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Sun ‘n’ Fun

I have visited the Zephyrhills/Lakeland area of Florida on countless occasions over the last 20 years, principally to visit SkydiveCity and jump … More

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Sedona Sand Stone

Of course I didn’t just hang around in parking lots in Sedona, I also hiked around the sandstone.  I used … More

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Arty Arizona

The public art displayed around the parking lot of this set of shops in Sedona lured me in to park … More

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Impact

West of Winslow is one another ancient tourist attraction – this one more heavenly than earthly.  50,000 years ago a huge iron-nickel … More

Arizona, desert, meteor, meteor crater, travel, United States, US, USA

A corner to stand on

West of Holbrook is Winslow, AZ.  Fans of The Eagles will immediately make the same association I do, with this line from … More

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Staying in a WigWam

One of the closest cities to the Petrified Forest National Park is Holbrook, which is where I stayed for a … More

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Petroglyph Graffiti

The name of the Petrified Forest National Park hides not only the existence of the Painted Desert within its boundary, … More

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Purple striped desert

The Petrified Forest National Park includes a large section of painted desert.  It is of course not actually painted with paint … More

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Petrified and painted

After safely emerging from the Superstition Mountains, I headed further north in Arizona to the Petrified Forest National Park.  A … More

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Apache Trail

Leaving the modern visitor attractions behind me, I ventured on into the Superstition mountains.  I was confident that I would not … More

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