Tucson Travel Blogs - Page 5

i realy need to get out

taking on the U.S. until January 2008

Mapping out my journey across the US and parts of Canada and Mexico.

The Great American Road Trip comes in many forms. There is the time tested pile the wife-kids-luggage-into the car and see the country. There is the frat brothers-beer-road trip, where a group of college age boys (or girls) pile into someone’s car to head towards someplace warm for Spring Break. …

You have to cook with love or your food will taste like . . . you know what I mean.Okay cooking! well let me start here:

Well as you can tell we went to the Air Force's Bone Yard here in Tucson.  We crashed at George's uncle house.  After a night of being stopped by the US Boarder Patrol at a check point, my brother almost got us detained for not answering correctly, and driving past all these GIANT yel…

Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon Caverns, Hoover Dam, Meteor Crater, Monument Valley, Las Vegas, ...

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 Xavi…

Summary of my travels since starting to travel for work in 2004. Three continents and three jobs later, this blog is an ongoing work in process. All locations are entered through present, will be adding descriptions and pictures as I have the opportunity. Please let me know if you see an entry without info you would like me to upload pictures for and I can take care of adding that location's items sooner.

Mostly pics!

Flew to Arizona to visit a buddy, Tuscon John, who by chance drove a black Yukon!

In case you are thinking about a trip to Italia in the near future, let me warn you that as a result of a weak US dollar, you lose about 40 cents on a dollar. The money lost was not nearly as shocking as accepting the fact that "pepperoni" was green peppers and not spicy sausage. I should preface…

The journey begins.  The house is empty. The going away party has been had.  The dog is outside having a good poop...you get the vibe. We're living at the Best Value Inn in Tucson.  Diana used to work here, so we're getting to stay for free.  That's a good deal.  We d…

The first thing I noticed when driving around looking for a place to eat in Tucson on the rainy Sept. 12th night is I’ve never seen a town so dark at 7pm. Due to the numerous astronomy observatories in the area there is a strict low light ordinance for the town. So it looks as though everythi…

Jan 13 - Mar 7 2007. From -30C to 30C the next day... One $800 airpass = Kelowna BC (Big White), Miami FL, New York NY, Boston MA, Miami FL (again), Key West FL, St John's NFLD, Chicago IL, Whitehorse YK, San Francisco CA, (Vancouver: brief visit home for Chinese New Year's and to unload winter gear), Los Angeles CA, Phoenix/Tucson AZ and too many YYZ visits.