This time we made it to Jerome. At eight o’clock it was a beautiful, very cool 47-degree Sunday morning. With two days before Christmas, the dogs and I were visiting our last 2018 historical Arizona community. Our first attempt proved a disaster of my making. It happened on the first of December. Long story short, …
Category: Arizona Place
‘Tis the Tar Season
Each year about this time, every street and other surface where vehicles drive or park… get a fresh coat of tar. It’s a big job because a small crew manually did it. Here’s bird's-eye view of what they faced: My closed community contained about 15 narrow streets and a couple of open parking areas. In …
Did Chris herd Bernie?
A few days before Thanksgiving, before the weather turned quite cold and dawn lost its normal dramatic color, I saw Chris herd Bernie. So surprised I didn’t think to take a photo. It happened this way. Twice each day my dogs liked to explore the desert. Our current spot provided many opportunities. There existed hundreds …
Hidden in plain sight (for millions of years)
I am Picacho Peak. Although seven other ‘picacho’ were mentioned in this area, the Anza Expedition first recorded me as a prominent landmark in 1774. Picacho is Spanish for ‘big peak’ so picacho can describe any mountain. My recorded history positioned me at 22 million years old, four times older than the Grand Canyon located …
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Prescott, Arizona
Saturday morning, at nine, we drove up and nose-in-parked in front of the Prescott post office. Although scheduled to visit in April, it was now October 27, 2018. I leashed Bernie and Chris and posed them in front of Rotary’s sign. “Prescott, Founded 864 on Granite Creek. Early …
Adventure Update: October 19, 2018
It’s time to recap what we have been doing. The weekend approached, and I have no plans. The weather remained to be a very nice 68 degrees at 3 am, with cool mornings the last few days. I’ve had to change from summer clothes of a T-shirt, shorts, sox, and loafers. Now, people look hard …
What’s This?
It’s about my latest adventure, trekking with Bernie and Chris. Bernie is the Goldendoodle (GoldenRetriever/Poodle), and Chris is a Red Standard Poodle. That stagecoach in the background is as stated, “Very 1st RV to arrive in Arizona”. How did it all happen? It’s too long and varied and too …
They’re Back!
Damn! They're back. It’s the last of August, and the first of more than twenty-five hundred registered winter visitors arrive. From about the middle of September until the first of April we are invaded by folks seeking Arizona’s fun in the sun For about a hundred of Siesta RV Resort’s permanent residents, it again becomes …
What really happens…
It’s six o’clock on Tuesday morning. Bernie and Chris are in the car, and we are going to the desert. Over our heads hang black storm clouds. Lightning flashes in the north and rolling thunder follows. If the normal weather pattern continues, I’ve about thirty minutes before the downpour reaches us. Our exercise desert spot …
Sunday Morning Episode: August 19, 2018
Today at sunrise, I navigate to the same desert space that worked so well for us yesterday. With enjoyable memories fresh from their previous day’s adventure, Bernie and Chris burst from the car, chasing each other and darting through scrub brush. Busy taking pictures of the glorious sunrise, I give a quick glance spotting …
