The Boyce Thompson Arboretum
In 1917, Colonel William Boyce Thompson served as co-leader on a Red Cross mercy mission to Russia. It was on...
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Bluegrass at the Boyce
I wanted to get back to the Boyce Arboretum after going there for the first time with my parents a couple...
time with the ‘rents
My parents drove down to my new place in Arizona from Utah last week. It was nice to have them...
Turf Paradise
"So what are you doing for the weekend?" "I'm thinking of going to the race track, as they are having...
Meteor City
A giant head with a mohawk appears like an ugly mirage along the Interstate. Teepee's are scattered against the empty...
The Barringer Meteor Crater
50,000 years ago, an unbroken plain stretched along the high desert where a cottontail rabbit nibbled on a blade of...
The Wigwam Motel
Over the years I've driven through the small town of Holbrook, Arizona at least fifty times, maybe even a hundred....
The PIR
It was a beautiful Sunday morning here in the Valley, and my adventurous side is ready to start exploring my...
the spaces between Phoenix & Yuma
It was fours hours, one way, from Phoenix to Yuma. Three and 1/2 if you pushed 85 to 90 mph...
The North Rim
A friend calls me on a Monday morning, and in the normal course of conversation, asks how my weekend was....
The outcrops of the Transept Trail
Blending as perfectly as cream with coffee, the Bright Angel trail ends and the Transept trail begins. Along the rim...
Bright Angel Point
The skies were overcast and foreboding as I make my way along the Bright Angel Point trail. Slowly but surely,...