I’m catching up on posting photographs. This post is from Granite Reef Recreation Area on the Salt River, which Mary Ann and I visited on March 15, 2024.…
Mary Ann and I went to the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch (RPWR) in Gilbert on Jan 29, 2024. We were there from about 7:45 to noon.…
Our grandson Jude’s first birthday was on 1/16/2024. Aaron and Maria had a party for him at their house on 1/20/2024.…
Mary Ann and I went to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum (BTA) on October 13. We got there at opening time (8 AM). I dropped off some posters in the gift shop. We left at around 11:00 AM, and stopped for …
UPDATE: I changed my mind about not posting about the trip, and have written a post for each day of the trip. I also updated the maps to reflect our actual itinerary (which is different from what the original plan …
This post is for the last stop on our trip to SE Arizona: the town of Portal. Portal is a small town in the Chiricahua Mountains that is popular for its birding, among other things. It was about a 1.5 …
This post is for the second day of our trip to SE Arizona: Aravaipa Canyon. We go to the canyon almost every year. They allow 30 permits for entry on the west side, and 20 on the east side. We …
Mary Ann and I made our annual trip to Aravaipa Canyon. As we have been doing in recent years, we bookend the Aravaipa hike with visits to some other spots in the area. This year’s trip we hit the same …
Mary Ann and I went to the Salt River last week, and I’m just getting around to doing a post. We had three things in mind: see what wildlife we would run into, check out the wildflowers (specifically fields of …
Our first grandchild, Jude Hezekiah Lester, was born on January 16, 2023, and baptized on Feb 11, 2023, which is also the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. This post has some pictures from his baptism. It was a beautiful …
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