Category Arizona

Kartchner Caverns State Park

Things don’t always go as planned when traveling (of course) so it is that we find ourselves still in Arizona, when we’re supposed to be several hundred miles into Texas by now! How the heck did that happen? Yesterday –…

Desert Tortoise Sighting – at last!

At last I've spotted a desert tortoise. These slow-moving creatures miraculously survive the harsh desert climate, and reminds us that survival of the fittest doesn't always mean survival of the fastest!

Picacho Peak State Park

The first day of a trip is exciting – and in this case very tiring. You see, we’d stayed up the night before until all hours cleaning out the last remnants of our life from our apartment so that we…