Heading back to Arizona from California, the last two stops of our 3-week trip were in Yuma (far southwestern corner); and Sierra Vista (far southeastern corner), where Philip was to participate in a three-day bike touring event. It was fun to be a part of the first-ever, inaugural...
2022 brought us a visit to Death Valley National Park, an area once described by The New York Times as “3 million acres of weird.” But first things first: meet our new family member and adventure buddy! Two days after getting Finn, a 10-week old English Cream Golden Retriever...
After a full month in Wisconsin, it was weird to flip the page in our atlas (yes, we still use a paper atlas) to a different state … in fact, a series of different states, as we spent the last ten days of this 11-week adventure meandering back to Arizona. But just because we were...
January and February had the three of us staying close to home, with a smattering of mini-adventures right here in good ole Arizona. We survived a terrible two-week rumble with Covid over the holidays, but that’s not why we’re staying “safer at home.” Instead...
Did you know: There are hot springs in Arizona! There is bright emerald green water in Arizona! And after two months away, Charming Adventures is back in Arizona! All of these things are true! Willow Beach is about 2 miles south of the Hoover Dam, just across...
Sometimes our RV trips have lofty aspirations: hiking at Mount Rainier, seeing wild bison in Custer, camping at a wild tiger sanctuary in Arkansas. Other times, our motivations are simpler: get a cold beer at a weird place. Such was the case in Parker, Arizona! The...
With Philip’s knee replacement surgery behind us and Elsie (our shiny new RV) just itching for her first real adventure, we visited a couple of “staycation” destinations right here in Arizona. CAVE CREEK REGIONAL PARK Between Christmas and New Years’, we parked...
Near the top of our always-growing “Hiking Bucket List,” the Granite Mountain Hotshots State Park memorializes 19 brave firefighters who gave their lives fighting Arizona’s Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013. The Memorial Park is located approximately 70 miles north of...
The first stop of the Lucky Charm’s 2018 Summer Adventure begins at the Grand Canyon National Park. Despite being “out west” for 36 years, Philip had never visited either of the two rims, North or South. Crazy! Behold …. beauty in many layers! Though only 11 miles...
No doubt, Sedona is beautiful and Sedona is magical. But its REAL CHARM lies in its hundreds upon hundreds of well-marked, DOG-FRIENDLY hiking trails. Just two hours north of Phoenix, it’s the perfect place to indulge in a little trail-lust! We had a goal … errrr...