Arizona

Dani’s latest photo essay of the mighty saguaros in southern Arizona…

We’re back in Tucson for our third housesit here and have already had an interesting visitor in our front yard – a javelina, also known as skunk pig!

This week we leave Arizona and head over the border…to New Mexico! Our two week road trip starts tomorrow!

Last weekend we visited Tubac, a small artists’ colony only 20 miles from the Mexican border in Southern Arizona. This little town had quite a tumultuous past – read more about it here!

In my monthly round-ups, I am looking back at my travels over the past four weeks, what went well and what didn’t, and what’s next for me.

Along the Border: San Diego, California to Tucson, Arizona

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.

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.

It’s my fourth time in Tucson and I am amazed about how much the downtown area has been changing since my first visit in 2010! My favorite discovery this year: some excellent new street art!

When we arrived in Bisbee, a small town in Southern Arizona, we had no idea it would be such an artsy community – we loved the street art we found all over town!