Driving from Wilcox, AZ to Ottawa, IL | Visiting White Sands National Park | Camping & Hiking in Three Rivers Petroglyph Site | Camping at Palo Duro Canyon | Hiking & Camping in Klondike Park, MO | January 2025 This morning, we woke up to the sound of the cranes taking off for the day….
Hiking to Red Mountain Lookout with Friends | Patagonia, AZ | January 2025 A visit to Tucson wouldn’t be complete without hiking with our old friends. We wanted everyone to have some time with each other, and after some back and forth and discussion on which peak would be the best to for our limited…
Quartzite to Wilcox, AZ | Visiting Friends in Tucson, AZ | The Sandhill Crane Migration in Wilcox | January 2025 When we left Kofa NWR, we drove North on US-95 to Quartzite to take I-10 East. Before today, I knew that this area was a popular spot with nomads in the winter, and expected to…
Hiking & Camping in Kofa NWR | Hiking Signal Peak | January 2025 Jess: After crossing into AZ from CA, we got gas in Yuma then began driving North on US-95, which was a new road for us. Every time we’ve returned to AZ since moving away in 2015, we’ve managed to visit places that…
Kingman, AZ to Mojave National Preserve | Hiking Hackberry Peak | Camping in Mojave National Preserve | December 2024 Jess: This morning, we left our campsite off of AZ-68 and headed West, crossing the Colorado River into Nevada at Laughlin. As it was nearing the last day of the year, our reason for taking this…
Driving from Camp Verde to Kingman, AZ | Visiting Tuzigoot National Monument | December 2024 As if yesterday wasn’t a good enough first day back in Arizona, today started off with a long-anticipated sighting for us. We started this morning with driving over to a nearby campground/trailhead so that Curtis could find a letterbox. As…