Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Weekend that Everyone Camps!

Memorial Day is definitely a weekend when it seems that everyone camps!  Our herd o’ humans turned out to be…

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Medieval re-enactors.  Having a war!  We hung out and watched some of their activities- neat.  And it turns out they are great camping neighbors…it’s the people with the loud music and quads racing around that require patience.   So we ventured away from camp for a little geocaching…

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tree climbing…

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and nature observing.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Summer Journey Begins! Flagstaff, AZ

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School is out and our journey has begun!  Today is day one of two months on the road… so follow along as we explore!  We are starting our trip just to our north, near Flagstaff, Arizona, in one of our favorite boondocking spots.
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The flowers are blooming in the Ponderosa Pine forest and the wind is whistling through the treetops.  We are staged for the weekend and will be meeting some friends.DSC_0007
Along with the desert bloom, however…
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these showed up!  No those aren’t Elk viewing stations either, more like porta potties!.  Makes me think a herd o’ humans is on the way!
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This is the forest beauty we’re here to seek!  Our trip plan takes us to Zion National Park’s Watchman campground soon.  One never knows where we’ll decide to stop along the way.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Snowy Verde Valley!

Spring Break is only weeks away, yet we were snowed on in the Verde Valley last night!DSC_0002

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We’ll be taking the fiver …somewhere … over the mid March Spring Break!  We just can’t decide where to go!