What a day! We headed up to Lost Dutchman and hiked up to the top - and beyond. I've indicated where we went in a couple of pictures here. Allie did great with the packs - still very light, not much in them. We had some serious steep rocks to get up and over, and although she tried to find another way, she ended up coming up the same route as us. Once she got up, her whole attitude changed. It was like a self confidence boost that was so visable! We were so proud of her! And of us. We really did some climbing today. I'm pretty sure that I have created a monster - letting Bob take the lead on these hikes. Pretty scary. He's doing great though. Hardly sore at all. And our ... read more

We went for a short hike yesterday to try out Allies new saddlebags. All we put in them was a bag of cheetoes (for Allie - her favorite treat) and some soy nuts. She wasn't really thrilled about it. Walked pretty slow the whole way. We figure she will get used to it and start to enjoy being a participant... we hope at least. Anyway, these pictures are of Silly Mountain. It was a nice hike, very strenuous in places, but enjoyable none-the-less. Happy Easter everyone! Spring is a re-birth of the earth and we can all take advantage of that rebirth by asking God into our lives. Ask forgiveness for sins past, start over fresh with a new heart, a new mindset, a new worldview. Easter is such a wonderful opportunity to re-focus our energies ... read more

We are hikin' FOOLS people! I am SO proud of Bob - he is pushing himself pretty hard and although we anticipated him being pretty sore, he is doing quite well. Of course it helps considerably that there is a hot tub here at the park. Tuesday we went up to Goldfield Ghost Town, an old mining town with a little train that went around the area, mine tours, a reptile zoo that cost way too much to entice me, and a lot of buildings that I'm not sure were really there before 1970. We didn't do a lot of investigating here. It was quite the tourist destination and we had a lot to do. We left there and went up to Lost Dutchman State Park and went hiking up to the top of Jacobs Crosscut ... read more

You cannot tell me that there is not a Creator who orchestrated everything on this earth. There are things out there to see in this world that are just incredible. There is just no describing what we saw today. We walked up toward the Romero Pools (we couldn't go all the way because we found out half way there that we couldn't take Al and she was with us). The views were incredible and the Saguaro Cactus (Cacti?) were all over the place. Then we drove up to Mount Lemmon. They are still skiing up there so we couldn't ride the lift up the mountain. There is a base of 60" of snow - in Arizona. Huhlloohhh.... Arizona? This drive was about 23 miles of constantly changing scenery that went from about 2500 feet all the ... read more

Good morning everyone! When we left Kartchner Cavern State Park for the West side of the area, we had no idea what we were in for. We came across 82 and it was an incredible drive! I am sorry that Arizona has had a hard winter this year, but I gotta say that it is showing us a side of Arizona that I think we are very blessed to be shown. The drive was all rolling green hills - very pretty and not what I expected in AZ. It was a different green than Washington. A deep deep dark green and then just a dusting of green on the lower elevations. We are at DeAnza RV Resort in Amado now. It's a fairly new park created from an old Greyhound race track and is still in ... read more