Into The Wild

The famed Echo Canyon Trail . This is probably the most popular hike in the Valley and has a very small parking lot. The best times to co...

Normally we meet the folks at Kaibab Lake near Williams each summer, but their campground was full. Within a few miles of Kaibab is Catarac...

Started off with the great Arizona Museum of Natural History (generally called the Mesa Southwest Museum): They have a lot of fossils and i...

The wife and kid have abandoned me for a week, visiting family in Iowa. Due to us not being rich, and me being self-employed, we couldn...

Thanks to my wife's uncle Marty (set decorator for the TV show Numb3rs ), we were able to watch a few scenes being filmed in downtown L...

Long Beach, California The previously mentioned, Acres of Books : The Pike at Long Beach , a shopping and entertainment area. My mom spent ...

Manhattan Beach on Friday

Alex and Michelle at the Glendale Family Bike Ride , which focused on alternative energy and recycling.