Month: April 2019

Eleven p.m. I get the call (actually a text) from home. My 77 year old dad had fallen and broken his left hip. Hmmm…. not good – not good at all. I remember reading the text from my mom (which said, “I was parking the mower and while getting off of it – I stumbled […]

One of the best trips of my life! Four hours of fun and “first class” ta-boot! A lot of bloggers/vloggers report that this train departs from Sedona, AZ…. but it doesn’t! It departs from Clarksdale, AZ which is roughly a 25-30 minute drive south from Sedona, AZ. If you’re in Cottonwood, AZ or Jerome, AZ […]

We try very hard to stay out of “touristy”…. we go out of our way to stay out of that, but sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses! This was a rose of a find. This gentleman has spent the most of his life creating this space. He buys, sells, and trades. He was […]

Today we choose to explore Jerome, Old Town Cottonwood, and Camp Verde, AZ. Everyone of these places provided an excellent stop! You can see Jerome from Cottonwood. It’s perched up on the mountainside or cliffside, if you will. And although we climbed a couple thousand feet in elevation – it looks like it’s just right […]

So, you see we left Wickenburg, AZ heading toward Sedona/Cottonwood, AZ area. It was a simple 2 hour drive. The truck was doing fine until we hit those 7% uphill grades that seem to go on for miles and miles. For any of you that are familiar with the Hendersonville/Asheville, NC area – it’s like […]