Casa Grande was the location of our next stay. We hiked in Casa Grande Mountain Park… …and the Hieroglyphic Trail in Gold Canyon. We drove out to the Apache Trail (this was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains) and stopped along the way in Tortilla Flats (the last surviving stagecoach stop along […]
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After our stay in Tucson, we headed to Cottonwood. We really weren’t sure what we were going to do while there, but with a little digging we came up with plenty. We stayed for 3 weeks, but it still wasn’t enough time to see and do everything we found to do. To our surprise, one morning […]
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For the next few months we explored Arizona with Tucson as our first stay. While there, we were staying near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base where we could see the “Aircraft Boneyard”. We could see the planes as we drove past, but unfortunately we didn’t take any pictures. However we drove through East Saguaro National Park, […]
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Next stop was Big Bend National Park. The main item on our bucket list for this park was to hike Santa Elena Canyon. Unfortunately, the path to cross over to the trail was flooded. The park ranger told us the Mexican government had opened the reservoir because it was full from all the rain they […]
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Our 2023 travels actually started December 27, 2022 with Arizona being our winter destination. After a few stops along the way, we stayed just outside Houston, so Jeff could visit with a longtime friend from high school. Our first long stay was outside San Antonio, TX. While here we visited the Alamo and learned more […]
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We then headed back home to Florida to spend the rest of the year celebrating birthdays and holidays. We also captured family time and much needed beach time. It’s important to get family time. As we almost found out with Jeff, life can be cut short. So make time to spend with family and friends. […]
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Our next stop was in Lenoir North Carolina to see the color change of the fall leaves and relax. We also took a trip to Boone, Blowing Rock and Linville Falls. This was a stop for Jeff to take it easy.
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After our quick visit with friends in Tennessee, we went up to Russell Springs, KY where we hunted out the Amish bakeries. To work off the baked goods we hiked the path to the natural bridge at Natural Bridge State Resort Park, and walked one of the many cave tours at Mammoth Cave National Park. […]
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By mid August, Jeff wanted to hit the road to just get some normalcy back in our lives. We went to Virginia to visit our eldest son Jeff who lives in Virginia Beach. My sister and brother in-law came down from New Jersey to visit with us. The visit was long overdue with all of […]
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The year 2022 started out with us having covid that started a few days before Christmas 2021. Jeff was able to recuperate enough after about a week and a half which was enough to still function. I on the other hand after a little more than two weeks finally gave in on January 5 and […]
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