I’ve been wanting a dashcam for a while now. I feel the need to capture the animals and crazy drivers. I ordered a $300 dashcam from Amazon then decided that was too much and returned it.
Plan That Trip
Vaccines: check. Bulk pack of masks: check. We’re ready to travel! I’ve been asked how I plan our trips. Here’s how.
Even More Apps for Travel
The second vaccine is in the arm and more travel is in the offing. So I’ve been refreshing my travel apps suitability (and found more). Start with the original apps post, There’s an App for That… and a Website… and Hardware. Then here are some new ones.
River Styx or…
River Styx or river of sticks? Dump thousands of yellow sticks into a wash and call it sculpture. Water is the latest sculpture joining Wind and to be followed by Earth. And there are lots of plants here too at…
Recovering from Wildfire Damage
Last year we saw the results of wildfires along the Beeline Highway and stopped to see some Wild Horses along the Salt River. We were curious about the recovery, especially of the burned saguaros. Here are some photos, but sadly, no wild horses showed themselves on this trip.
Phoenix Zoo
My travel blog has not had much travel blogging during the virus era. But today we traveled 20 minutes to the Phoenix Zoo. We recently restarted our annual membership (figuring they still had to feed the animals even if visitors were few). We were told today was the busiest it has been in a long time.
Garden Walk
Despite the pandemic sometimes you need to get out of the house and go for a walk. We did. At the Desert Botanical Garden. (We decided to use some of the “free” money the government gave us to support the garden and the Phoenix Zoo with annual memberships.)
National Bird Day 2021
It’s National Bird Day and there’s an app for that. Three apps actually: Merlin Bird ID. As expected, this app helps you identify a bird. It walks you through some steps. First, your location. Then size, color, and activity. It…
Countless First Thanksgivings
The First Thanksgiving was held in Florida, Texas, Massachusetts, or Ninavut depending on who you believe and what Thanksgiving means.
Wild Horses
Another quick day trip. We returned to the Beeline Highway to photograph saguaros burned in a recent wildfire. It was tough to find places to safely stop to take pictures, so slim pickings there. But we came home past Saguaro Lake and the Salt River. We were lucky to stop at a picnic area when the wild horses were passing through.