Growing with gratitude for life's challenges
“I want to drive the Apache Trail,” Ric indicated as soon as we arrived in Arizona. “It’s a day long trip so we’ll have to make sure you’re comfortable: bring along drinks and food and blankets.” I googled it. It’s a forty-five mile trek through the mountains beginning from Apache Junction, where we are staying. […]
Read MoreWhat creatures dwell in tucked away places…. hidden in the darkness… observing those of us in the light… do they fear us, as we fear them…. or have they found contentment? (I’ve been a little obsessed with holes – thank you to the Daily Post for offering the prompt ‘creature’ so that I could use […]
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The Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is located in the city of Gilbert, Arizona and listed as one of the top ten birding sites in the area. We visited on a weekend, not quite recovered from our excursion to the RV show in Phoenix. There is limited parking and the place was buzzing with families, […]
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There are moments in life when the heart is uplifted by such awe that it is difficult to speak. Such a moment happened for me at Coon’s Bluff in the Tonto National Forest. As I wrote yesterday, Coon’s Bluff sits high above the Salt River and forested by mesquite trees creates an enchanting backdrop for […]
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“It’s just so beautiful!” I kept repeating, the scene before me an unexpected treasure on what was to be a non-eventful day. Having only just arrived in Arizona, we like to take a day to orient ourselves to the area – note the interesting landmarks, restaurants, shopping areas. The landscape here is so different from […]
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Our time in Texas has come to a close. Two months we’ve been here and I feel like so much has happened. We’ve made new friends, learned to appreciate nature and wildlife, and I’ve taken up painting as well as photography. The day we left Falcon Lake State Park it was still unseasonably cold. Poor […]
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Just down the road from Falcon State Park, on Hwy 83, there is a sign for Salineno, and another announcing “World Birding Sight”. The road passes by a few houses, pastures, and then comes to an old town center, which in interesting in itself. Continuing on, the road squeezes between two buildings and turns into […]
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Leaving behind a five-star RV resort with all the amenities, we have moved to a state park on the other end of the Rio Grande: Falcon Lake. We chose Falcon Lake because: a) we were so impressed with Estero, and b) we heard there is good birding here. Only a two hour drive from Mercedes, […]
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Our time on the Rio Grande is winding down, as is my energy, so we decided our last outing would be a mini-bus tour originating at Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge touring the Bahia Grande unit. We had visited Atascosa the week before, but it was too cold, and my legs were not strong enough to […]
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Two days in bed and I’m ready to go again. It’s warm today. The sun is shining, and as seems to be the way in Texas, a strong breeze is blowing. We’re not sure if we’ll be able to see anything today, but our cameras are ready. Weslaco is one town over from where we […]
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One Woman's Quest II 