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Polaroid of the week – Route 66

Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Dany.

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During our road trip through Northern Arizona our path crossed the famous ‘Mother Road’, Route 66, several times. On our last day we decided to drive the section of Route 66 from Seligman to Kingman, one of the few in-tact segments of the highway which originally stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles. On the way we found numerous original gas stations, motels, road side shops with classic 50s & 60s cars out front and other Route 66 memorabilia which awakens the nostalgia of the Great American Road Trip from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast.

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Polaroid of the Week – On the road

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by Dany.

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Cruising down Route 66 is one of America’s classics. We were lucky to experience some Route 66 nostalgia on our Northern Arizona road trip. Besides parts of the famous road, we visited Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, the Petrified Forest, Sedona, Navajo Country, Antelope Canyon, the Horseshoe Bend and the Grand Canyon.

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Polaroid of the Week – Mount Lemmon, Arizona

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Dany.

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> > We decided to take Millie to Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains last week to cool off. It has been 109F /43C almost every day and going up into the mountains was very refreshing for all three of us. Mount Lemmon is 9000ft (2743m) high and the ecosystem changes the higher you [...]

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Bye, Bye Birdy – A (desert) dove tale

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by jess.

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In a sad twist of fate and a splash of coincidence, after learning of the white-winged dove at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, one came crashing into our window at our housesit in the foothills.

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Polaroid of the Week – Sunset in Tucson, Arizona

Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by jess.

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Polaroid of the Week – Saguaro Cacti

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by jess.

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In and around Tucson and the Sonoran Deserts there are hundreds of thousands of Saguaro Cacti, Arizona’s state flower. Being surrounded by these gigantic cacti every day still feels very surreal. A Saguaro can get 150 – 200 years old and reach a height of up to 18m/60ft. The Saguaro State Park west and east [...]

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Meeting Miss Millie

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by jess.

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> > We’ve arrived in Tucson to our 2nd house sit of our trip. We couldn’t be happier. The house that we’ll be ‘sitting’ is in the foothills of Tucson in a beautiful, quiet, secluded neighborhood. But the best of all is our new best friend for the next three weeks – Miss Millie, an [...]