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Deserts of the American Southwest

August 12, 2015

Deserts of the American Southwest

During our move to California, and on our recent move back to the East Coast, we drove the same route cross-country. This consisted of only five highways in the US: Interstate 81 (Virginia, Tennessee,) Interstate 40 (Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,) Routes 85 and 17 (connections inĀ Arizona,) and Interstate 8 (Arizona, California.) The…

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Tagged: Arizona, California, CAtoVA, Moving, New Mexico, Texas

Hello from Virginia!

August 10, 2015

Hello from Virginia!

We’re here! Well, we’ve been here for four days now, but we’ve been so busy and exhausted that I haven’t had a chance to sit down and collect my thoughts at all. I imagined I’d spend a couple of nights during our cross-country road trip/move blogging and sharing our trip, like I did when we…

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Tagged: Arizona, CA Life, California, CAtoVA, Moving

Tuzigoot

April 12, 2015

Tuzigoot

Tuzigoot National Monument (or as my dad called it, “Tooti-Frooti”) is a sister monument to Montezuma. Both were inhabited by the same tribe of natives, the Sinagua. This thousand year old pueblo village sits on top of a hill in the middle of basin surrounded by mountains and mesas, fortunately with the Verde River right…

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Tagged: Archaeological Ruins, Arizona, Sedona, Tuzigoot National Monument

Hiking Broken Arrow Trail

April 10, 2015

Hiking Broken Arrow Trail

Mike picked us up early on our third day in Sedona to take us hiking, something he does frequently while living there. The trail, Broken Arrow, was a fairly easy one and came in at one and a half miles each way. The end destination was a lookout on top a large rock formation called…

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Tagged: Arizona, Broken Arrow Trail, Hiking, Sedona

Off-Roading in Sedona

April 7, 2015

Off-Roading in Sedona

[Read Part 1 of our trip here.] Friends of my parents, a couple they know from my dad’s time in the Army, spent a few years living in Phoenix and loved Sedona so much that they bought a timeshare and then their own home there. Now they split their time between Virginia and Arizona, opting…

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Tagged: Archaeological Ruins, Arizona, Barlow Adventures, Sedona

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