On our way to Tucson
I don’t usually create an entire post about driving days but this one in particular deserves a post itself. What a day we had!
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Arizona: Full-time Families meet up
Justin and I joined a group called Full-time Families before embarking on this journey in hopes of meeting other like-minded families with kiddos that our girls could have fun playing with. In December we finally had a chance to meet up with other families from this group!
Continue reading…Rocky Point Mexico
While we were boondocking in the Tucson area we met a lovely family who had kiddos just a little bit older than our girls. The kids totally hit it off to the point where we didn’t see a whole lot of our oldest when we were camping there. Half of the time they were adventuring around the land and the other half of the time they were playing in a Palo Verde tree. It was pretty sweet and our oldest was able to sport a handful of new bandaids each day! Ah, the prickly desert. We learned that the family we met had a boat down in Mexico that they lived on for half of the year. They very kindly invited us to follow them down to Mexico to check out the area while they were preparing their boat.
Continue reading…Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
While we were in Tucson, we made a last minute change of plans to head down to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) Mexico. Since the drive from Tucson to Puerto Penasco was to be 3.5 hours, we decided to break it up by making a one night stop at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Not only was it a beautiful park and campground, it allowed us to dump and top-off our fresh water tanks before making the trek into Mexico.
Continue reading…Saguaro National Park
Part of Saguaro National park is right next to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum that we had visited the day before, which was only a 20 minutes drive from our boon docking site at Snyder Hill BLM. We decided to head over to the park as a day trip to see the cacti and allow the girls to earn another badge.
Continue reading…Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
We found some nice BLM land near Tucan to boondock on that was close to Tucan and the Arizona Desert Museum. Justin and I had visited this museum previously when we were just dating so we knew it was a good one. Justin’s mom happened to be visiting Tucson, so we planned to meet up with her for a day at the museum.
Continue reading…Phoenix, AZ
A city with an odd mix of tropical palm trees and desert surroundings. We knew going into Phoenix that this is a very large city but we didn’t imagine things being quite as spread out as they were. The land of 70* weather and pools was upon us.
Continue reading…Out of Africa Wildlife Park
In the greater Phoenix area there are so many museums, zoos and other adventures to choose from. Since that could get really pricey, we decided to just pick one. A perk to choosing this wildlife park was that I got in for free since it was by birthday month! How nice! This lowered the cost significantly and made us feel better about choosing this adventure over others. We had a great time at this park, with a 17-foot Python that we could pet being the highlight!
Continue reading…Thanksgiving 2018
How in the world were we going to pull off a Thanksgiving dinner out in the middle of nowhere (boondocking outside of Sedona) with no hook-ups and no friends or extended family to spend it with? Well, lucky for us we have the sun for power, great internet for Skyping and love from friends and family that travels wherever we go. It’s like the book says, “Wherever you are my love will find you ” (If you’ve never read that book, you should! If you’re anything like me, you’ll cry your eyes out).
Continue reading…Sedona, AZ
As a last minute decision, based on advice from folks we talked to, we decided to spend a few days in the Sedona area on our way from Flagstaff to Phoenix. We’re glad we did, and we’re adding Sedona to our list of places-to-come-back-to! We explored the touristy shops downtown and found a great boon docking spot just outside the city.
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