Today we took a back road to Sedona. It was the best way to get our first view of the town. We wound down from the high mountain forest on precipitous roads through red canyons with beautiful views of the town and the surrounding countryside. It has got to be one of, if not the most beautiful
Trip Log
May 16, 2007
We checked into Munds Park at about noon today and after we set up we went into Flagstaff about 15 miles north on I-17. Flagstaff is a great mountain city (7,000 ft.) and ski and college town. It was created by the railroads in the late 1800s and a large freight train goes throught every 10 mi
May 16, 2007
This morning we headed toward Phoenix. I wanted to spend some time visiting there but I-10 and I-17 snaked through most of the town so we saw what we wanted. We stopped at the Pioneer RV park just north of Phoenix and could have come back but did not want to deal with the traffic. As a matter
May 14, 2007
Starting with a leisurely morning where we had a chance to catch up with finances and financial planning, we were off to the Saguaro National Park west of Tucson. On the way we went by the Old Tucson movie studio in the desert where they have filmed many movies.
May 13, 2007
Today we went to an old (1636) mission out in the desert south of Tucson. As is our way, we took a roundabout way to see more sights, both expected and unexpected.
May 12, 2007
We left Deming this morning and followed I-10 to the west. We crossed the continental divide and then entered Arizona. We gained another hour because, although we are still in the Mountain time zone, Arizona does not observe daylight savings time so they didn't 'spring forward' with the rest of
May 11, 2007
We spent much of the day today hiking and breaking rocks at the Rockhound state park. Alesa saw it on the travel channel and has been looking forward to it ever since. We gathered about five pounds of rocks, some of them gem quality, but we will probably never polish them. We had a late lunch
May 10, 2007
We left Alpine and went through Fort Davis and wound through the Davis mountains by the McDonald Observatory. We picked up I10 and then followed the Rio Grande to El Paso. We decided we had enough of big cities so decided not to stay in El Paso but went through Las Cruces to Deming, New Mexico.
May 9, 2007
This morning we walked to the east of the campground to the river. We saw javelinas (peccaries, pig-like), jackrabbits, roadrunners, odd insects and birds. We left camp at about 11 and drove to Alpine, about 130 miles. We arrived at the Lost Alaskan RV park at about 2. We had some rain while
May 9, 2007
Beautiful but remote. The entrances to the park are 70 to 80 miles from any town of any size. The visitor's center is 20 miles from either gate and the the campground is another 20 miles from the v.