Bosque del Apache is a National Wildlife Refuge. The Rio Grande runs through it, but it is managed to an incredible degree to enhance its value to migrating birds. An area is selected for flooding, but before the water is let in, plants that the birds like to eat are planted. Some birds like to [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – The VLA
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A big windstorm held us up at Show Low, AZ for an extra day. It was just as well we didn’t go barreling across the 7,000-foot plains in our 10-feet high RV with wind gusts up to 65 mph. We had a quiet “down day”. The highlight was shopping at Walmart and watching some woman’s [...]
March 20 – More than you wanted to know…
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Yesterday we visited Arcosanti, an “urban habitat” created by Paolo Soleri in the middle of the desert, 65 miles north of Phoenix. Soleri immigrated to the U.S. from Italy to work with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesan West in Scottsdale. Wright eventually invited him to work on his own, and after a while Soleri began [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Yesterday we went from free backcountry to a fancy-pants RV park in Sedona. After doing the laundry (mundane), we moved on to drinks and chow at a local sports/Karaoke bar (fairly sublime). We both toasted St. Patrick: Dave had some Guinness (an Irish drink) and I had margaritas (a green drink). We sat above it [...]
Monday, March 16, 2009
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Sedona is wonderful for hiking. Saturday, we did one of our favorite hikes – the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon. Oak Creek has cut a tremendous gorge – the red, sandstone walls are about 200 feet tall. The trail runs along the stream, sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other. The light wasn’t [...]
Thursday, March 12, 2009 We’re off!
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We took off on Monday on a beautiful day. We’re hoping that lots and lots of rain will fall on the Bay Area and snow on the Sierras while we’re gone. The hills are all green in the Central Valley and the fruit and nut orchards are blooming on I-5. It’s quite lovely, except for [...]
