As we continue to day-trip, we have discovered many new areas in this part of deep south Arizona. On this day we traveled 2 hours south and a bit east to Chiricahua (“standing up rocks”) National Monument. I had been to this National Monument about 10 years ago, but Patti had never been to see this … Continue reading Chiricahua National Monument
Right in Safford’s back yard is the Discovery Park Campus owned and operated by EAC (Eastern Arizona College). This Discovery Campus has an observatory and provides star gazing certain nights during the month, as long as the nights are clear. There are several exhibits inside the building: a gem collection that comes from the local … Continue reading Discovery Park
As the weather gets cooler, we have decided to stay at a Mobile Home & RV Park (Safford Ranch) for the month of November to see if this area, around Roper Lake State Park, is anything we want to pursue further for staying put in the winter. The weather is in the 70’s during the … Continue reading Safford, AZ
We traveled back up to Trinidad, CO to attend a friend’s Art Opening. We will be back in Safford, AZ by Monday or Tuesday (9th or 10th) and will continue our Gypsy Journey from there. Stayed tuned… Continue reading Trinidad, CO
After spending almost a month in Chandler, AZ, visiting family, we are back on the road again. It is a bittersweet transition – sadly leaving family and turning our wheels south-east to Roper Lake State Park, AZ. Roper Lake State Park is a small lake (30 lake surface acres) with electric campground sites, camper cabins, … Continue reading On the Road again… Roper Lake State Park, AZ
After leaving Patagonia we landed in Chandler, AZ to visit family on Thursday the 8th. So we will not be blog-posting for a while. We will pick up the blog when we are ‘wheels-up’ again (probably 2 weeks or so). Stay tuned… Continue reading Chandler, AZ
The town of Patagonia lies 11 miles north of the State Park along green, rolling hills and canyons. We were surprised to see it so green this late in the year. But, come to think of it, neither one of us knows much about the weather in this part of the country. The town was … Continue reading Patagonia, AZ (the Town)
As we drift into Arizona via I-10, we stop to wait out a rain-storm along the interstate that came up suddenly sweeping across the desert. After the storm subsides, we turn south on A-83, just past Benson, toward Patagonia. The road is hilly and curvy, nothing over a 5% grade though, with grades just a … Continue reading Patagonia Lake State Park, AZ
The next morning we took a quick day-trip to see Silver City. We were hoping the streets were lined with silver and we could bring some home, sadly no… We arrived on a Sunday, so it was a quieter day with some businesses closed. We found a great coffee shop, Java-Lina, Patti had an Irish … Continue reading Silver City, NM
Saying goodbye to Caballo, we turn west at Hatch, NM and see all kinds and manner of Hatch Chilis. Some are drying on roof tops, some are hung in Ristas of many sizes, some lie drying on big tarps on the ground and some are still hanging on the plants in the fields. There are … Continue reading City of Rocks, NM
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