Yesterday, Curtis’ dad, Ray, came down to visit us! He’s in Phoenix for work, and was able to get away for the afternoon. The fact that he was able to get out of Phoenix is a miracle within itself, thanks to all the rain that Southern Arizona got yesterday morning. Maybe you heard about it…
Today, we “leveled up” as “Arizonians”. We are now on the level that involves eating a cactus fruit and making a lemonade out of it! Here’s how it went: It started when we got our Bountiful Basket on Saturday. Above is what the basket consisted of this week. As you can see, there are lots…
Saturday, September 6, 2014 Another Saturday adventure! Today we were up bright and early and got a good start on the adventure. It ended up being a great example of “Early bird gets the worm” – and the “worm” for us was a beautiful drive up the Catalina Highway and a quiet, peaceful hike on…
For our adventure last Saturday, (8/30/14) we went for a hike and planted my letterboxes. Here are a few pictures of the trail we hiked, with no good hints whatsoever of where the boxes are hidden. 
We hiked 5.8 miles round trip on Bog Springs trail in Madera Canyon. We love the hikes in…
As I mentioned a few months back, one of my projects this summer was carving a letterbox stamp series in honor of my favorite movie. Well, after holding on to my precious stamps for a little too long, it was finally time to let them go into the wild where other people can enjoy them!…
Apple Pie Cheesecake: My own original recipe, (probably my first completely original dessert!) made over Labor Day Weekend, and will probably be repeated many times in the future. Ingredients: For graham cracker crust layer: 4 cups of crushed graham crackers (give or take, I used 2 full sleeves of graham crackers) ½ cup or…