On Monday morning, we woke up early to visit somewhere very special: Kartchner Caverns State Park! Phones and cameras weren't allowed on the cave tour so I won't go into great detail about it, BUT I just want to say that if you find yourself in Tucson, go do a cave tour at Kartchner Caverns! …
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Saguaro National Park is broken up into two different sections, the east side (east of Tucson) and the west side (west of Tucson). It's about an hour drive between the two, so it made sense for us to treat them like separate parks and visit each on different days. Our plan was to drive down …
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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument | Coolidge, AZ | 02/16/20 After a lovely few days at Joshua Tree National Park, we drove back to Phoenix for the night. We were visiting friends and attending a 30th birthday party. Fun times! During the night, I was very sick (probably from drinking Phoenix tap water...just don't do …
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Fossil Creek Waterfall Trail | Tonto National Forest Camp Verde, AZ | 03/10/19 | 5.26 miles | 437' gain On our 2018 visit to Arizona, our friends Nicolette and Ryan had reserved a permit for us to hike on a cool trail to Fossil Springs, which went to a waterfall and an area for fossil …
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Kyle and I were excited for our first trip of 2019, visiting friends who live just outside of Phoenix. We've been visiting every spring for the past few years and it's become somewhat of an annual tradition to stay for a long weekend. Sometime last year, our friends purchased a 4-seater RZR (ATV) so we …
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