We finished our big anniversary trip to the UK with a few days in Dublin. Along the way of our trip, we visited my grandmother’s birth place and the church Mark’s great great grandfather grew up in. Ireland held more family roots for both of us. My mother’s family hails from Ireland, though many of…
Category: Mother Nature
All this wonderful earth has to offer
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Hike
Wildfires in Arizona are an annual thing. Most are started by dry lightning but too many are started by idiots. 2013 was a tough summer with several active fires in June. We were at a friends pool party and could see the smoke plume off in the distance. Driving home it was much worse. Even…
Touring Tucson
Tucson is going to be center stage for the next FMCA Rally! But there is so much more to the area than just the fairgrounds. No matter how you like your activities, inside or outside, Southern Arizona has it all. Reid Park Zoo Located 16 miles from the Pima County Fairgrounds, the zoo is…
Tucson Happenings
Tucson is going to be center stage for the next FMCA Rally! But there is so much more to the area than just the fairgrounds. No matter how you like your activities, inside or outside, Southern Arizona has it all. Tombstone Almost everyone knows about the historic shootout at the O.K. Corral, but have you…
101st FMCA Rally
Guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? Are you all thinking of the camel in the Geigo commercial? The 101st International FMCA Rally in Tucson is 101 days away! See what I did there. March is a great time to be in Arizona. The day temps are perfect with spectacular sunsets followed…
Turkey in the Dirt
Yes, you read that correctly. For the last several years we have celebrated Thanksgiving in the California desert. Don’t think we skimp on the feast just because we are dry camping in the middle of nowhere. We go all out. It’s a traditional Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings. The day starts much like it…
Chasing Aspens
Am I strange because I have a favorite tree? There has to be many people like me, right. Aspens are my tree. As a little girl, I always looked forward to seeing the friendly tree when we drove to the mountains. I say friendly tree because of the way their leaves flutter back and forth,…
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
One of the last trips we took in our trusty Winnebago Class C was to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, the granddaddy of all balloon events. We’d heard people talk about how great the event was for years but that did not prepare us adequately for the complete awesomeness of it all. We tagged along with…
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Mark’s cousin hit a milestone birthday in July. Dare I share the number? I probably shouldn’t. Playing a round of golf at Pebble Beach was number one on his bucket list. His wife set up it all up and off we went. Mark is a big golfer. He was even captain of the golf team…
O Canada!
Our first trip to Canada in our motor home was part of our three-week cross-country trek. We left Arizona as soon as Jeff’s last baseball playoff game was over and hit the road. To quote the song from Smokey and the Bandit, “We had a long way to go and a short time to get…