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Pioneer Village

April 2, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Another sightseeing adventure- Today we are visiting Pioneer Village at the Pioneer Living History Museum. The Pioneer village boasts many original buildings as well as reconstructed ones.  Their website does a great job of explaining each of it’s exhibits and the history behind each.  We had a great day exploring and again, I took tons … [Read more…]

Posted in: Sight Seeing Tagged: Arizona, Pioneer Living History Museum, sightseeing

Our Visit To The Hoover Dam

March 31, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  On our way to Las Vegas we were able to stop by the Hoover Dam.  We’re often traveling frugally with our one income so we skipped the paid Hoover Dam tour and just walked around and explored on our own.  Here are just a sample of the pictures we took.         … [Read more…]

Posted in: Homeschooling, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel Tagged: Arizona, homeschool field trip, Hoover Dam, Nevada

Our First Nascar Race

March 19, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Our first Nascar race We met a couple in our RV park. They are what are called ‘Full timers’, they live in their RV full time. They are probably a little bit younger than us, but saw a wisdom in enjoying life by spending less money on a traditional mortgage. Unlike a lot of full-timers, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: Arizona, free tickets, hot, Nacar, outside, race, travel nurse

Camping at Dead Horse Ranch State Park

March 9, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Our Stay at Dead Horse Ranch State Park What a funny name. I had to find out about that from the first time I heard the name. In the 1940s a family was looking to buy a ranch and they had looked at a few. One of these ranches has a dead horse on the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Camping, Uncategorized Tagged: Arizona, camping, Cottonwood, Dead Horse Ranch State Park

Visit to Montezuma Well

March 8, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

    A beautiful view at Montezuma Well. We finished our day by stopping by another National Monument.  We saw more ancient cliff dwelling and we gazed upon the mystery of Montezuma well.  The water here has too much carbon dioxide for fish to survive.  Only a few organisms can live in this water.  Where … [Read more…]

Posted in: National Parks, Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing Tagged: Arizona, Montezuma National Monument, National Monuments, outdoors, sight seeing

Our Trip to Sedona, Arizona

March 7, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  Sedona- the beautiful red rocks of Arizona. If you ever visit Arizona may sure you plan a trip to Sedona.  It amazes me how different Sedona is from where we currently live in Arizona.  This area is surrounded with big, beautiful red rocks.  Drive 15 minutes from Sedona and you find yourself on top … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Travel Tagged: Arizona, Beautiful Red Rock Mountains, Sedona, sightseeing, Teal Arches

Spring Training in Arizona

March 3, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  Spring Training A traveler friend from work asked if we’d be interested in going to a baseball game- Yes! Quite a few baseball teams do their spring training near the Phoenix area. The game we went to was in Peoria, Arizona. We watched the Chicago White Sox Vs. the San Diego Padres. For $7 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing, Uncategorized Tagged: Arizona, baseball, Peoria, Spring training

Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge

February 22, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

  I have a thing for bridges.  Especially old bridges.  Today we drove out to what felt like the middle of nowhere to visit a bridge.  It sounds quite silly when you say it aloud or see in in print, but there it is.  This bridge is very picturesque.   The Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Sight Seeing Tagged: Arizona, Historic Gillespie Dam Bridge, sight seeing

Two Nights of Tent Camping

February 16, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Two nights of tent camping The kids were so very excited about tent camping and using their brand new sleeping bags.  I am not quite how they felt once the reality of sleeping on the ground in a tent truly sunk in the morning after our first night sleeping at Catalina State Park.  I really … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love, Uncategorized Tagged: Arizona, camping, Catalina State Park, tent, wild animals

Another hiking day

February 1, 2017 by JessicaKrauel Leave a Comment

Today we revisited Skyline Regional Park to get in some hiking and enjoy this beautiful Arizona Winter.  Note the short sleeves in the pictures! I am really enjoying this Arizona hiking!  It seems everywhere I look there is something really interesting to look at. The beauty is so amazing.  It is so very different from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outdoor Love Tagged: Arizona, Buckeye, Hiking, Skyline Regional Park
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