Saturday, April 12, 2014 Today we visited several ghost towns – completely different meanings of the phrase “ghost town”, but all somehow earning that title. It’s days like this when I feel like a true South-westerner. Driving down quiet hilly highways and bumpy dirt roads, hiking several miles to find an old mining town, seeing a snake and worrying about… Read More
Archives for April 2014
Celebrating Curtis
April 9, 2014 – Curtis’ 21st Birthday! Every day, I find a reason to celebrate being married to the greatest man I know. He blesses me in so many ways, and has made the past 8.5 months of marriage wonderful. The time we’ve had together has been filled with so much excitement, as even this blog has shown! He’s… Read More
South goes North for East comes West
This is the story of our weekend trip for the first weekend in April. (April 4-6, 2014) The main purpose for this weekend road trip was to attend the letterboxing event, “East comes West to Arizona” on Sunday the 6th, named in honor of special guests from Connecticut. We along with our friends decided to make a weekend trip out… Read More
March 2014 Adventures
A review of our March, just a little late 🙂 What were we doing in March when we weren’t on our vacation? Having adventures, of course! Curtis’ semester has been heavier than last, so there have been more nights at home with homework. But we’ve still gotten out a bit and enjoyed this gorgeous weather – the warmest winter ever… Read More
Our Great Southwest Adventure: Day 7
Vacation Day 7 – March 22, 2014 – Last day! For our last full day of vacation, we spent the day exploring the greater area of Payson, AZ, by way of letterboxing! We love this hobby because it will take us to the most scenic, historic, or interesting parts around the city. Curtis and Mitchell also planted boxes on this… Read More
Our Great Southwest Adventure: Day 6
Day 6: March 21, 2014 Farmington, NM to Payson, AZ For most of our trip, we had carefully spaced out all the places we were visiting and made sure we were only driving 3-5 hours. But today, we couldn’t avoid a longer (7 hour) drive. We ended up adding on more to our time by going back to 4 corners…. Read More