Apache Junction, United States Travel Blogs

Perry and Rebecca
Oct 14, 2007

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 and ...

Apache Junction
Nov 21, 2006 (3 photos)

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
Mar 20, 2009 (4 photos)

  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!
Mar 6, 2009 (4 photos)

 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!
Jan 11, 2009 (8 photos)

... 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, we' ...

IT'S A WRAP! OUR YEAR ON THE ROAD-By the numbers
Dec 22, 2008 (12 photos)

 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 ...

Functionin' at the Junction! Our new winter home!
Nov 19, 2008 (11 photos)

  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 ...

This 'n That, Stuff 'n Things, Notes 'n News
Jan 18, 2009 (17 photos)

  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 in ...

Same Stuff (Mostly!), Different Month!
Feb 28, 2009 (23 photos)

  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 ...

Canyon Lake
Jul 18, 2007

Speedbåd og vandscootere

March in Apache Junction AZ
Apr 1, 2009 (26 photos)

... 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 ...

Pre-Race Preparations near Phoenix!
Nov 2, 2007 (4 photos)

  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 ...

Day 18 - Arizona State Apache Junction
May 26, 2008

... 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 ...

Tear drop's on display
Apr 18, 2009 (17 photos)

While staying at Lost Dutchman State Park, we encountered a group of small trailer enthuaists. Check out their rigs

Lost Dutchman State Park
Apr 11, 2009 (9 photos)

We spent about a week at the Lost Dutchman State park. We hiked in the Superstition Mountains. Barb hiked to the top of Flat Iron. She met several other hikers along the way. She said she missed seeing a couple of guys on the way down. The next morning ...

Day 17 Arizona Phoenix
May 24, 2008 (2 photos)

... Mind you the choice is huge. Catch you on the road out there. Well we made it to the RV park on tomahawk Rd in Apache Junction near Phoenix. The pics taken on the way may give you some idea of the arid land that Arizona. The mountains are just like ...

March in Apache Junction AZ
Apr 1, 2009

... 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 ...

Arizona in February
Mar 1, 2009 (5 photos)

Feb 1 - Up early to a blue sky, no wind day but only 41 degrees but that will change and should have a warm afternoon. Charlie up at 9 and by 11 he headed in to take a shower and when I didn't hear anything I went to look - and he was sound asleep on ...

Arizona in January
Feb 1, 2009

January 1 - A new year-I was up early, Charlie followed around 10. I took down and put away all our Christmas decorations, having to rebox them twice to get them to all fit in the one bin allotted for them. We took our time getting this morning going, not ...

December in Arizona
Dec 31, 2008 (7 photos)

... year for a gallon! Note: this motorhome has a 100 gallon tank! We drove 1997 miles on this trip from Centerville Ohio to Apache Junction Arizona in 3½ days and about 36 hours driving time.   Dec 4- Thur-I was up after 7 and Charlie not till ...

Alabama to Gold Canyon Arizona
Oct 31, 2009 (10 photos)

Oct 15th- Thursday—My phone woke me at 5am to tell me its battery was low! It was set for 6am alarm, but I got up anyway. As I got up noticed it was beginning to sprinkle out! And now an hour later it is RAIN! All I have to unhook this morning is ...

Day 9: Phoenix to Apache Junction, AZ
Mar 19, 2006

Day 9: Phoenix, AZ to Apache Junction, AZ (55.5 miles; 3:42) This morning we cycled through east Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa, taking us ever closer to the 8,000-foot climbs that soon await us. Everyone was up early and having breakfast by 6 a.m., in an ...