We headed north from Cottonwood on past Flagstaff to Navajo Bridge along the Colorado River. In 1929 this bridge was the first bridge within 600 miles to cross the Colorado River and was big news at the time. In 1995 an additional bridge was built and the original bridge was
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Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort – Cottonwood, Arizona
Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort is a Thousand Trails resort. We received a free 13 month Thousand Trails membership with the purchase of our RV so we thought, why not, let’s try it out. For those unfamiliar with Thousand Trails it is RV membership club which is somewhat similar
Continue readingBonito Campground – Coconino National Forest – Arizona
We departed Page and headed south over Antelope Pass with spectacular scenery and a beautiful autumn day. Campground: Bonito Campground Location: About 12 miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona just outside entrance to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Site: 31 – pull along Cost: $13 (that’s with half off due
Continue readingLake Powell, Utah – Boating
We decided to rent a small power boat for the day. Since the Stateline Marina for Lake Powell is in Utah but is also within walking distance of the campground in Arizona it made for easy access to hop over there and get a boat and spend the day out
Continue readingThe Wave Lottery Hike – Utah and Arizona
Yes, we won! We won the lottery to hike The Wave! For those of you who are not familiar with The Wave, it is an area in northern Arizona that is so popular that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls access to the area using a lottery system. For
Continue readingWahweap Campground – Page, Arizona
We departed Bonito Campground near Flagstaff and headed north on Highway 89 towards Page going through some beautiful scenery and eventually going over the Antelope Pass. The pass is steep climbing up 1,000 feet in 3 miles with hairpin turns. There are some beautiful vistas along the way along
Continue readingBonito Campground – Coconino National Forest – Arizona
Yes, we are back. This campground allows us a great place to stop on our way north. We left home and we weren’t even 200 yards from our house when we hit something! There was a large crash. We pulled over and Norm climbed up on the roof to check
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We made our way from Grants, New Mexico to Flagstaff, Arizona along I-40 passing through some of my favorite scenery with lots of fun billboards to read. As we departed Grants and headed west on I-40 we began to see lots of billboards for trading posts selling everything from moccasins
Continue readingRocky Mountain National Park – Out and About
Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is located in Estes Park, Colorado about an hours’ drive north of Denver. The park is supposedly the third most visited national park in the country with a bit more than 4.5 million visitors per year. OUCH! That’s not something we enjoy and usually something
Continue readingArizona – Out and About (Before lockdown)
It was February 2020, back when we were young and naive and had no idea the craziness of what was about to hit! (It sounds like the opening to a scary novel!) We knew about the virus spreading in China but it had not yet hit the US nor were
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