Blogs from Arizona, United States, North America - page 2

Happy New Year Everyone! Here is the link, again, to our holiday blog, this time with photos as the website fixed the issue: http://www.travelblog.org/fred.php?id=1081902 - Happy Holidays and 2023 Recap in Photos In this divided world we are living in, perhaps we could endeavor to make 2024 less decisive and more inclusive. Try to see the humanity in our fellow man instead of labeling him/them as ‘other.’ Try not to tolerate or perpetuate ethnic, racial or lifestyle discrimination in mind and deed. As Göran Persson wrote: “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” ... read more

Friends, For some reason photos are not showing on my recent Holiday travelblog. Please set it aside for now and try again later as Travelblog.org is working to fix this glitch. Thank you, Kathy... read more

Day 25 - On our way to dinner last night, the two young people on the desk had been so helpful and chatty with us, we left them with a sachet of Vegemite each. Ange advised them on how to enjoy ? it and the guy was looking forward to it but the young lady was a bit apprehensive we think. They weren't on this morning when we left, would like to be a fly on the wall when they try it. Just a short ride into Page today, 100 k's, a quick stop at Glen Canyon Dam, then off to Horseshoe Bend again for some more pics. We headed off to our favorite Page restaurant State 48 Tavern which Jac & Snap found on our 2016 trip, however joy was short lived as the service, ... read more

Today was the scariest ride I have ever had. Leaving Monticello I headed down route 95. I stopped at the tourist office in Blanding where a jovial and knowledgeable fellow was there to help. As soon as I speak folks ask me where I am from, when I say Virginia they look at me strangely which leads me to make an around the globe explanation. After I was done with that the jovial fellow said, “why bother with this, you have seen everything.” Nice guy. He set me off on a path I will not forget in a hurry. At first I was disappointed as I headed along 95 and down 261. If you were just plonked there you would go wow, but when you have been exposed to days and days of amazing scenery its ... read more

A few of years ago I started running on trails, thanks to my exposure to an iFIT trainer named Tommy Rivers Puzey via a NordicTrack treadmill my wife bought. I would run on the treadmill primarily through the winter, and hit the Metroparks trails in the warmer weather. One of the programs presented by this trainer was the 6 part Rim to River run in the Grand Canyon. I started to think, “hey, I could do this” and it wasn’t too long before I started training specifically for the Grand Canyon and eventually settled on the loop via south Kaibab to Bright Angel Trail and back to the south rim. So this Friday I head to Arizona and, around 5 Am on Saturday, I’ll start running down South Kaibab. I’ll blog my progress with pics and ... read more