Arizona

An amazing crested Saguaro Cactus/ Rattlesnake on the trail/ Live in concert: The Devil Makes Three/ Out the door view at Gilbert Ray/ A lonely road/ The view from Brown…

Monday afternoon we arrived at the Gilbert Ray Campground in Tucson and settled into the very same spot we stayed exactly one year ago. The timing was a strange coincidence,…

We kicked off our last weekend in Phoenix with a little cactus hunting. Crested cactus hunting to be specific. These rare cacti sport a deformity in the form of a…

Starting the week with a new kitchen window view/ Classic Airstream shot/ First day on the trails at McDowell/ Sunset reflection/ Grilling with a view/ Snakes!/ Another afternoon bike ride/…

Wow, this week has just flown by…can you believe it’s Thursday already? We’ve been here at McDowell Mountain Regional Park since Sunday, and have been happily toiling away the days…

Today we’re introducing a new weekly blog post titled This Week in an Instagram.  Every Sunday we will share a compilation of all the photos we posted on Instagram throughout the…

Following my return from the east coast we quickly jumped back into our normal routine here at Usery Mountain Park. There was work, errands and house projects during the day,…

After a week of shopping and socializing in Quartzsite it was time to move on. But not before fitting in one last social engagement in the form of a most…

Or so they say. According to the Internet, the population of this tiny town situated alongside a very boring stretch of Hwy 10 about 20 miles from the boarder of…

I was talking with my mom on the phone a few days ago while she read our latest blog post. “There aren’t any pictures of Phin”? she asked with a…

There’s so much hiking to be done around here. Big hikes, little hikes, hikes up high, hikes down low, hikes near water, hikes in canyons, hikes to Indian Ruins, hikes…

You know how sometimes the best things in life are those you don’t plan for? Well this is one of those times because Sedona was not part of the plan.…

Today is our last day in Phoenix and since we’ve been a little lax on the blog this week I thought a catch up post was in order. Truthfully it…

If you’re a regular reader here you might have noticed that we’re not big night life people. We tend to spend much more time hiking and exploring during the day…

If you happen to be in the Phoenix area and have a hankering for gorgeous views and mountain lakes, a drive on the Apache Trail is the thing to do. A…