One of the requirements before starting this trip was to have a four wheel drive vehicle. The Sedona area has over a dozen drives that are a little more, adventurous. We wanted to do one of these drives, as the views were said to be spectacular…and they were. The drive we chose to do is …
The Sedona/Verde Valley area has so many things to see and do. From the hikes I told you about in the last post to National Monuments to Ghost Towns. You should plan on spending at least a few weeks in this area to see it all. We started with the Red Rock District of the …
We spent two weeks in the Sedona/Verde Valley, AZ area and we get it now. We understand why people flock to this area. This area is a hiker’s dream! So many hikes…so little time! I think every cairn we saw had multiple hikes with arrows pointing you in the right direction. And then you’ve got …
Pisa Lisa has some of the best pizza ever with super tasty gelato, but we’ll talk gelato later. Pisa Lisa is in Sedona, AZ right on the main strip. I had a really good feeling about this place. It started off right with some of the best blueberry soda I’ve ever had! The menu has …
We’ve been in Arizona for about a month now and we’ve finally made it to the State Capitol Building! We don’t add the state sticker to our map until we’ve been to the Capitol Building, so we’d been looking forward to Phoenix. See the pretty statue on top of the copper dome? It moves! We …
We did a lot of hiking and exploring while we were in the Lost Dutchman area and we saw a lot of wildlife! We didn’t have to go far to see Wiley Coyote. This coyote was hanging around our campground. We heard a pack of them howling during the nights, but this one was not …
The Lost Dutchman State Park is a 320 acre patch of paradise sitting near the base of the Superstition Mountains in the Sonoran Desert. The Superstition Mountains got their name from Pima Indian legends. The Sonoran Desert is so different than the desert we found in Nevada. Far from the desolation of the Nevada desert, …
The Apache Trail drive is only 46 miles, but plan on spending the entire day exploring this scenic road. The first thing you should know about this road is that 25 miles of it is dirt. What is it with us and dirt roads? We always seem to find ourselves driving down one. And it’s …
Welcome to Tucson, where there’s 350 days of sun a year! Wait, what? Yup, we picked the week it rained three out of the seven days we were there to visit Tucson, AZ. Who goes to a desert to get rained on? We do. Kind of like when we were hiking through a rain forest …
Today let’s talk about the Prospector. The Prospector is a tasty pizza place in Denali, AK. There is a good selection of pastas, sandwiches, salads, and a huge variety of pizza on the menu. They have pizza for every taste and really good homemade root beer to drink! My parents got loaded fries for us …