Yeah, you read that right: We drove straight to Iowa in 30 hours, stopping only for gas and letterboxes. Oh, we also added extra time so that we could set foot in a new state. These things are more important than sleep, right? 🙂 Below: Leaving Tucson: Thursday, May 22 at 10:40am I think we…
Sabino Canyon, August 2013, by Jessica Jorgensen We knew it would happen sometime, the question was when. How long could I live in Arizona, spending as much time outdoors as I do, without seeing a rattlesnake? Â The answer? Exactly 9 months and 2 days. Â That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, today, May 19, 2014,…
Time to celebrate! Curtis has completed his junior year of college!! Our summer has officially begun! Of course Arizona gave us our first 100 degree days to help get the party started. 😉 We have a nice long bucketlist to complete this summer, ranging from personal things for me like wanting to work on sewing…
Hiking season may be coming to a close down here, but we’ve been defying the hot temps popping up in Tucson by staying out on the trails! Not to offend everyone from my home state (Iowa), but the last few months have been a great Iowan summer! 70’s – 90’s, there was some rain, but…
 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…
This is the story of our weekend trip for the first weekend in April. Â (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…