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A Sunset shot from Western Way RV Resort becomes a memory encapsulated in the hues of an evening sky, where the sun dips below the horizon in a gentle yet profound goodbye. At Western Way RV Resort, guests are often treated to this spectacular display, where the sky transforms into a canvas painted with strokes of pink, orange, and purple.
Hello everyone, we are heading north to Colorado from Arizona. We have stayed in Tucson for a month before we headed up north. So we wanted to tell you about our trip up through Arizona and then through New Mexico, then up to Colorado. We are in Cottonwood Arizona at Dead Horse Ranch State Park just outside of Sedona AZ. Sedona is supposed to be gorgeous. While at Dead Horse Ranch, we will visit Tuzigoot National Monument and Red Rock State Park in Sedona, AZ. Then we head to go stand on the corner in Winslow Arizona and will be staying at Homolovi State Park in. While there, we plan on seeing the Meteor Crater and the Petrified Forest National Park. Then we travel back through New Mexico past Albuquerque and will be staying at a casino, Sky City RV park in Acoma, NM. There we may check out some indigenous areas around the area. After that we head straight up to Fort Collins and hit about two more state parks before getting to our destination place in Bellvue, CO, where we will be working at the Bellvue-Watson Fish Hatchery. We are excited about getting there and giving tours and feeding the fish.. Fun fun….
I want to leave you some photos that we took while in Tucson, and show you the four main attractions we went to while there.
We stayed at Western Way RV Resort for a month, and it’s a pretty nice resort with activities and a pool, with hot tub. Sites have a concrete patio, but you are on top of each other. The resort is close to two places that Jodi and I went to.
Old Tucson Studios (Western Theme Park) 3 miles up the road from resort. This is the location that they did over 500 western movies and are still filming to this day. Shows like Bonanza, High Chaparral, Little House On the Prairie, Tombstone with Kurt Russel, Three Amigos with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short. It also boasts older movies with John Wayne like the first one filmed there in 1940 called Arizona. Plus many many more. Jodi and I took a one hour tour and the guide showed us where a lot of the film sets were, and who and what movies were filmed. Since it was a private tour with about 10 people, there was no one else around to get into any of my photo shoots of many of the film set locations. Since the theme park was closed for just tours, we went again the next day to see the rest of the place and ride the old carousel that dates back to 1907. So enjoy the photos we took.
Saguaro National Park where there are over 2 million saguaros and 28 other cactus species throughout the national park. The park is divided into two sections; one on the West side of Tucson, and one on the East side of Tucson, 25 miles apart from one another. We were on the West side so Jodi and I of course went 7 miles up the road to the West side. Next year we will go visit the East side of the national park. We spent about 6 hours driving around and hiking with a short picnic. It was an awesome day and we got some nice pictures. Enjoy…
We also had a chance to go into Tucson and see the Van Gogh Immersive Experience which was a good 4 hours of pure enjoyment. What an experience to see. You learn all about his life and his art. The exhibit had a huge room with all four walls and the floor with his moving artwork. It just blew you away with all the beautiful creations that he did all his life. Enjoy the Pictures.
We got to see the SpaceX launch from our site in Western Way RV Resort. We climbed up on top of our RV roof and got a great view.
April 8th we happened to see a partial eclipse of 69% of the covering of the sun. This is our second eclipse in less than a year; one annular and one total. We had seen the annual one that was October 14th 2023 while we were staying at City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico. We did the colander shining on something white to see a bunch of half circles. We also had the glasses to view it as it was going on. We took a picture of it with our phone using the glasses.
Just a few Pictures from Dead Horse Ranch State Park
A sneak peak of Red Rock State Park, will post more beautiful pictures of Red Rock State Park on the next Blog Post….
We will be seeing much more heading up to Colorado, but will have to wait for the next post to see all of the new photos and attractions that we will see during the travels up north. So as we always say, wait to see where we Bobble to next and check out our next post….. Take care be safe and stay healthy and stay tuned in for our next Adventure..
The Bobble Head Travelers
Jodi and Mark
Byron Hibshman April 12, 2024
You visited some scenic places. Looks like you are still enjoying the full timing life. Working a fish hatchery. That will be different. Enjoy your trip and safe travels!
admin April 13, 2024
Hey there Byron, how have you two been?? What are you up to this summer. Yes we have been around for some time still chasing places we have not been to. We are excited about the Fish Hatchery. We tried to see if we could do Spooner Lake again with Steve, and he basically said NO, he has someone who is has been doing the summers from now on for some time. I am sure that person is Mike…. Ohh Well, we told him we wanted to come back and to keep us in mind.
Vi polk April 13, 2024
See you at the hatchery
Polk
admin April 13, 2024
Hello Vi, how are you doing?? So what do you mean see you at the Hatchery? You going to be there this summer. Where have you guys been? Glad to hear from you.. Let us know what you have been up to lately…
Dawn April 14, 2024
What a Beautiful Trip in AZ. I sure remember the Old Tucson set and Saguaro State Park. Great memories of Tucson!! Space X looked likeca Ghost Whale in the sky and great shot of eclipse.
After ur Fish stint wonder if u will want to eat fish again? What species will u b working with?
Hope the 3 of you continue with your s
Great Adventures and Stunning pix.. always a Joy, thank you!
admin April 14, 2024
We have another State Park in Winslow, AZ to hit tomorrow and then we will be back in New Mexico… The Species are Cutbows and Rain-Bow fish, Cutthroat greenback, snake cuttrhroat, brown trout. We will be checking out Petrified Forest and the meteor Crater while in Winslow. Also stand on the corner. More nice pictures to come after our trip to Colorado. Stay tuned for our next Blog Post.