Showing posts with label Wyoming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wyoming. Show all posts

Sunday, January 12, 2014

More From Dragoon



   Greetings readers!   Yesterday the boys, Butch, and I took a break from all of the work we have been doing this week, and returned to Dragoon to Explore.  Much of the hike was on private property, so I will not explain our location in much detail.  But we started very near the off ramp for the big town of Dragoon. 
    We did resist going further into private property at the above pictured point.  Although getting to the top of this mountain looks very appealing to me on a later date.  Maybe when I do not have the kiddos with me.  Also greatly appealing is to be out this way, when the sun sets.  Arizona sun sets are always amazing, and so different every time.  But with all of the surrounding very large rocks, it would make for a great back drop.   On this day all the large rocks provided training grounds for the kids to practice there Ninja skillz.   I refrained from to much rock climbing, but soon found myself sweating.  Making it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it was still only early January.  One really does have to enjoy living in the desert.  Especially one that grew up in Wyoming.  Were it is cold, and than really cold, and than summer for about two months.   If you are lucky!   Although here it just means that the really hot temperatures are just lying in wait. 


The rock formations in this whole area are amazing.
And fun to climb.


Near the start of our adventure.


We started in a river run off that was very sheltered.
But it was still impressive to me how many leaves remained on the trees in this area.


Another great natural picture frame.



This old tree kept becoming the focus of my attention.
Until bigger and better rock formations became part of the landscape.







                       A natural playground for sure.  Or just a great place to play king of the hill! 




At about this point I saw a work truck in the distance.   So we took off further away from civilization.
Just in case.  I know for sure I can not out run bullets.


You can just make out Butch, above doing his own Exploring.










There he goes again!
This time he found some shade to hang in.



I enjoyed all the rocks
Give me a break.







So in the above picture I was attempting to show our youngest climbing up this hill, in a close up shot.
But he feel down right before I snapped the shot.
You can just make him out, in the weeds to the right, going down.



Here I attempted again, but got the shot while he was still getting up instead of actually looking at the camera.


Butch is a young pup still, but he was even dragging butt from the adventure and the heat.
So we soon decided it was time to start heading back to the truck.




Near were we had parked, was these pathways that lead clear under the highway AKA I-10.
This one blessed us!  Look at the top.  
And they were both amazingly long. 
So much so, that by the middle of the tunnel it was very dark and very hard to see anything.





On the other side we found many more great rock formations and this old car section. 
Another quality day of slacking and Exploring.


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Friday, November 22, 2013

Exploring Blog Glossary Part I----Beyond Arizona




            I have been talking about this post for awhile now.   And even with all the free time I have had in the last few months, have not found the ambition to actually start this.   I started my first blog near the end of 2010.  And I now have three different blog series.  Through those years I have lived in several different states and done a lot of Exploring.   I really wish, I had documented all of my trips-especially the many when I lived in Oregon state.  Not just because of the areas beauty, but because I was much younger and dumber.  Lets just say few people went on more than one Exploring hike with me!  Actually starting on it today, is mainly based on it being very Oregon like outside!  The sky is full of clouds, and wind, and large rain drops.   Much of this glossary is to help me.  In categorizing all of the travels and trips.   But I also hope it also benefits you the reader.   I say reader because there are so few of you out there!    My mindset and relationship status changed a lot from residence to residence.  And most of the newest ones include one or all of our kids and dogs.  I am not sure if this will help me find any of my pictures--if you have not seen the blogs before or my Facebook page--I have 1000's of pictures.  I would also like to hope that with each blog post and blog page--the posts got better.    Enjoy   and as always     **HAPPY TRAILS! 





       **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/01/wandering-and-swimming-down-road.html**      Ferndale, WA
Jan 21 2011







         **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/02/greetings-from-canada-aye.html**       Canada Feb 1st 2011




          **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/02/welcome-to-fairhaven-washington.html**    Fairhaven, WA  Feb 26 2011




           **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/explore-wwu-campus-free-cheap.html**     Bellingham, WA-WWU      March 7th 2011



            **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/trail-101-recap-and-trail-bustin.html**     Fairhaven, WA   
  March 7th 2011



             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekend-recap.html**      Bellingham, WA      March 14 2011





              **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/falls-park-go-and-take-fall-and-enjoy.html**   Bellingham,   WA   Great Falls Park   March 18th 2011



             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/downtown-bellingham-great-place-to.html**     Bellingham, WA   Downtown   March 23rd 2011


             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/03/down-by-bay-take-202.html**     Bellingham, WA bay
    March 29 2011





              **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/04/again-by-bay-two-fer-post-day-horay.html**    Bellingham,     WA bay   April 12th 2011



             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/06/were-in-world-is-sheridan-wyoming.html**    Sheridan, WY
     June 16 2011



             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/06/3rd-thursdays-main-street-sheridan.html**     Sheridan, WY
     June 17 2011




             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/07/exploring-wonderful-sheridan-wyoming.html**   Sheridan,    WY   July 12 2012






             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/07/sheridan-wyo-rodeo-dont-yha-know.html**   Sheridan, WY
      July 25 2011



            **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/07/exploring-sheridan-beyond-main-street.html**   Sheridan, 
     WY   July 25 2011



             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/07/exploring-sheridan-beyond-main-street_28.html**    Sheridan, WY   July 28 2011






             **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/08/big-horn-turns-130-now-thats-birthday.html**   Big Horn,
     WY   Aug 3 2011



           **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/08/once-upon-time-in-story-wyoming.html**    Story, WY
     Aug 3 2011



          **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/08/82611.html**      Billings, MT   Aug 25  2011



         **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/09/last-thursday-night-festival-in.html**     Sheridan, WY
    Sept  20 2011




        **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2011/11/exploring-acme-wyoming-one-fine-day.html**   Acme, WY
   Aug 8 2011




       **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2012/02/2142012.html**     Sheridan, WY    Feb 14 2012







     **http://wyomingjack.blogspot.com/2012/03/snow-day.html**    Bellingham, WA   March 6 2012






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