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Travel Blogs from Tucson, United States
A trip to G-ma's
04/24/2008 While Craig entertained his parents back in Santa Fe, Amy whooped-it-up with her grandma. She also watched her aunt, uncle and cousin in a gymkhana and bbq'd with the family she used to nanny for over 10 years ago. It was ...
long drive to Tucson, Mexican meal
... various country music stations; the music somehow grows on you when there is nothing much more to listen to. Arrived gratefully at Tucson with Bette (another online friend) and Ted Ressell at about 5. As she said in her note online "Lindley arrived ...
White Sox @ Rockies, Hi Corbet Field
Since I'm going to miss the entire Championship Season, I made it a priority to get to a spring training game. The stars aligned and I was able to see the Sox play about 3 miles from my office on a slow day at work. They had only been playing a week ...
San Xavier Del Bac
... . One of the best preserved and beautiful (and one of my favorite) mission churches is San Xavier Del Bac, and any time I'm in Tucson I have to go there. This church has survived so well due to the fact that it is located on an Indian reservation ...
Stop thinking about the ball washer
I haven't played golf in probably two years, so I couldn't pass up the invitation to get out this afternoon. It's Carrie's birthday, so she invited us to spend the afternoon duffing. I was quite proud of shooting 30-over, especially since I won by a ...
Arizona
... prehistoric adobe site and building stand in stark contrast to the Walmart Superstore up the road. Tuesday brought us to Tucson, a sprawling, desert city. We found a good hotel with a guest laundry and the pool right outside our door and ...
Familiar Territory
... ; After a restful nights sleep in the parking lot of the Flying J truck stop in Lordsburg, New Mexico we headed out for Tucson. We had forgotten that Arizona was currently in a different time zone from New Mexico and actually pulled into the Rally park ...
THE END
... sit at the Tucson Airport ready to catch our flight back home to reality. We're proud to report that we completed 2 weeks, 10 states and over 5,000 miles without a speeding ticket. We're not sure if we should be proud or disappointed to report that we ...
Not enough time!
We have been so busy the past week or so that all I've had time to do is load a few photos from our various stops along the way - yes, honestly, I don't have time to do much more than that!! I will try to get back to this entry and the ones that ...
Tucson, Arizona
We stopped by Casa Grande, AZ to visit Darren's parents (who were visiting friends in the area) on our way to stay a night in Tucson before crossing the ...
First night's stop - Picacho, AZ!
We stopped last night in Picacho, Arizona, in the shadows of the Picacho Peak - a funny shaped, multiple-pointy little mountain that, in the shadows of yesterday afternoon, looked a lot like a baby bird with its mouth wide open waiting to be ...
The Grand Canyon
After the longest drive ever, we finally arrived at the Grand Canyon about 5pm with nowhere to stay. All the campsites in the park were full so we had to go outside the park and find somewhere. We initially went into this one campsite, paid ...
Prologue: "Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride"
... , Illinois where I will meet up with my girlfriend. We will stay there until the 28th, when we fly back to Tucson together. I have a budget of about $1,000 (after purchasing train, plane, and hotels) which I want to try and spend conservatively, so ...
LEAVING TUCSON
We're finally on our way. Our destination for today is Flagstaff. Will write more when we get settled. ...
POCATELLO TO KANAB TO TUCSON
Thursday, 7/30/09.....We're now aware of the warm weather, so we're off at 7:15 A.M. Our trip is now mostly freeway (15 S) but we'll soon connect to 89 S via 70 E. Not sure how far we'll get tonight or where we'll camp. Approaching Kanab, ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 090201
... a stick. You're gone in 30 seconds. In 2008 they deported 704,000 border jumpers. Titan Missile Museum - In the 1960's, United States built 54 sites (in Arizona, Kansas & Arkansas) to house the largest missiles ever built as a retaliatory weapon in ...
Alamos MX et Tucson AZ
... commerciale ou autre, seul un peu d'artisannat. La ville est très propre comme en font preuve les photos que j'y ai prises. Tucson Nous passons quelques jours à Tucson. En plus de la température qui est excellente, 23-30 deg C pendant ...
I Love Cactus Fields!
... and maybe something else. I left, reluctantly after 8:30 as it was starting to wind down. I got to Viviana's place back in Tucson around 9:00 without issue and met her roommate, Sarah who was about to go see a friend. She hung around for a while and gave ...
Setting up the blog
Kim helped us set up this blog. Hopefully, this will not be our only entry. We are almost ready for our flight east on Monday. We'll be in Chincoteague until we begin our adventure. We fly to Israel on Oct. ...
2 dogs, 1 donkey and a sand storm
... the sky. In the haven of our city of San Francisco it’s easy to forget how powerful and indomitable nature is. Here in Tucson there is no choice but to respect it. *** IF YOU ENJOYED READING THIS CHECK OUT MY BLOG ...
A fresh start -- season 2 is about to begin
... on our sailing adventure, we are returning to the boat, which we left for a little over 2 months while we returned back to the United States. Many of our friends who we saw while "back home" reminded us that it has been quite some time since have written ...
A dump of a city
Tucson, I have to say, appears to be an utter dump. Flying over in the plane, the rocky-red planes are suddenly infested by large suburban houses and bright blue swimming pools, a testament to man's cockroach-like ability to put up with and survive in ...
May 8-May 11 San Diego- Tucson, AZ
... Pictures of the memorial site at Point Loma follow. We watched another movie and then to bed and up this am to leave for Tucson so here I am. I have decided to drive up to Ruidoso New Mexico to visit some friends and then will return home. Please forgive ...
Tuscon
Maxime: Tuscon fut une ville de passage qui se revela comme une ville musicalement supeeerbe, avec un groupe punk rock supeeeerbe et des boissons supeeeeeerbement peu cheres. Apres un probleme de voiture qui nous aura coute 125 dollars et 3 heures au ...
It's a small world after all!
... -of-the-art museum displaying an entertaining and interactive array of antique and contemporary miniatures as well as enchanting artifacts. This Tucson museum styles itself as a miniature time machine, by which the visitor sets off on a self-guided tour ...
Great News
... my last entry? I have gone back to work, and have been accepted to an earlier start date for the Nursing program here in Tucson! Hooray for Me!!!! Things are much better! I am happy! I miss my friends in the Peace Corps, and traveling every weekend, ...
Arizona State Museum, U of A
Today we visited the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the Southwest (established in 1893). Located on the University of Arizona campus it is one of the oldest research units on the campus. Quick Facts: holds a comprehensive collection of ...