It’s the middle of winter, cold (unusually cold for this time of year), rainy, not much better than where we came from in Colorado – (snow-birding in Arizona this winter). Someone mentions CRUISE and we are all in. Someplace warm, sunny, wet and wild – “yeah, count us in”! Going on a cruise sounds wonderful, yet … Continue reading Vacation from our Vacation
Patagonia a town Patti and I fell in love with the first time around, (late September/early October) along with Patagonia State Park & Lake, which is about 6 miles south of the town. This time around… we wanted to focus on the town specifically… actually we did not even visit the Lake. Patagonia is located … Continue reading Patagonia – Revisited
We have wanted to go to the ARAVAIPA Canyon Wilderness for some time, but the weather had not been so pleasant with rain and cold temperatures. AND these dirt roads that lead to the wilderness areas are primitive and not regularly maintained. So…it’s “drive at your own risk”. Today the temps are going to be in the … Continue reading Aravaipa, AZ
On this day… we were in search of the Sandhill Cranes that were supposed to be at their usual winter lodging in Soccoro, NM but they were AWOL. One of our birding friends said they had been seen in the Sulphur Springs area in southern AZ. The plan was to get up early and travel … Continue reading Wilcox Wilderness
January 25th, 2016 Patti was feeling sorta ‘shut-in’ and wanted to go for a 4-5 hour drive. We looked at the map and everything close by, we had already been to, so we closed our eyes and pointed at the map (pin-the-tail-on-the-Javelina style)… Portal it is! Portal is about 2 hours from Safford, going in … Continue reading Portal, AZ
On the 17th of January we headed down south to Las Cruces, New Mexico to check out a few possibilities for next winter, then we made a side trip to Alamogordo, NM to see some friends. The next day we headed to El Paso for Patti’s dental visit the following day. I don’t know how … Continue reading El Paso & Juarez
Well here we are in ‘beautiful downtown Safford’ for our winter AWAY from the snow and cold. Nice thought… We have been here since the beginning of November, which was nice with day temps in the 70’s and nite temps in the 50’s. NOW, the daytime temps are in the low 50’s, if we are … Continue reading Winter in Safford
The sun is lazy this time of year in south-eastern Arizona… It is still dark at 7am. This ain’t Colorado, where we could see Kansas at VERY FIRST LIGHT – from our bed! By the time El Sol illumines our Rosalita, it is nearing 7:30am, late for an early riser like me. That’s OK, it … Continue reading Gila Box Conservation Area (West Entrance)
Thanks for your patience everyone… The weather has been quite uncooperative lately due to rain and extreme cold for Arizona, down to 22 degrees at night and daytime highs not much more than 35, might as well be in CO. The rain, thankfully no snow, has held us up because most of our day-trips are on … Continue reading San Carlos Lake
Our day-trip this week was north on AZ 191 to Morenci mine. Who knew in this area there were so many mines… There are copper mines in Miami, AZ, Safford, AZ and Morenci, AZ. There is also a copper mine in Silver City, NM which is not far from the Morenci mine. The mine in … Continue reading Morenci Copper/Gold Mine
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