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Southwestern Odyssey
  • Chuck Cook
  • Glenda Cook
  • Chuck Cook
  • Glenda Cook

Southwestern Odyssey

We are fulfilling a long desire to learn more about wine. Now it’s Napa Valley’s turn. We will also retrace some of our old haunts for our first year of marriage in California. Weiterlesen
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    Red Cliffs

    23. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F

    We begin the day by going to Red Cliffs Recreational Area. This is a local park in St. George that had been mentioned to us. One woman told us that it is so beautiful that if it were larger it would be a national park. We went and found that what she said was true. There are beautiful red rocks, and we followed the trail that went to a little pool. Glenda wanted to steak and baked potatoes so we had lunch at the Outback Steakhouse.Weiterlesen

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    Snow Canyon

    23. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    After lunch we had to work around the detour to get to Snow Canyon State Park. Its ivory cliffs were amazing. We took a number of short hikes, took many photos, and watched some rock climbers scale a cliff. We went to an observation point to try to photograph the sunset but the colors were not very exciting. Several serious rock climbers were scaling a wall, and I even ventured to scurry up a slope to perch in a little niche on the side of the cliff. The veiw from up there was wonderful. We had a cheeseburger and milk at Burger King and came home to wash our clothes and get ready to go to Phoenix tomorrow.Weiterlesen

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    Virgin River Gorge

    24. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ 66 °F

    I mentioned some of the remarkable rock formations we saw upon arriving in St. George, Utah. Our highway passed through some of them again on the way from St. George down to Phoenix, where we will meet our friends from North Carolina. I saw a roadsign that calls this area the Virgin River Gorge, and it is beautiful. We not only saw the rocks, but also a thunderstorm in the distance. Visually this was a very appealing morning, despite the clouds.Weiterlesen

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    The Best Tacos in the World--El Paraiso

    24. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    I knew we would have to stop for lunch on our leg from St. George through Las Vegas and down to Phoenix, so I checked online last night to find a place. More than one correspondent said that it would be worth getting off the beaten path to find El Paraiso Burgers and Tacos at 702 Eastern Avenue in Kingman, Arizona. A couple of people affirmed that they have the best street tacos in the world. They were right.

    This is not a fancy place. You go up to a counter to order. The menu is posted on the wall, and there are only a few tables. We sat at one outside. The tacos are magnificent. And cheap. You can pay more for a fancy restaurant, but as far as the quality of the food is concerned, this place is is one of our favorite restaurants in the world.    Weiterlesen

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    View From our Back DoorThe Condo at South Mountain Park

    South Mountain Condo

    24. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F

    We arrived at our lovely condo adjacent to the South Mountain Recreation Area in Phoenix. The facilities and the decor are certainly above our expectations. Just out our back door is a hiking trail that goes for several miles up onto a mountain. For supper, we found an excellent Italian restaurant called Oregano's at 1475 W. Elliot Rd. Tempe, AZ. I was impressed that there is quite a bit of family tradition represented in the restaurant. There is a plaque giving the story of the current owner's grandfather, Lawrence Gibbilini, who lived on the Chicago north side in 1918. He eventually came to Phoenix and opened this wonderful restaurant. I was also impressed that as I enjoyed Oregano's Bistro Classic Pizza, they were playing a recording of Count Basie's "April in Paris," one of my favorite jazz pieces.Weiterlesen

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    Lost Dutchman Mine

    25. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    We connected with Kathy and Gil. They took us on a hike in the Superstition Mountains at Lost Dutchman Mine State Park. We made a day of it. Gil wanted to have an early supper at Anaya's Mexican restaurant in Glendale. They came back to the hooch in the late afternoon. We talked and enjoyed each other's company for a few hours. Around suppertime, they left and we went to bed early.Weiterlesen

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    Apache Trail

    27. Oktober 2016 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    We got started before sunrise and drove the Apache Trail, had lunch at Anaya's, and returned to the hooch. Traffic was so congested in Phoenix that traveling took all day. Tomorrow we will go to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix for the flight back home. It has been an amazing trip with many wonderful memories.Weiterlesen

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    16. November 2016
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