Ah well! It is a name “we” have given to the site of the dwellings of an ancient culture in north central Arizona. We call the people Sinaqua which is Spanish for “without water.” They irrigated crops and built masonary, above ground, dwellings. They lived here from perhaps 1100 to 1400 AD and were long gone when the Spanish entered the valley in 1583. Continue reading Just what is a Tuzigoot anyway?
Category Archives: Travels
Hangin’ out at the 3,000 foot level.
Wow! Did we call that one right! Just talked to a couple that rolled in from Grand Canyon and Flagstaff this afternoon. They went to sleep last night to driving rain. When they woke up this morning it was all quiet and they thought the rain had gone away. Oops, there was a foot of snow covering everything. Indeed their coach had a foot of snow on top. Continue reading Hangin’ out at the 3,000 foot level.
What’s so fascinating about a big hole in the ground?
We made it over the hills to Springdale Utah right at the entrance to Zion National Park. We spent three days there and finally got to ride up to the end of the canyon. It was about ten miles and 300 ft of elevation gain, so it really wasn’t a bad ride. Continue reading What’s so fascinating about a big hole in the ground?
All that Jazz!
What a wonderful trip to Sun Valley Idaho. We pulled into Ketchum Idaho on Wednesday, October 13th, and spent most of the following four mostly warm and sunny days bathing our ears in some of the sweetest Jazz you could wish for. We listened to 24 different and distinctive bands and ensembles. Continue reading All that Jazz!
Get out of Dodge
Well everyone, we finally “Got out of Dodge.” We were trying to tie up a dozen loose ends during our week in the Scappoose-Saint Helens area. Continue reading Get out of Dodge