ARIZONA

We'll start with Arizona! We have made numerous trips to Arizona over the years. We mostly go to Tucson but we have also traveled about the state with trips to the Grand Canyon, Painted Dessert, Nogales, Hoover Dam, Meteor Crater, Flagstaff, Tombstone etc... One of my favorite things was a "star party" we attended near Benson. The following are some of the photos from our travels.

OLD TUCSON STUDIOS is located near Tucson and is the place where a lot of western movies and TV shows were filmed. Little House on the Prairie was filmed here.

David at Old Tucson Studios

David and a pair of BIG cowboy boots

Olsen's Store (Little House on the Prairie)

TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA... the town too tough to die! Think of the "old west", that is Tombstone. Remember the OK Corral? How about the names Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday? In Tombstone you can see gun fights and go in the old bars. It is a favorite tourist stop in Arizona .

Tombstone, Arizona street

Tombstone, Arizona grave yard

Tombstone, Arizona grave yard

HOOVER DAM... is another popular tourist destination

David and Linda at Hoover Dam

THE GRAND CANYON...WOW! What an awesome experience this. No trip to Arizona would be complete without a visit to the Grand Canyon. No words or pictures can begin to prepare you for this.

Linda at the Grand Canyon

METEOR CRATER...One of my many interests includes meteors, meteorites and such. I remembered seeing a photo of the particular crater when I was in grade school. There was a small airplane parked along the rim and it showed the massive size of the crater by comparing the plane to the crater. I had always wanted to see it so on one of our trips to Arizona we took a side trip out of our way in order to go see this crater. I was not disappointed! It is enormous! It was such a windy day though, the strongest winds I have ever felt in my life. You can't really tell from this photo but in the center of the crater are some buildings and a very large American flag. You can't see the flag unless you look thru binoculars from the spot where I am standing in this photo.

Linda at Meteor Crater