Category Archives: Arizona

One "attraction" that has been on my bucket list since we set out on our journey over four years ago has been Antelope Canyon in AZ. The pictures I've seen from this canyon have been amazing, and we've wanted to experience it for ourselves. The closest...

Currently in Goodyear AZ (Low 56 Breezy Slight Chance of Rain High 72)We are enjoying the cooler temperatures, high of only 72 today, at least for awhile. We have been sitting outside in the shade reading books from the library for the last few days.Wh...

“Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children, and all who come after you, as the one great sig...

Currently in Goodyear AZ (Low 70 Sunny High 98)Near the park is the World Wildlife Zoo and Safari Park. This blog entry covers a recent visit to just the zoo, we have yet to visit the safari part.The Phoenix area has two big zoos the Phoenix Zoo and th...

I've always wanted to go down into the Canyon on a mule, but never imagined it would really happen. I had heard that reservations were required 13 months ahead of time, and we're just never sure of where we're going to be that far ahead. But I had also...

We've found that seeing a place by getting as low as you can and as high as you can gives you a pretty comprehensive perspective of it.  So here's the second way we saw the Grand Canyon: through the super-sized windows of one of Grand Canyon Airli...

We weren't planning on visiting the Grand Canyon at all this time through the southwest, but found ourselves camped out in Williams for the week, so we thought we'd do the Canyon.  When we've seen it before, both from the North and South Rims, we ...