Category Archive: Travel And Exploration

A Room Filled with Trampolines!

Until today, I thought this was only something I could do during rem sleep. It is now on the top of my list of bizarre activities! They have locations in California, Washington and Oregon: Sky High Sports

Record “Nice” weather in Arizona

So the “nice” June weather here has allowed more afternoon activities and perfect evenings. What the weather man in AZ doesn’t know is that wherever I go, great weather follows :) And in the wake of my departure from Minnesota, that state had one of the harshest winters in a long while. Just sayin…

Backpacking-Camping along the Apache Trail, AZ.

In the past I have blogged about the Apache Trail but this weekend we packed up our camping gear and headed out on a Sunday afternoon for a one night camping expedition. Having driven the trail before, we recalled a few places where camping could be found just off the road. We set out from …

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Tucson Fossil Hunt

This past weekend we drove to the Catalina Mountains just north of Tuscon in search of Trilobites in the soft grey limestone. We found the collecting site from Gem Trails of Arizona by J. R. Mitchell It was written in 2001, so some of the accuracy in the ‘freshness’ of gathering sites may be outdated. …

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