bit of an obsession. Then, in August of 2006, I visited my 50th US State Capitol building in Pierre, SD. (Yeh!) Yes, I know, I'm a geography nerd.... All entries are maintained in on the 'first visit' date.

THANK YOU to everyone who sends me postcards and help make my collection grow! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH! If you sent me a postcard and you don't see it in this blog, it means it's still on its way or I never received it because it got lost or someone stole it. Yeah, it happens.

Finally, it was time to return to Phoenix.  We decided to take a cab to the airport in the morning so we wouldn't have to deal with all the luggage.  Again, we listened the whole way there to more updates on Indonesia.  The flights went well, and soon, we were home.

Had 125,000 frequent flier miles, not a lot of money, Only could fly to Vegas but could not return for 3 weeks. Best vacation yet.

    Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a botanical garden loacted located 50km east of Mesa, Arizona. It is the largest and the oldest botanical garden in the state of Arizona and it was founded in 1925.    The arboretum consists of several main sections (for details please look at the map).    It opens at 6AM in the summer time (May to August) in order for visitors to enjoy the cool mornings in the heated Arizona summer.      &nb…

Three months spent in USA. Two and a half months of working near Philadelphia and finally a week or two of traveling. I had an amazing time. I started off alone but met a lot of great people on the way.

Some might argue "it's only desert", but Sedona has a lot to share for the ones who are eager to explore and discover nature.

Back on the road - this time with two friends and a rental car, warm weather and again from L.A., passing Las Vegas, to Grand Canyon, through Death Valley to San Francisco and all the way down on Highway No. 1 back to Los Angeles.

San Xavier Mission of the Great South West While Most of us are familiar with the Ghost Towns of the Old South West, many of us are not aware of a famous Southwestern dwelling place of, The Holy Ghost. If you live in the Southwest and have not heard of the San Xavier del Bac, i.e. San Xavier Mission, then you couldn’t have lived here long. And if you have not made the worthy trip to investigate, then you really are missing out. The “White…