Arizona is HOT. Too hot. It's that time of the year when we question why we're not snowbirds yet. Oh that's right, we still have 347 years left until retirement. Since we can't retire yet
Several weeks ago when we hiked out to Presidio Santa Cruz De Terrenate, we noticed on the trail head map that the townsite of Contention was not too far off in the opposite direction. We
The name Celia Ann Blaylock probably doesn't ring a bell. In fact, there was a concerted effort to supress that name out of the wild west's history. Who is she? She was a farmer's daughter,
As Tucsonans, we try to avoid that bleak and desolate 2-hour drive to Phoenix as much as possible. It's a horrible drive. Think of a highway that turns into 1 lane, is permanently under construction
The rare cloudy day in Arizona always means an opportunity to get outside and explore so on a rare cloudy day in Arizona, we set off towards Sierra Vista in search of an abandoned 18th
Crossing another one off the Tucson, Arizona bucket list! The Pontatoc Ridge Trail #411 is a relatively short but brutal and beautiful desert hike that leads to the top of a prominent mountain ridge in
One of our first forays into exploring Arizona's history and desert happened about 10 years ago, back when we were just babies. This old post at Tonto National Monument always reminds us of where our
The Apache Trail is a 40-mile scenic byway through the rugged Superstition Mountains just on the outskirts of Phoenix. This historical, mostly dirt trail winds through some pretty epic scenery, making it a must-do for
We see a lot of oddities on our road trips: from Arizona's infamous The Thing, New Mexico's alien obsession, and all the way across the pond to Scotland's obsession with the Loch Ness monster. The
Madera Canyon's temperatures run about 15° cooler than Tucson, making it an ideal spot for hiking when Tucson starts to get a little too warm. After searching for the "secret but not so secret waterfall",
