We've had three places on our Bucket List that we've talked about for several years: Arches National Park, Four Corners and Monument Valley. In fact, we've even tried to visit them a couple of times only to be turned back by snow or closing times. (Four Corners closes at...
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Getting there: It was time for our annual trip to Palm Desert so we packed our bags and hit the road, this time with Monte and Aleta. We decided we wanted to get away from the snow and cold as quickly as we could so we headed straight south...
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We finally found a good WiFi spot…at the home of the turquoise arches. Golden arches didn't fit into Sedona’s color palette so they had to go with turquoise. It’s very odd! We began Wednesday with a trip to Jerome. Jerome is a ghost town clinging to the side...
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“I’m NOT a jeep,” said, Red. “Get me out of here!” I guess to understand this statement we have to go back a bit. Back to our decision to visit an ancient Indian cliff dwelling called Palatki. We had heard that this was a cool place...
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[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="203"] See the girl and the flat bed ford? Sorry for the shadows![/caption] Started our day in Winslow, Arizona. First went to McDonalds for a quick breakfast, but more importantly for a good WiFi connection. The connection at the Motel 6 was poor...
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Mona is going to awake today to a little surprise…Arizona doesn’t observe Daylight Savings Time. All that folderol last night of setting the clocks ahead…nope, she’s not going to like it! Me, I get an extra hour so I can start the blog early! Oh, BTW...
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We started our day by heading northeast to Scottsdale to visit Taliesin West, the part time home and architectural center for Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright took the proceeds from completion of Falling Waters and bought about 600 acres of desert outside of Phoenix. He...
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Saying goodbye to our villa. We started the day with an early morning walk…saying goodbye to all our friends: the geese, the coots, the rabbits, the doves and Zipper. It’s been great visiting, but it’s time to move on. Border Patrol Just as we got out of the...
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Yep, Mona’s birthday….the reason we decided on this trip was so Mona could celebrate her birthday in Palm Springs. We started the morning 50 miles south of Phoenix so we still had some miles to travel. Up to this point, most of our travels have been...
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