Saturday, December 28, 2013

Time & Space To Think




      Hello and welcome back readers!   I want to thank you all for helping make this sight great and getting the word out to other Arizona Explorers, residents, and people that simply wish they were lucky enough to call this fine state home.  I have MANY new posts, ideas, Exploring, and pictures to share just please be patient with me.   With three kiddos and all of the other aspects of having an amazing family---life gets in the way a lot, and of course family always takes top priority. 

   On the Friday before Christmas I was letting to many things in life get me down.  And noticed that I was in way to of a Scrooge mood for it being that close to such a holiday.   The day before I snuck of with Butch and did some deep thinking in the local cemetery.   I needed to venture out on a long hike by myself and get lost.   Explore and ponder while looking for my moment of Zen or a Vortex.   I don't know if anyone in reader land has read about Vortex's  but I have studied them in great depth.  Or tried to---the concept seems to be so deep that it is past my understanding.  A lot of the areas seem to be around Sedona-- while roaming the painted rocks.   To  make it even more interesting -a Vortex can move, and is experienced differently by everyone that finds it.  Depending greatly on the state of mind they are in when they enter it, or how dehydrated they are.   I finally watched a You Tube video awhile back that explained the concept to me some what.  And I think for the most part-it is a spot were you find yourself, and become at peace with everything.     On this day I did not find a Vortex but did find a place to sit way up on a hill and just be calm and peaceful.  And eventually I found myself in a much better state of mind and mood. 



   On this day I took off to the dead end on Fourth Street.   I have been here before with all of the kiddos.   Feel free to check out that blog post at: 


http://exarizonagobensonbobcats.blogspot.com/2013/11/nothing-beats-back-road.html



                                                     But this Exploring took me under the freeway and beyond. 






   I soon found some cow trails that helped me roam through the open desert.  The trails also kept me away from the few near by houses.   Mostly because in a lot of the places I Explore I am not positive if I am trespassing or not. 








              As in most of my trips---I was surrounded by varied desert life and rolling hills and mountains. 







And I always try to picture different types of plants in each blog post.



   







On this day it could not decide if it was going to be cloudy or full out sunny.
The above peak is much taller, but the top was gone from view. 





I took a long pause on one of the hills.
Enjoying the view and the quiet.
Watching all of the traffic sped past on I-10 was also calming, as I realized I had all the time in the World that day
with no real place to be. 

Being a Wyoming native---I often reflect on the long journey that brought me to loving life in the desert. 

We have lived in the desert before--and hated it, but it was not good parts of the state for sure. 




Coming down from the thinkin' hill I found these deer bones.
A sure reminder that others have ventured here even if they might have been four legged creatures. 
I love being able to hike and not see anyone.  But on the same note - if something did happen to me-it could be awhile before I ran into any help. 









At one point I found piles and piles of old phone pole insulators. 


 The clouds were still deciding what they were doing.




Any guesses were I was Exploring next?  






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Monday, December 23, 2013

Explore With Us One Fine Thursday





   Arizona sunsets always amaze me.  The colors are so rich and it seems that every time I have ran to get the camera, the colors were different.   Throw in a nearby forest fire, and the sights can be beyond amazing.  Many of my posts have sunset pictures in them and I hope you enjoy as much as I enjoy taking the pictures.   I can not wait until the sunsets happen latter in the day again!




   At some point this will become more of an Exploring Arizona blog.  With posts, Exploring, and of course pictures from across the state.   Being a family of five with several pets, and usually another relative or two staying with us, our budget keeps us close to home at the moment.  If you would like to help our monthly budget not be $0 each month--and help your business budget out at the same time---I offer some amazingly cheap advertising.   Each time I jump in our truck and just drive--I am amazed at the sights I can still find so close to home.   Benson, the desert, and Arizona as a whole, truly is a magical place!!


Benson, Arizona



      A few more sunset pictures from the same evening as above. 




       Before we go any further I would like to introduce today's business of the blog post!  I have noticed how easily my first blog page and Facebook statuses lean toward venting and negatives, so have been trying to pick a local business that goes above and beyond to shine for myself or my family.  These businesses do not pay me to pick them, and probably do not even know about my praise.   Several can be found in my older posts for this very page.   Today I pick the local Motel 6.  When my family and I first moved to the area -we were all crammed in a small travel trailer, and it was the middle of June.  Every few weeks, we took a mini vacation from the heat and reality and stayed at the Motel 6 and cranked the A/C to auto freeze.  Every time they gave us an amazing deal, and beyond great service.   They sent us contacts after to make sure we fully enjoyed our stays and discounts for future visits.  And there pool was actually open!   We have stayed in many a Motel 6---and they always say there pool is closed for cleaning or re painting.  The rooms were also all super clean.   And every worker we meet was helpful and polite.   Three thumbs up --Benson, Arizona Motel 6!

          OK  on to some Exploring!   Last Thursday Butch and I needed some time to roam around a new part of the desert.  New to us that is. 



Butch being a good boy!
He is also trying to process why I am so darn slow. 

After some thought we ended up parking very near the High Street Cemetery.
I have always found cemetery's very calming and amazingly peaceful.
And on this day I definitely  needed to clean my head. 
Christmas was very close and I was becoming overly Scrooge-like.




      We quickly ventured to the left of the burial plots -after a long pause in the cemetery.   Soon heading up hill.  I have often found that the best Exploring is usually up hill.



We soon were above these very tall drop offs -another of the many run offs for all of the monsoon water.






I always find the huge variety of desert vegetation impressive.







     Were ever we venture from Tucson to Sierra Vista mountains surround us.  I noticed just the other day that the highest peaks showed slight signs of winter snow.  But not in these pictures, it was near 70 outside on this day. 


Just beyond the huge Baptist Church on the hill. 



                                                                                 My Christmas wish
is that everyone reading this page will share this post.
;)





The large cross is now covered in Christmas lights.
On Friday I needed an adventure on my own.
Any guesses were I went Exploring....   ??



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