Dad had been wanting to go to the Grand Canyon for decades. I thought after Zion and Bryce, it might not be quite as big a thrill – but I was wrong. He was SO EXCITED to get there that first morning, it melted me. Dream fulfilled! Dad and Mom see Grand Canyon...
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I have been hearing people swoon about Sedona for years, and now I know what they are swooning about! Funny, I apparently had been to Flagstaff before. I hiked in Grand Canyon in 2006-ish with friends who planned everything, so my brain was in cruise control. We had...
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Who doesn’t love the Eagles?? I had to make my pilgrimage to Winslow, Arizona! If you go, make sure to visit La Posada Hotel designed by Mary Jane Colter, the same architect who designed key iconic structures in Grand Canyon. It has been exquisitely restored,...
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YOUR SEWER CAP IS OPEN was written in magic marker on the sign held up for me to see. The whole family – driver and passengers, front seat and back – were earnestly looking at me from their car as they passed me. I laughed and rolled my eyes, then waved...
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Thirty days / Hath September / April, June / And the speed offender / Burma Shave Nouveau retro sequence of signs on Rt. 66. Burma Shave was before my time, but I got sentimental anyway! For fun, go read a few old jingles at Burma-Shave.org !
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A fun afternoon in Oatman, “The ghost town that refuses to die.” Caution: Burros The two blocks of Oatman So good of this cowboy to saunter into this Old West scene Just what it looks like So do not ask! A bit about...
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