Arizona
Ahhh... back to the red rocks
I met our group of adventurous wenches this morning in Phoenix, for our trip to Sedona, Arizona. We headed first to Cottonwood, where we picnicked beside a lagoon, with big shady trees. It felt like an oasis in the desert! Next stop was Tuzigoot, the ruins of a town mysteriously abandoned 600 years ago... Read article...
So there I was... photographing parking lots
Why, you may ask? Well, I was walking to the bank the other day. It's not the most scenic route in the world. In fact, you pass quite a few parking lots, but I realized there were some amazing things on the way to the bank! I'm sure people were surprised to see me snapping shots in the parking lots... Read article...
So there we were... at a mysterious vortex
So what exactly IS a vortex, anyway? Sedona is famous for its mystical energy vortexes -- but what ARE they? What happens when you go to one? On our last women's trip to Sedona, I got to join our group on the vortex tour. Now I can't tell you everything (there are secrets, you see), but... Read article...
Grand Canyon how old? No comment
A controversial new study thinks that the Grand Canyon may have been formed millions of years earlier than thought. The traditional scientific view is that the Arizona canyon is 6 million years old, carved by the Colorado River. This new study proposes that it started forming before the river even existed... Read article...
So there we were... among Tombstone's tombstones
Tombstone, Arizona. Even the name sounds dusty and desolate, with a streak of violence, doesn't it? Tombstone was a silver mining town that went through its cycles of boom and bust, like so many other mining towns... Read article...
So there we were... 1500 ft in the hole
They suited us up in slickers, hardhats, battery packs and lamps. Then we straddled a mini train car, to take us down the narrow tunnels deep into the mine, or "the hole", as our guide called it. He should know, being a 3rd generation miner, who spent 31 years working underground... Read article...
So there we were... rubbed down in the desert
I just got back from a Tucson hike with our sister company, Sol Journeys. What a wonderful way to spend the day! The hike is in the heart of the Sonoran desert, close to Saguaro National Park, where the forest of tall saguaro cacti... Read article...
So there I was... sniffing creosote
Bush, that is! Creosote bush is the most common shrub in the Sonoran desert around Phoenix. When it rains, they release a powerful fragrance, and the desert takes on their characteristic scent. When it's not raining, you have to... Read article...
Arizona water policy = don't ask
As an Arizona resident, my jaw dropped when I read this in the Sedona Verde Valley Times: Coconino County learned a painful lesson when the topic of water was brought up in a land-use approval process... Developers appealed and won; claiming water was discussed. It's a no-no to talk water in our state at most levels... Read article...
So there we were... watching the scorpion, and the millipede, and …
“Over here! Look, it’s a scorpion!” My niece was excited about her find, and we all gathered round, watching the tiny scorpion scurry. He seemed terrified, and who could blame him? Having his nice cozy rock lifted, and a bunch of huge faces... Read article...
