Mary Ann and I like to walk for exercise at Arizona State University Research Park. It’s close to our house (about 1.5 miles), and there are three small lakes to walk around (it’s a 2.3 mi walk, and takes 34 …
Mary Ann and I made our annual trip to Aravaipa Canyon on March 21, 2024. I’m only now getting around to the post. A permit is required to access the canyon, and they are hard to get, especially for the …
I’m catching up on posting photographs. This post is from Granite Reef Recreation Area on the Salt River, which Mary Ann and I visited on March 15, 2024.…
Mary Ann and I went to the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch (RPWR) in Gilbert on Jan 29, 2024. We were there from about 7:45 to noon.…
Our grandson Jude’s first birthday was on 1/16/2024. Aaron and Maria had a party for him at their house on 1/20/2024.…
Mary Ann and I went to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) on October 13. We got there at opening time (8 AM). I dropped off some posters in the gift shop. We left at around 11:00 AM, and stopped for …
UPDATE: I changed my mind about not posting about the trip, and have written a post for each day of the trip. I also updated the maps to reflect our actual itinerary (which is different from what the original plan …
This post is for the last stop on our trip to SE Arizona: the town of Portal. Portal is a small town in the Chiricahua Mountains that is popular for its birding, among other things. It was about a 1.5 …
This post is for the second day of our trip to SE Arizona: Aravaipa Canyon. We go to the canyon almost every year. They allow 30 permits for entry on the west side, and 20 on the east side. We …
Mary Ann and I made our annual trip to Aravaipa Canyon. As we have been doing in recent years, we bookend the Aravaipa hike with visits to some other spots in the area. This year’s trip we hit the same …
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