Category Archives: Going South, 2011

We spent the day in the white gypsum sand dunes of White Sands National Monument.  It was a nice day, a bit cool, but not too much wind.  There wasn’t enough wind to blow the sand around. The dunes are … Continue reading →

We drove quite a way today, to the area of White Sands, New Mexico.  It was a nice day to drive, sunny, and not too windy.  We stopped at the Texas Canyon rest stop on I-10 where there were a … Continue reading →

It was a gorgeous day which we mostly spent cycling through Saguaro National Park West.  We drove to the park this morning, stopped at the visitor center to get some information, and then walked the short Cactus Garden Trail.  It’s … Continue reading →

It was very foggy when we awoke this morning, but by about 9 am it had cleared so that we could see the mountains to the west.  We drove to downtown Tucson and walked around the historical presidio area.  We … Continue reading →

It is raining in the desert.  We left Phoenix this morning, where it rained off and on all night, and drove through drizzling rain most of the way here, with occasional heavy downpours.  It is cloudy out now, and looks … Continue reading →

It is our 39th wedding anniversary today. This morning we watched some video from this past fall that I’d edited, but we hadn’t yet viewed. Then we watched a slideshow from last November, our arrival and travel up the east … Continue reading →

It was slightly cloudy today, but warm enough with temperatures in the mid 20’s C.  We went to the Heard Museum this morning, a museum with both contemporary and historical Native American art.  Much of the art work was very … Continue reading →

We spent the morning looking at the petroglyphs here.  There are over 1500 different carvings scratched into the black basalt boulders that make up the Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site.  The tour begins with a small museum that explains the origin … Continue reading →

Not much news to report today.  We spent most of the day shopping.  The weather here is pretty cool for Phoenix at this time of year.  It was only about 12 C today.

It froze overnight in Holbrook, but it didn’t get as cold as the weather forecast.  We drove under sunny skies to Meteor Crater, which is about 30 km west of Winslow, and stopped there to visit the museum and view … Continue reading →