Short exploration of the freezing Kachina Wetlands
We end our trip to Flagstaff with a visit to the Kachina Wetlands on a cold day with many common birds enjoying the lakes and grasslands
Camping at and visiting Overland Expo West
We spend two days exploring the Overland Expo West with one night spent camping and freezing and the second one spent at a warm hotel
Official Subaru Road Trip above Sedona
Today we are out on a Subaru official drive to the End of the World trail exploring the area above Sedona before camping in Flagstaff at an event
A return to the Pima Air & Space Museum
With our relative that is excited about airplanes we decide on a day trip to Tucson to see the major airplane museum we visited not long ago
Our first time at the Mesa Air Force Museum
Our visiting relative really likes planes so we visit for the first the interesting and relatively small Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum
Short exploration of State Trust Land
With our relatives that are visiting for a week we explore a small area of State Trust Land so they can see cacti and other desert flora
Bonsai, wolves and wrens
This day we start with breakfast at the Wren and Wolf before spending a couple hours at the bonsai exhibit at the Japanese Garden and ending at the Phoenix library
Finding the hummingbird caches
Exploring other State Trust Land areas we visit a series of hummingbird caches that we always wanted to visit and are surprised at the number of homeless encampments
Back on State Trust Land from Ironwood
Today while recuperating we try a shorter hike on State Trust Land finding many interesting caches and a Great Horned Owl
Into the Waterman Mountains
We spend most of our visit to Ironwood NM exploring one of the few official trails leading into the Waterman Mountains to an abandoned mine