Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
“All I do is win win win no matter what.” – DJ Kahled It’s only 8:30 here in Tucson, but the girls are all in bed and I’ll be right behind as soon as I type up today’s adventure. The reason for the early bedtime was our early alarm this morning. At 4:30 we were […]
Read More All I Do Is Win“I have seen things that you will never see” – REM Although today seemed a bit like cheating since we only hiked 4 miles, we made up for the lack of mileage with some awesome sights! Of course, the Saguaro cacti that Saguaro National Park is named for are amazing. They towered over us as […]
Read More Try Not to Breathe“Babe, there’s something wretched about this / Something so precious about this / Oh what a sin” – Hozier Another day, another NPS site visit! Today we hit the Coronado National Memorial which sits on the north side of the Arizona / Mexico border. We’d be planning on a quick visit to Coronado Cave and […]
Read More From EdenHappy Father’s day to Grandpa and Dad! I’m going to write about last night also. As you may or may not know we were camping and it was raining. There was thunder and lightning. I was tent buddies with Dad and you could hear Ellie crying through the tents. Luckily the storm didn’t last long. […]
Read More A Long Hike“I’m too sexy / Too sexy for my shirt / So sexy it hurts.” – Right Said Fred Day 10 has brought us to Bisbee, Arizona. This isn’t a place that I knew existed a couple days ago. But it does, and we’re here now. Last night we decided to roll with our decision to […]
Read More I’m Too Sexy“Life is a mystery . . . It’s like a little prayer . . . I wanna take you there” – Madonna Wow, what a day Day 9 has been! Since the the area is finally getting some much needed rain we were forced to improvise a bit, but it sure did turn into an […]
Read More Like A Prayer“‘Cause I need freedom now and I need to know how; To live my life as it’s meant to be” – Mumford & Sons We must have hit the part of the trip where we all need a little down time. As soon as we arrived at our hotel in Alamogordo, NM we decided that […]
Read More The Cave“She’s touring the facilities” – Cake We completed our tour of Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas today! I’m the last person to write today, so I’ve already read what the girls have written and I think I need to clarify my attitude toward today’s hike. As I’ve written all along my biggest concern […]
Read More Short Skirt / Long Jacket“I’m on my way; Driving at ninety down those country lanes; Singing to ‘Tiny Dance’” – Ed Sheeran With only one NPS site on the agenda for today it seems like it should have been a low key day. Since that one site had a visitor’s center as well as three other units and we […]
Read More Castle on the Hill“I’m walking on sunshine, And don’t it feel good” – Katrina and the Waves No, no it doesn’t feel good at all. I mentioned previously that my biggest fear for #RTXVIII was heat. Today was hot, but I’m a bit concerned that I may have used that title too soon since there are likely many […]
Read More Walking on Sunshine