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 28, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
I’ve had a request to pass on our Itinerary, in case someone wants to join us at some point along our trail. If you are going to be somewhere, or want to join up with us, please let us know! This is a bit tricky because we’re being flexible, but...
by TC | Mar 27, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
We left Palm Springs and drove across the Mojave Desert floor. There are hundreds and hundreds of windmills strewn across the desert floor around Palm Springs. We made our way to Needles, where we stopped for lunch at a Route 66 Cafe & looked for...
by TC | Mar 24, 2016 | TC's Big Adventure
It happened again. I checked Google Maps and Waze, who both told me it should take about 5-1/2 – 6 hours to get from Palm Springs to Flagstaff. Ten hours and 370 miles later, we pulled in, navigating the last few miles in the dark. We did take a bit over an...
