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Apache Junction Slideshow
Apache Junction
Travel Blogs from Apache Junction, United States
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Perry and Rebecca
At 15h45 we finaly arrived at Perrys place. On the way up to here we did stop a couple of times to take pictures. Because offcourse that is the most important part why we are travelling : enjoying the scenerary. After settleling in, Perry ...
Desert Times
... the mobile home park where Gord's parents owned a lovely spot and enjoyed for many years. We were a little disappointed in the state of the park now but things are always changing. We have realyy enjoyed our stay at Apache Junction and the side ...
Kenny Miller's SuperStars - A Great Show!
Tonight, we splurged a whole $5.00 apiece to go to a show here in the hall at our RV Park. Our expectations, to be honest, weren't really high, but we'd heard that Kenny Miller, the performer, did one heck of a show. The rumors were ...
Happy New Year!
Sitting at the pool today, here in our park at the base of the Superstition Mountains, I couldn't help but think how wonderful our life has been, and how lucky we are to be able to live this way! It's New Year's Day, it was ...
Apache Junction
Camp: Lost Dutchman State Park We've been here before, so decided to stay for a few extra days. Great scenery, good hiking into the famous Superstition Wilderness, Syphon Draw. This is the other end of the Tonto National Forest that we saw in Peyson. ...
All Around A.J.: Organ Stop Pizza, St. Paddy's Day
In our last entry, I mentioned Organ Stop Pizza - the nearby restaurant built around the largest Wurlitzer Organ in the world! This was the second time we'd been there - their pizza is quite good, and being able to enjoy wonderful(and free!) ...
Our Summer is Set at Cedarlane RV Park!
Hi All! Just waned to share the news about where we'll be living and working this summer! As you know, we've been looking for a work-camping job in or near Ann Arbor Michigan (where Mom and my Sister Jill and her family live) - since we ...
Welcome to a New Phase of our Full-Timing Life!
... the first entry in this year's TravelPod. We're starting 2009 right where we finished 2008 - at Countryside RV Resort in Apache Junction, Arizona, where our job as night and weekend camp hosts will keep us until mid-April. In between, ...
This 'n That, Stuff 'n Things, Notes 'n News
Hello Again from Apache Junction, Arizona. While we've been hearing so much about the vicious cold weather and winter storms many/most of you have been suffering through, we've been enjoying a winter warm-up here. Yesterday, it was 94 ...
Same Stuff (Mostly!), Different Month!
Wow! I can't believe it's been a month and a half since I posted an update here...I think there's a couple of reasons for that - (1) Since we're not traveling like we have in the past, there doesn't seem to be as much to share that would be ...
IT'S A WRAP! OUR YEAR ON THE ROAD-By the numbers
Well, we're back at our winter home and work-camping location in Apache Junction, Arizona. It's a bit warmer here than those last few days in California were, but still cold enough at night to require the electric blanket and to peek out ...
Wait, where did January go??
And, just like that, the first month of the new year is gone! How is that even possible?? Am I the only one who has noticed that time seems to be flying by....Anyway, here is a quick synopsis of what happened in the last 30 days. We spent the ...
Functionin' at the Junction! Our new winter home!
We've settled into our winter "home", and started working (but not very hard!) as camp hosts here in Apache Junction, Arizona, about 40 miles east of Phoenix, at the foot of the Superstition Mountains. Our job as camp hosts entails being on ...
It rained buckets here
It was sunny and warm when we got back to Apache Junction on Sunday. We opened up the camper, put on our short pants and unpacked....felt great after having a cool (sometimes cold) week in Branson. However, it was short-lived! ...
Goldfield: Reconstructed mining town
We started our first full day of sightseeing with a side trip to a reconstructed mining town called Goldfield, about an hour outside of Phoenix. We picked up our car at the airport--it was down to a PT cruiser or a Nissan Altima, and Jess claimed ...
Waiting Out a 'Severe Spring Storm'
Our plan was originally to head north from Mesa to connect with I-40 and head to Albuquerque, but Mother Nature got in our way. A forecast of a 'severe' spring storm which managed to close parts of I-40 and the upper section of I-17 with snow ...
December in Arizona
December 1, 2009 – Wow December already! This is Carols last day here so in AM she packed and we hung out here till around 2:30. I glued my broken Mexican pot back together, we put up the Christmas tree outdoors-had forgotten the stand for it but a ...
Fun with the kids, and Race Days @PIR!
We've kept really busy these last two weeks, spending lots of time with Jess, Tom and Zach, playing ping pong on their new table, cooking and eating lots of meals together, and even going to races at Phoenix International Raceway with them! ...
Nice Simple KOA in the Desert
The Apache Junction stop was really needed. Mom did laundry for about 4 hours while dad cooked dinner...this was our last night here. Before that though we visited my dads uncle Dick and Aunt Carolyn which snowbird down here in the winter, because they ...
A difficult time in our life
We were back in Arizona trying to carry on with the fun things we enjoy but keeping daily tabs on how Wayne's brother Jerry was doing at the VA Hospital in Fargo and it wasn't good. He had developed pneumonia as a result of the lung cancer ...
March in Apache Junction AZ
... looking like rain when we arrived home around 6PM. http://arizonatrailways.com/cs/blogs/trails/archive/2008/06/26/Coke-Ovens-Florence-Junction.aspx - there are some great pictures and history of the ovens at this link. Hope you take time to check ...
We're here (and so is winter!)
We're all settled into our back-at-work lifestyle here at Countryside RV Resort in Apache Junction. Despite our continuing dislike of mornings, we are getting back into the swing, and generally enjoying the opportunity to be of value to the ...
Pre-Race Preparations near Phoenix!
We left Bullhead City, Arizona this morning, making the five+ hour trek to Apache Junction, just east of Phoenix. Next week will be our great Nascar Race long weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, so we'll have a lot of shopping and ...
Hi Ho Silver
... are the tall pines. We saw some evidence of the fire on the ridgeline in the distance. We entered into Apache lands again, with the heavily forested mountains and red cuts of arroyos cut from the rush of heavy rainfalls. No cell ...
Settled in for a couple months
... ; We also called Dennis Sommer that only lives a few miles from where we are and Ken & Terry Peterson that are in Apache Junction also. Both were busy for the weekend but will call next week for us to meet up.Dennis is one of the first friends ...
Day 18 - Arizona State Apache Junction
... which is becoming an oiled process. We drove into Phoenix along one of the longest straight roads built up all the way from Apache Junction, through Tempe, through Mesa and on into Phoenix. The length of this road is 21.5 miles, it is straight and the ...
Movin' on from Meridian Park
Sunday morning we went to church, stopped by the Farmers Market to stock up on fresh veggies and fruits again, and then decided to do laundry right away. That, of course, took the rest of the afternoon. It was nice enough to hang ...
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