Tag Archives: Arizona

The desert… part 1…

Okay, this is really just a clever way to finish using the photos I took on my early morning walk up a mountain… (see last post)… but the truth is, I was out in the desert for four days, and … Continue reading

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I climbed a freekin’ mountain… covered in cacti… in the dark… to get you these pictures…

Okay, so we got to Quartzsite, Arizona late, and by the time we had the motor home set up, it was too dark for any photos… but I got up while it was still dark, and went on one of … Continue reading

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Name that piece of Art… part 107… but not really… sort of…

I mean, technically this is a piece of Photoshop art with a piece of Art… me… in it… but it is one of those kinds of things that only I do… like the time I took those sunset photos I took from … Continue reading

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Picture myself on a boat on a river… in the desert…

Have I ever mentioned that I love boats… in spite of the fact that one tried to kill me once… (and you should do a search for that post, which I think was called; what a way to go, because … Continue reading

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I may have already mentioned this before, but I had a completely wrong idea of what the inside of a saguaro cactus looked like…

You see them in the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, and every Western movie ever made. They are almost a cliché of the American Southwest. But do you know what they look like on the inside? (Also, 10 points … Continue reading

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I been through the desert in a car with no name… and saw some pretty colors…

We just got back from visiting Jessica, our older daughter, in Arizona. We had to pick Mollie up at camp East of LA so we went to Arizona a new way… That should explain why this desert looks marginally different … Continue reading

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Okay… I’m back…

I know… you didn’t know I was gone. I am not supposed to tell you when I am gone. But I am back now, so there you go. We went to visit my oldest daughter in Arizona. You may remember the … Continue reading

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Arizona movin’… Part 5…

If you like statues of horses, or sculptures of horses, or any kind of horse-related art, Scottsdale Arizona is your kind of town… We were only there for three days… And we were pretty busy helping Jessica and Jason get … Continue reading

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Arizona movin’… Part 4…

Scottsdale is full of cute shops and little art galleries. We roamed the streets one evening after a nice dinner, and I took a few pictures. There was one store that had a giant geode in the window. A geode, if … Continue reading

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Arizona movin’… Part 3…

So we went for a walk in the desert just outside Scottsdale in a place called Lost Dog Wash. It was my wife and I, Mollie, Jessica and Jason. Jason, Jessica’s boyfriend, grew up, for the most part, in Scottsdale. We … Continue reading

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