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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Category Archives: Arizona
How to spend a day in Petrified Forest National Park
The mountains are purple and rocks are rainbow swirled. No you are not in a Dr. Seuss book, you are visiting the one of a kind landscape at Petrified Forest National Park. The main draw of this park is the … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona
Tagged adventure, agate, agate bridge, ancient civilization, anthropologist, arizona, badlands, blue mesa, blue mesa trail, canyon, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, crystal forest, crystal forest trail, dr seuss, fossil, Fun, giant logs, giant logs crystal forest, hike, log jam, long logs, long logs trail, loop, mile, national park, national park service, nature, newspaper rock, nps, obscure, odd, old faithful, painted desert, painted desert rim trail, painted desert visitors center, paleontologist, petrified, petrified forest, petrified forest national park, petrified wood, petroglyph, pterosaur, purple, rainbow forest, rainbow forest museum, rainbow forest visitors center, rim trail, strange, sunset, trail, travel
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Four Corners Monument
I think that the idea of borders is so bizarre. You walk over an imaginary line and suddenly you are in a different state, province, country, wherever, with different rules and laws that are real. Even though I have these … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Utah
Tagged arizona, border, colorado, country, food truck, four corner, four corner monument, Fun, handmade, history, horse, indian fry bread, navajo, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Parks, Navajo Nation Parks and Recreational, new mexico, oil, rock formation, shop, shopping, silly, travel, utah
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A few hours in Phoenix: Piestewa/Squaw Peak, Chino Bandido & Last Chance
Tucson is centrally located within a few hours of many interesting cities. To choose between Bisbee, Nogales, and Phoenix was difficult, but I am happy with the outcome and enjoyed my time in Arizona’s capital city. The journey took us … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix
Tagged arizona, black beans, cheap eats, chinese, chinese cuisine, chino bandido, clearance, day trip, DDD, eat me, elevation, fauna, feed, flora, Fun, fusion, hike, jade chicken, jamacian cuisine, jamaican, jerk fried chicken, last chance, mexican, mexican cuisine, mountain, nature, nordstroms, ostrich farm, panda, phoenix, phoenix mountains, picacho, picacho mountain, piestewa peak, rice bowl, sale shopping, sombrero, squaw peak, trail, triple d, yum
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Tucson: Tasteful Kitchen
I am not a vegan, but if I could eat at this restaurant everyday I would become one! Tucson’s Tasteful Kitchen [722 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, parking lot] has amazing gourmet vegan and vegetarian cuisine; no carnivore could deny the … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Tucson
Tagged arizona, cashew gnocchi, chocolate, chocolate cupcake, cupcake, curry mayo, eat local, eat me, gnocchi, jicama, local, pesto, strawberry sauce, sweet potato, tasteful kitchen, tucson, vegan, vegan cuisine, vegetarian, vegetarian cusine, yum, zucchini soup
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Tucson: Meditate and Hike at Sanctuary Cove
Sanctuary Cove [8001 North Scenic Drive, Tucson, AZ 85743] is an off the beaten path spot that firstly hosts an all creeds chapel, a quaint brick structure quietly situated in the desert. Secondly Sanctuary Cove offers an awesome little meditative … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Tucson
Tagged all creeds, arizona, botanical garden, cactus, chapel, desert, exercise, flora, free, Fun, hike, inspirational, labyrinth, love, meditate, meditative, mexcian golen poppy, nature, off the beaten path, rock labyrinth, saguaro, sanctuary cove, trail, tucson, wild flowers, wildflowers
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Tucson’s Public Market: La Estrella Bakery, Mast, and Thursday Farmers Market
I am a person who almost always saves room for dessert, but for some reason on this trip I barely had any! One place I made sure to visit was La Estrella Bakery [100 S Avenida Del Convento, Tucson]. The … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Tucson
Tagged arizona, bakery, boutique, dream catcher, elote, empanada, farmers market, fresh fruit, la estrella, la estrella bakery, mango, mango empanada, mast, Mercado San Agustin, mexican pastry, open air market, pastry, public market, tangelo, tucson
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Tucson: “Little” Café Poca Cosa
What a special gem! Little Café Poca Cosa is nestled right on a main road in Tucson [151 N Stone Ave Tucson, Arizona, metered street parking available], yet the restaurant it feels as though it is a world of its … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Tucson
Tagged affordable, arizona, basil lemonade, Café Poca Cosa, cheap eats, cips and salsa, coffee-chata, delicious, eat local, eat me, feed, fruit, gem, horchata, iced coffee, lemonade, little cafe poca cosa, mexican, mexican cuisine, mexican food, mexican vanilla, pollo, pollo ranchero, rice and beans, salad, tamale, tucson, vegetarian, veggie, zing
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Road Trip from San Diego to Tucson
By car it takes just under six hours to make the trip from San Diego to Tucson. Six hours is quite a chunk of time, especially to spend driving on a relatively short vacation. Some people said that the trip … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, San Diego, Tucson
Tagged art, az, ca, california, cave, date shake, dateland, desert, desert oasis, desert view tower, eat me, fallow deer, feed, Fun, goat, holtville, holtville hot springs, hot spring, in ko pah, in ko pah mountains, jacumba, lagoon, lizard, lorikeet, mineral water, miniature donkey, mountains, nectar, oasis, oddities, ostrich, ostrich ranch, picacho, reptile, road trip, roadside attraction, roadtrip, rock carving, rock sculpture, rooster cogburn ostrich ranch, san diego, sculpture, swimming, swimming hole, tucson, ufo, yum, yuma
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February Break: San Diego and Southern Arizona Adventure
Overview I am lucky enough to have traveled West this February with my best friend, my amazing Mother! We flew into San Diego and road-tripped to Tucson. It was an amazing experience. This is an overview of the cities we … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, California, Phoenix, San Diego, Tucson
Tagged arizona, artsy, balboa park, cactus, cali, california, cheap eats, coronado, deert, dives, fauna, flora, garden, graffiti, hidden gem, jerry hall, la jolla, little cafe poca cosa, mexican, mexican cuisine, mural, national park, nature, off the beaten path, pacific beach, palm trees, phoenix, rattler, rattlesnake bridge, road trip, roadside attraction, saguaro national park, san diego, san diego zoo, sculpture, seaworld, snoran, sonoran desert, street art, tamale, topiary, topiary garden, tucson, uss midway, wealthy, wild west, wildlife
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