Nestled at the bottom of Miller Peak just south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and not far from the Coronado National Memorial is this not-so-hidden secret, Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary. We learned about it from a fellow RVer in Benson, AZ, and decided to check it out for our 36th wedding anniversary. Neither of us are “birders,” but we enjoy seeing and listening...
I imagine that when people hear or read “national monument,” they think of some statue, like the Lincoln Memorial, or a historic home, such as George Washington’s birthplace. In our explorations, we have been pleasantly surprised to learn that this is generally not the case. Chiricahua National Monument, situated in the southeastern corner of Arizona outside of...
It has been several months since I updated RivetingJourney.com. I still have one or two blogs to write to wrap up our trip to Alaska. We exited Alaska on the Top of the World Highway in mid-August, going through Dawson City to Whitehorse in the Yukon province. We drove the Stewart-Cassiar Highway south and took a sharp left to head back to Jasper National Park in...
