Wintering in Sunny Arizona.

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Here we sit in Camp Verde, Arizona, land of desert and sun, and this happened:

We had about 4 to 5 inches the first day and another 4 or so the second, per the official Man measuring stick.  Six miles from here, Camp Verde had about 2, per the official reports.  Four miles or so from here, Cottonwood had 5 inches and Sedona between 8 and 13 inches (again, per the official reports)

Man cleaning the satellite, a gal has to have her telie and, well, so must Man! (We are glad that it is not on the roof!!!)

No, we do not have grandchildren with us, this little girl lives nearby.  She and her family, are originally from Florida.  They are here living after a serious issue with mold in their home.  It's quite the love story, parents loving their children and everything they will do for them, to keep them happy and healthy.  The kids love the snow! 

Ice cycle hanging from my clothes dryer on the back of Tana, all 2 inches of ice!  LOL

Looking out Tana's office window, towards Sedona.  The red is covered by all that snow.

The San Francisco Peaks, about 50 miles away.  There is some red!!  Photo thanks to much zooming from Sony III.

Winter happens, Mother Nature shows us all who is boss.  This has been a historic and epic winter here.  This is the second major snow storm since New Years Eve 2018. They usually only get snow here once every 4 years or so.  Yep, we witnessed records.  

RVing, is always an adventure.

 

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2019 Dawns

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A new year begins near Cottonwood Arizona after a snowstorm and bitter cold night time temps.  

Blindly we stumble on, because, we must!

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On to Deming, Texas Canyon Rest Stop, Winter Sojourn 2014-15

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DECEMBER 2014

We leave Deming and drive west, next stop Benson Arizona, it is a run of about 170 miles.

When we roll I take photos, sometimes epic amounts, other times, just a few.  Sometimes I take photos in such a hurry I have no idea if I have a total blur or what I hoped for.  Sometimes I take them to challenge my ability to capture anything at 65 MHP with Sony on zoom.  I delete the really crummy photos.  Here are a few I managed to salvage, and yes, most of them were digitally edited a bit. Taking photos through Jolly tinted windows changes the color and sometimes results in a lot of haze, I play with the photos while preparing to post.  Cause I can.  LOL

Heading west - -

Sony and GPS and Google tell me this is near Steins New Mexico:

I'll admit, all that rust intrigues my artist/history/researcher soul.  So, have a read here.  You will note in this photo there is a dude in a orange top and a white pick up truck.  Nope, I have no idea why - -

I took quite a few photos of the mountain top and the cloud covering it.

And, of course, a LONG LONG train.  So many LONG LONG trains out here. And, this one has a mountain with a cloud hat - -

Each time we drive this section of highway we stop at the Texas Canyon Rest Stop, these photos will show you why.  The shapes, the shapes.

Let's go panoramic:

And, because it is a rest stop on both sides, east and west bound, Sony zooms on the east bound scenery:

And, again, panoramic:

We will spend a few days in Benson, will visit Tombstone and Bisbee while there, favorite tourists spots.  Then, it will be on to Tucson for the holidays.




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The 35 Sunsets of Arizona, 2016-2017 Winter

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Man and I have been staying in mid-Arizona since about December 1st.  Our stay here is growing short and even tho it is entirely possible that I will get some more sunset photos, I thought since it was raining today, that I would process some of the best of the last 3 months of sunset photos and just blast you with them all at one time!

Sunsets are "prettiest" in my opinion when there are some clouds to bounce around all that light.  They change color and their look rapidly, every minute they appear different, even if I don't move 2 feet from my vantage point.

These were taken from around this campground, there is a large RV storage area between the campground and the sun setting.  You may see the tops of RV's in some of these photos.  Oh, and a few electric lines.  Try to think of that as adding interest.  LOL  The rest of the story here is, that the storage area has a no trespassing sign, and I am too lazy to go find another vantage point to take photos.

I might add, that I have come to realize that those minutes of taking sunset photos are some of the happiest and most peaceful of my days.  Yes, I do like them that much.

Without further ado, here ya go, 35 sunsets from mid Arizona.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as I have enjoyed being here taking them.

Peace - - -