From Patagonia Lake we made our way back through Tucson again, stopping off just outside of Saguaro National Park. It was one of those places that we were driving in and thinking just how familiar it looked. We’d been there before, but hadn’t remembered until we arrived. Continuing on we … Read More
The Road to Patagonia
We hung out in Safford for two days waiting to have a mechanic give the engine a look. It never moved and they just kept telling me how busy they were, which they did appear to be. It was only a bit frustrating, as they had acted so eager to … Read More
Stranded in Safford
From Roper Lake we were headed up over some mountains toward Phoenix. During our stop in Roper I had made an adjustment to the transmission that I was excited about because the bus hadn’t been shifting into gear at the right spot. Maybe the cable had stretched over time, I’m … Read More
Roper Lake
We left Catalina State Park, returned the rental car, and did a loop south of Tucson. Almost immediately the bus didn’t feel like it was running quite right, with power a little weak and some popping when going downhill, but I really had no idea what the problem was. We … Read More
The Great New Year’s Flood
Catalina State Park is a beautiful spot not far out of Tucson. Behind it are the Catalina Mountains, and directly across the street is just a huge mass of suburban sprawl. Inside the park you feel like you are way out in the middle of nowhere, but should you need … Read More
BUMFUZ XMAS
Officially rocking new Bumfuzzle plates. Wait… Bum Fuz? As an aside, Minnesota used to have great license plates, with blue raised lettering. This switch to black block sticker lettering (it was probably ten years ago for all I know) is really horrendous. It really feels like everything we touch these … Read More
Fine Tuning
We made it! I have to say, there were a few times the past couple of weeks that I wasn’t at all sure we would make it to Arizona, but we rolled in to Grammy’s right on time, just like we said we would. In all honesty, I sort of … Read More
Tombstone
Tombstone is one of many places in the world that owes its current existence to one historical event, even though a lot happened in Tombstone in a short period of time. Riches were discovered, people rushed in, riches were exploited, people rushed out. If not for the shootout at the … Read More
Around Bisbee
Bisbee is a nice little artsy town way up at 5,500′ elevation in southern Arizona. We always tend to think of Arizona as desert, but forget how crazy the elevation changes can be. It’s cold up here, but nice and sunny. The campground in Bisbee is right across the road … Read More
Rockhound
We rolled down the remarkably empty highways towards Carlsbad Caverns, where we spent a night at an incredibly unremarkable campground right outside the gates. In the morning we were up the hill early for our 8:30 am reservation. I’m not sure how many people they let in at a time, … Read More
