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Day 44 – Hotel Congress, Titan Missile Museum and Hacienda Del Sol

January 27, 2010 by Rob 5 Comments

El Presidio Tucson

On Day 2 of our visit to Tucson, we went downtown to see the Hotel Congress, the last place John Dillinger slept before being caught by police, then a photography exhibit of John Gutmann. Dar and I split up so I could travel south 30 miles to go underground into the Titan Missile Museum while she saw an Ansel Adams exhibit. Then some history – the El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson and finally wine and an appetizer at the Hacienda Del Sol.

Filed Under: Day Trips Tagged With: ansel adams, arizona, dillinger, el presidio, hacienda del sol, hotel congress, john gutmann, photography, titan missile museum, tucson, united states

Day 43 – First Day in Tucson

January 26, 2010 by Rob 8 Comments

Biosphere 2 inside rain forest

The Biosphere 2 was on my list of places to visit for a long time, so our first day in Tucson, it was first on our list. After the Biosphere, we went to the Arizona Desert Museum and the Saguaro National Park where Dar did some HDR photography of the giant cactus in the setting sun. We ate this evening at Maya Quetzal restaurant on fourth avenue.

Filed Under: Day Trips Tagged With: arizona, biosphere 2, desert museum, fourth avenue, saguaro, tucson

Day 34 – Grand Canyon and Williams Arizona

January 24, 2010 by Rob 9 Comments

fireplace in the kiva of the watch tower

Our second day of a two day road trip to Northern Arizona where we visited the Grand Canyon and another portion of Route 66 at Williams Arizona. This second day had us exploring the Desert View Watch Tower with brilliant Hopi Indian art, the El Tovar Hotel and Hopi House, the Bright Angel Lodge, Kolb Studio and Hermit Rest, all Mary Colter creations. After a long wonderful day, dinner after sunset was on Route 66 in Williams Arizona at Poncho McGillicuddy’s Mexican restaurant.

Filed Under: Day Trips, grand canyon Tagged With: arizona, bright angel lodge, bucky o'neill, el tovar hotel, grand canyon, grand canyon railway, hopi house, mary colter, midnight run, mule ride, phantom ranch, poncho mcgillicuddy, road trip, watch tower, williams, wonders of the world

Day 33 – Meteor Crater and Winslow Arizona

January 18, 2010 by Rob 16 Comments

Meteor at Barringer Meteor Crater

Our first day trip after spending over a month on the road in our RV was to visit the historic Winslow Arizona, simply because of The Eagles song “Take it Easy”. We simply had to have our picture taken “Standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona!” 17 Miles west of Winslow however, was the 50,000 year old Meteor Crater and site of NASA training missions for moon exploration and site of filming for one of Rob’s favorite movies Star Man with Jeff Bridges, filmed in 1984. Discovering the famous La Posada Hotel quite by accident, we left Winslow wondering “why on earth does that town exist anyway?”

Filed Under: Day Trips Tagged With: arizona, classic cars, eagles, flagstaff, la posada hotel, meteor crater, route 66, take it easy, winslow

Day 27 – Native Festival “The Gathering”, Litchfield Park, AZ

January 10, 2010 by Darlene 9 Comments

Arvel BIrd metis musician

Darlene spent the day watching native hoop dancing at the Litchfield Native Festival where Moontee Sinquah, Arvel Bird, Tony Duncan and his wife Violet were performing. She photographed the native dancers, musicians and spent time wandering the festival shopping for native jewelery and art.

Filed Under: Day Trips Tagged With: apache, arvel bird, festival, gathering, hoop dancing, litchfield, native, native dancing, pow wow

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Free Stuff .... sort of

You never know when your luck will draw to you free stuff along the road. 6 months, roughly 22 states and a smattering of Provinces puts a person in enough situations where free stuff, just seems to come your way. While we didn't play poker, we did put $5 into a nickle slot and win $104. That's free money in my books. In Tombstone, we walked into Big Nose Kate's, saddled up to the bar and are asked "would you like a margarita?" and were given a free drink. This happened again in Texas. We also got a free months electricity at an RV park that will remain nameless (wont say why either, and no we didn't "unplug and run")

Pee Before Driving Through Cities

When you're driving an RV, you travel with your toilet, but while the passenger has the luxury of peeing while you move, the driver does not. I've learned that before entering any city limits, it's a good idea to find a place to pull over and pee because while on the Interstate, there are no pull outs to be found. They say the human bladder can hold 18 oz or 1/2 a litre of fluid, but I would wager it to be a lot more.

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