Stop!
Whoa is a familiar word to all of us horse riders, often used in plentitude, depending on the nature of the horse and the amount of control that we manage to deploy! It is […]
What a Butte!
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.” -John Ruskin Bell Rock, a 1,499 metre tall butte of rich red sedimentary rock, that makes a truly eye-catching sight just outside […]
Arizona Sky
Linked to Skywatch Friday.
Ringing the Changes
Approaching Sedona from the south, through Oak Creek Canyon, the eponymous Bell Rock is impossible to miss. A butte, composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation, it stands 1468 m. tall. […]
There’s Snow on Them Thar Hills
There are great views from Jerome, set, as it is, high in the Black Hills of Arizona. I love the sight of snow in the distance, just beyond the red […]
Architecture to the Fore…
…me in the background . Posted as part of the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background.
Making Trails through the Arizona Desert
Set in 320 acres of stunning Northern Arizona desert, stands the family-run dude ranch, Stagecoach Trails. I have spent two great holidays here already, and will, undoubtedly, return. There are many things that […]
Dancing with abandon in Sedona
No further words needed, the sculpture says it all. . Posted as part of Ailsa’s weekly travel challenge – Travel Theme: Dance.
Giant Doors in Scottsdale
J is for… Javelinas
Arizona has a cute but smelly inhabitant: the Javelina, or Collared Peccary. Though it looks a bit like a pig, it is not from the same family. It belongs instead to the Tayassuidae […]
Windows from the Past in Jerome
Once a thriving copper mining town, Jerome is now a bustling tourist town. Set high in the Black Hills in Arizona, one of its many taglines is “America’s most vertical […]
Travel with Intent 