Panguitch Balloon Festival and Exploring the Bryce Canyon Area June 25, 2021 Eva and I decide to take a short trip to see the Panguitch Balloon Festival and do some riding in the area. We left on Alyssa’s birthday, so we stopped by their place on our way south to wish her happy birthday. We …
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Headed for Home
May 17, 2021 From Tucson we first drove to Chandler to visit Alan, Jinhee and the twins. We had fun talking to them. I needed the kids to say I am the best uncle because have I visited them the most. Later that afternoon we drove to North Phoenix and spent a few days with …
Up and Down Another Mountain
May 8, 2021 We pulled out of Batopilas at 9 am to explore a new route to Urique. The route took us from about 800 ft elevation to around 7000 ft as the road took us steep and winding switchback, across a high mountain plateau, and down another steep mountains side to the Urique river …
Riding El Chepe
May 5, 2021 The adventure today was something we had been looking forward to since we heard of Copper Canyon. El Chepe is one of the most famous train rides in the world. The Chihuahua to Pacific railroad traverses some of the most rugged and scenic country in North America. The tracks run from Chihuahua …
Exploring the Canyons, Cartels and Creel
May 3, 2021 It was another quiet and warm night and both of us had a good night sleep. We left Rancho Lorenzo at 9:00 am with the plan to take the scenic route to Creel. We could of taken the main highway and it would be a 4 hour drive, but we decided to …
More Caves and Finally a Shower
April 30, 2021 Our morning adventure was to visit Cueva Grande (The Grand Cave). We were camped about 1/2 mile from the trailhead and it was a short hike down into the canyon where the cave was set into a cliff wall. This cave had several different rooms and extended deep into the cliff. The …
“When will you ever be on this trail again?”
April 28, 2021 After we ate breakfast we spent some time talking to Lupe and Dora in their rustic cabin. The morning was stormy and alternated between rain/hail/snow and wind. Around 9:30 am Lupe offered to take us to see the 4 arches on the mountains just north of El Willy. He rode in the …
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The Pottery of Mata Ortiz
April 27, 2021 The night was not calm. The wind blew pretty much all night. There were also some big gusts of wind that blew through the night. The only thing good about the wind, is while the wind blew, the dogs and roosters were quiet. About 3:30 am, everyone else came out of their …
Into Mexico
April 26, 2021 Eva and I woke up early to get our last shower in the US. Since there is no daylight savings time in Arizona, the sun comes up early so the group was ready to head to the border at 7:30 am. We crossed the border from Douglas, AZ to Agua Prieta, Sonora, …
From Home to the Border
April 22, 2021 We left home around 9:30 am and drove south through Utah and camped in the desert near Lake Powell. We camped near some rocks and the next morning Eva released the theme song and dance for this trip. On our way south from Lake Powell we stopped and hiked to the Horseshoe …
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