Driving in Arizona

There are plenty of routes to get from east to west in Arizona, but there is only really one method for getting north to south, unless you want to spend all day on the back roads. One of the drawbacks to this is that when there’s an accident that shuts the freeway down, you are just out of luck. Even GPS can’t help you when that happens.

Lions and tigers and bears – in Arizona

  Further proof that Arizona is just too hot: they put the Out of Africa Wildlife Park right in the middle of the state. I went with an out of town friend who was looking to get her blood and guts fix by watching the predator feed. The workers roll up with a big tub of used-to-be-animal chunks and toss 40lb pieces over the fence to the big cats. The lion caught his…I guess he just doesn’t like...

The Party Capital of Jerome, AZ

A trip to the hillside almost-ghost-town of Jerome never disappoints.

Grande Wet Cat, please

The barista at the coffee shop in Sedona hit a little close to home with this Sharpie typo: Currently my iPad wallpaper.

Freeloader

I’ve been meaning to write. Really. The excuse is the same; I’ve just been busy. This time though, the twist is that I’ve been busy learning. Partially about home ownership, but for the most part I’ve been learning about myself. I used to think that the people who complained about how hard it was to own a home were lazy or complainers or maybe just not that handy around the house. Now, at the expense of my...