by TC | Apr 3, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
Driving along the road to the first outlook, I wondered if we were on the right road. The landscape to the left and right of the road looked the same — low level sagebrush. Yet when we pulled into the first overlook: BAM! The Canyon is at the center of the...
by TC | Apr 2, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure, Uncategorized
After the hot Mesa weather we woke up to: snow. WTF? We packed up and headed out. Earl Ruby told us about Sunset Crater, which is north of Flagstaff and since we were headed northeast to Canyon de Chelly (pronounced Canyon de Shay), we dropped by for a look. Boy,...
by TC | Apr 1, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
I’ve been wanting to see the Grand Canyon for years and years. I even lived in Phoenix for 11 months back in the ’80s and never made it that far north. I was not earning much money and it’s an 8 hour round trip. Also, there was no one to share it...
by TC | Mar 23, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
As I write this from Sun Valley, the sun is beginning to peek over the horizon, cocks are crowing, the wind is rushing through the palm trees and behind me a fountain bubbles on my private porch. I’m in a still, calm and connected place after an amazing experience...
by TC | Mar 21, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure, Uncategorized
We arrived in 29 Palms after a 4 hour drive from Bakersfield to Barstow, then headed south across the Mohave desert. I had it in my head that the journey was going to be around 2-1/2 hours, so it was a bit of a surprise. That must be a different segment of the trip...