Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Petrified Wood

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Granpa is losing patience.  Yeah, yeah, yeah.  He gets it that people lived here a long, long time ago. The ruins were cool; the petroglyphs...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Petrified Forest

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There are lots of sights to see in the Petrified Forest National Park besides petrified wood.  There are petroglyphs and ancient Indian ruin...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

The Painted Desert

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So, we're driving along seemingly on flat ground, but then we discover that we have been on a plateau all along!  This valley has bee...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Granpa's SkyView App

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A unique planetary alignment happened last night.  At bedtime, Granpa picks up his iPhone 6 Plus and accesses his SkyView app.  Moving it to...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Tucumcari Snowfall

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Though Tucumcari, New Mexico is only at an elevation of 4,000 feet,  we woke up to a couple of inches of snow.   It was anticipate...
Friday, February 20, 2015

To Texas and Back

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Well, we've had yet another extension to Granpa's contract, so we have to go back to Texas and pick up all of our tax documents to f...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Montezuma's Castle

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Ah, 'tis another few days off.  Where should we go this time?  Hmmm.  One of our Sunday School class members asked if we had been to Mon...
Friday, February 6, 2015

The Second Movie

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The Bells of St. Mary's   (1945) Filming Locations Showing one filming location Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tu...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Movie Memorabilia From the 1930's

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The very first thing we see, in the parking lot of "Old Tucson," is a Chapman camera boom.  MGM Studios bought it in 1967 and owne...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

"Old Tucson" - Certainly Not What I Was Thinking!

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From the very beginning of planning this set of days off, Granpa has been talking about "Old Tucson."  I'm hearing him and put...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Texas Canyon, Arizona

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Once out of the mountains and onto the Interstate the sunlight lingers.  There is a rest area halfway back to Casa Grande.  It's known a...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

Cochise's Stronghold

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My!  What a wonderful, unexpectedly great day!  And it's not over yet!  We're turn left onto the loop road headed back to the Inters...