Travel

With the arrival of early Spring weather the wife and I made a visit to The Lost Dutchman State Park to enjoy a nice Saturday afternoon hike yesterday. And even better was the fact we had a slight cold front move through dropping the temps down to mid 60’s. Our hike took us on the…

After reading a list of events occurring at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum one grabbed our attention more so than the others. The event was a walking tour titled Edible — Medicinal Desert Plants and was lead by tour guide Dave Morris, an Ethnobotanist and member of the Choctaw Nation…

Last Friday evening (06-Jan) the wife and I found ourselves exploring our first Queen Creek Feastival. Arriving just before dusk we were greeted by an eclectic array of gourmet food trucks. Wasting no time we quickly began greeting the vendors and tasting a wide variety of street foods…

Last Friday, 23-Dec-2016, I located a local winery and surprised the wife with an afternoon visit to this gem located in Florence, AZ called The Windmill Winery. Upon arriving we were greeted by the welcoming and well kept grounds, livestock, staff, and locals. After enjoying our tasting I purchased…

Today the wife and I ventured to Schnepf Farms where we enjoyed a phenomenal day starting with breakfast at the Farmstand Cafe. Afterwards we perused a fine assortment of goods at the Country Store & Bakery and eventually explored the grounds. We had such a great day and captured the following pics…

My wife and I made our first visit to San Tan Mountain Regional Park on 27-Nov-2016. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and managed to walk a couple of the shorter trails. I captured these photos and thought I would share. We are planning another trip back soon to hike some of…