Arizona

Wanting something different to do for Valentine’s Day? Here are a few unique suggestions for your February 14th - Southwest style!

“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough” ~Emily Dickinson Looking back today, on this Christmas Eve, we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the opportunity we have been given to experience and share with you the…

Over the holidays we spent ten days in southeastern Arizona for some t-shirt and big floppy sun hat weather.  The plan was very simple — no coverage.  Just down time to read books, sleep in, eat and dawdle.  The cameras…

It was one of those welcome, refreshing rainy days in southern Arizona when we visited The White Dove Of The Desert, Mission San Xavier del Bac.  Each year, more than 200,000 people come to see this beautifully preserved Spanish Mission. …

We are smitten with the Arizona Inn — Tucson’s pink adobe boutique hotel on a fourteen acre estate, and we’ve nicknamed it The Tucson Valentine because it’s a place to fall in love, be married, with a sense of stepping…

We are just back from an unplanned road trip from Durango to Scottsdale / Phoenix. What a fantastic week of spontaneous discoveries!  Our normal trips are 75% planned with reservations booked, and then 25% “Hey, that looks cool!  Let’s stop…

This is a place that should be on every bucket list … a remote area in northern Arizona at the Utah border that holds high reverence on must-see destinations — Monument Valley and it’s Mittens. A treasure of iconic landmarks…

Last week we were in Flagstaff Arizona to celebrate Mr.D’s birthday, discover this ponderosa pine city and spend two days at the 6th Annual Hopi Festival, Hopi All-Native Arts & Cultural Festival.  We are nation-wide art fest stalkers and this…

In the spirit of the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21, we venture back two years to Flagstaff, Arizona for Mr.D’s birthday trip and wouldn’t you know … a supermoon aligned for a total lunar eclipse just for his special…

We’re beginning to see a pattern here that you may have picked up on … while Amy is planning and researching where to dine and which galleries / museums to explore, Mr.D is geared up for adventure hikes. So while…