Author Archives: Trail Rocker

Yesterday Barbara and left Show Low and headed north to the Kaibab Paiute Reservation. Yesterdays drive was probably the most difficult I’ve ever experienced. The winds were blowing ninety degrees to our direction of travel most of the day at 40+mph. On top of that highways 89 and 89A, in northern Arizona, are some ofContinue reading “Kaibab Paiute Reservation”

Yesterday Barbara and I traveled north to the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest National Park. These two parks overlap in many places and the route we took, took us through the best parts of both parks. We saw a lot of beautiful scenery along with Indian petroglyphs and ruins, petrified trees, old route 66Continue reading “Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest National Park”

Last Friday Barbara and I made a return trip to the Grand Canyon. This time we drove from Williams to the south rim and then headed east to the Desert View Watchtower. As usual, I gave Barbara a geology lesson along the way. The watchtower is visible from the river a mile below as isContinue reading “The Grand Canyon”

This past Thursday Barbara and I hopped on the train and took a leisurely ride from Williams, Arizona to the Grand Canyon. Before the train ride we were treated to an old fashion gun fight and a rigged poker game. During the ride we enjoyed the music of a couple of cowboys singing country westernContinue reading “Grand Canyon Railroad”

Yesterday Barbara and I visited the Bearizona Wildlife Park in Williams, Arizona. We visited the sister park in Rapid City, South Dakota a couple of years ago. Yesterday we discovered that the owners of the two parks are related. As the story goes, the park in Rapid City was started by the father and hisContinue reading “Bearizona”

Today Barbara and I took a short drive to visit the Montezuma Castle National Monument. This area was inhabited by the Southern Sinagua Indians until approximately 600 years ago. They lived in this area for 500 years before they built the cliff dwellings seen here. During there time here they farmed the land adjacent toContinue reading “Montezuma Castle”

Today Barbara and I spent most of the day inside because mother nature provided the area with abundant rain. It never rained hard, but it was consistent most of the day. This evening, right after dinner, we were treated to one of the most amazing rainbows we have ever seen. Take a look!

Yesterday as I was looking out of the bedroom window I saw a little head poking out of a hole in a cactus just outside.  So I grabbed my camera and tried to get some photos of a woodpecker living there.  At first it was shy as it would duck inside each time I pointedContinue reading “Adaptation”

Keep Calm, You’re on the Fun Side of Trump’s Wall. Today our friends Glen and Kathleen Lefler showed Barbara and I around Los Algodones, over the border, in Baja Mexico. This is Barbara’s and my first trip to Mexico. It’s a different world south of the border. I have never seen so many dentists, optometrists,Continue reading “Los Algodones”

Last night was the last full moon of the winter season. This is known as the Worm Moon. So our friends Glen and Kathleen along with Barbara and I ventured out into the desert, east of Yuma Arizona to experience an event that the locals call, Howling at the Moon. At this event people getContinue reading “Howling at the Moon”