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Cottonwood Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cottonwood, United States
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Route 66, Hoover Dam and the Campground from HELL!
This is a top pick! ... to drive on the dam itself. Once across the dam we entered Nevada and headed for a what sounded like a lovely campground called Cottonwood Cove Resort, directly on Lake Mead (created by the Hoover Dam). As we raced across the desert to get there, we ...
All This Madness
Well, the explanation of what has happened since I got back from Rome has been long overdue. I'm now back in the United States after one hell of a ride the past month and a half. Here's a brief story of my experience since leaving Rome. It was a ...
Africa in Arizona
Today we drove a half hour east of here to Camp Verde, Arizona to an animal park called Out of Africa. The premise of this place is that they have set up a 110 acre facility similar to African terrain. That works if you can imagine the ...
Historic Arizona, breathtaking Arizona
The drive out of the Las Vegas urban giant south towards the Lake Mead Recreation area on a Saturday morning took some patience on our part. Everyone and their boat and ATV's were on the road with us for a while. We drove over Hoover Dam, past strict ...
OUR ITINERARY - AN UPDATE!
We have been on the go so much this last week or so, that I've failed to sit down and do any updates! I have taken hundreds of pictures in Casa Grande at the Ruins (more details to follow later in the week), several at the racetrack in Phoenix this past ...
The end of January Already!!
We've been busy on the road again. From my last travelogue we headed south to Yuma (home of most of Western Cdn snowbirds as it is hot and sunny). We tried the Wal Mart but got kicked out and had to park in the Indian Reserve Casino for the night (had ...
North for the weekend
... with Brandt and Willow. We stayed at the Dead Horse Ranch State Park, it is pretty big and is on the hill overlooking Cottonwood and across the valley you can see Jerome. At night the lights from both are beautiful. It is high desert - ...
Still more climbing and a DESCENT
Howdie old partners! Left Prescott at 09:15 today on what was billed as a short ride of only 46 miles: treat it like a vacation our leader said. Well it was short but it involved climbing to 7,023ft over Mingus Mountain in more or ...
VERY relaxed in Verde Valley!
We arrived here at our Thousand Trails membership park Wednesday, and found a nice site with a great view of the riverbed and cliffs behind us. This is a large and very nice preserve, and they always have lots of activities planned, although ...
Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ
... Tuuzigoot National Monument which is another pueblo ruins of the Sinagua Indians from 1000AD to 1425AD. Cottonwood is a popular snowbird destination because of its mild winters and that it is not as expensive to live as ...
My Baybayyyy Vaycay
I went here when I was a baby! And then again when I was aroujnd 3 or 4. I went here when I was young to visit with my mom's bestfriend Gretchen and her daughter Kira, whom I'm still good friends with to this day! I don't remember ...
Life at high altitude
OK, we are at 11,000 feet and the temp is freezing in August. Went for a hike on the Timberline Trail and met a dad and his daughter who do this annually. Sadie had her usual great time chasing every animal that moved. She can't catch ...
Two Down, Two on the Go.
Well after 7 months of doing nothing, Jene and I are ready to start the trip south from Cali Columbia to the southern tip of South America.We have devoted counted hours of planning, (about 4 so far), and preparing our Spanish skills, about 4 so ...
Sunset on the Kaibab Trail
We arrived late to the canyon, having driven in from California. We took an evening tour bus to the Kaibab Trail, which got us there to take pictures just before sunset and watch the beauty of the sunset over the canyon. We met some very nice people, a ...
The Birds, Bees, and Now The Bears Too!
... 't scar the children with this experience and it will fade to the back of their minds! We were moving on to Cottonwood, Arizona to stay at Dead Horse Ranch State Park for the next couple of nights. We drove through Coconino National Forest ...
A full day in Cottonwood
We packed a lunch, confirmed our trail selection with the park rangers and set out on a loop hike that was shared by the state park and the national forest. We started with a gradual climb, then walked forever on a high mesa which was not ...
Westwater Canyon
This was supposed to be a quick overnight trip down Westwater canyon. Complications started very early on in the trip with the road being closed do to avalanches and a freak snow storm which produced a couple feet of snow in a very short amount of time. ...
June 20, 2012
This morning was a time for the mundane but necessary household chores, principally washing of windows and doing laundry. The ...
Eduardo Sotelo Piolin Por La Manana
Here I am near Sedona, Az. Now I know why the rich guys come here! This is nothing short of Spectacular! Wow! The red rock formations are a gift from god to all mankind, not just to the rich and priveledged. ...
Verde Valley Thousand Trails RV Park
... do today is plan our week for visiting locations in Arizona we want to see. We might even try locations in some of the adjoining states. We will see how things pan out here. We made a late picnic lunch and headed to the park's family center and pool. ...
Alexis Birthday! Montezuma's Castle and Well
Got up very early this morning, 4:30 am! to be exact. I feel like there is something special in the air!?? Then I remember, it's Alexis's birthday!! I'll send her a text later this morning. I have her card ready, but haven't checked into where I can ...
Comin' Clean
Packed up and headed back down into the valley (through Jerome again - we definitely want to spend a few hours here sometime). Stop 1 - the laundromat! Only a couple of hours here, worth it for fresh clothes. And Holly enjoyed reading ...
Highest climb
Today, we met up with the dad and daughter on another hike above the tree line just below the pass. He is very familiar with the area and gave me all the info. We hiked into the tundra among little wildflowers and had lunch. I was ...
June 19, 2012
After a stop at a health food store for some gluten free bread we headed into Sedona to continue our sightseeing and exploring of the area. Our first stop was at the overlook on the road to the airport, from this point we could see the mountains ...
The Planes Part of Planes Trains and Automobiles D
It was a little like Christmas Eve last night. The kids were excited out of their minds and I just wanted to get them to bed. The primary difference was in leu of playing Santa all night I played neurotic-travel-mom. Because who doesn't want to turn ...
Back in America
So this is a much overdue entry! I am back in the United States as many of you already know. I learned a lot about the culture of South Africa, and about myself while my short journey in the Peace Corps! I am not good left alone for long periods of ...
June 18, 2012
This morning we awoke to a beautiful day and our plan was to visit the city of Sedona, everyone raves about Sedona so we had to see for ourselves. Our first stop was at the visitor's center where we just happened to be helped by a volunteer who was from ...
We drove past snow to get here
... have done that is far too many to count! We left Wickenburg right after lunch taking the Prescott route to go to Cottonwood. Wayne wanted to go to Cosco and there was one in Prescott, plus we wanted to see the area since we knew it ...
Re-entry
... find myself as just a normal person. Nothing sets us apart. I get over this in a few hours of moving around the city of Cottonwood. I’m OK now but there was a short time and I thought it interesting. As best I can recall the bikes were very good to ...
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