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Excursions with Sophie
2013 Western Trip ~ Overview |
Colorado:
Breckenridge |
Colorado Springs |
Golden
Arizona: Tuscon |
Hereford | Bisbee | Tombstone | Texas Canyon | Miller Canyon
Anne's Trip to Colorado & Arizona
Visiting Friends Kris & Bette & Lots of Sightseeing
October 2013
Thanks to Bette for helping to identify birds, plants & mountains in Arizona.
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October 4 ~ Drive to Birmingham for parents' anniversary on October 6 before flying to Denver on October 7.
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Table Rock & American Beauty Berry on Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, South Carolina |
Becky & Herman ~ 69th Anniversary |
Day 1, October 7 ~ Fly from Birmingham to Denver, CO. Kris met me at airport. No photos (How can that be?)
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2, October 8 ~ To Breckenridge, Hoosier Pass, Fairplay, and Red Rocks, CO
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Lake Dillon |
Unusual cloud |
Lunch at Clint's |
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Anne at Hoosier Pass |
Cattle |
Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre |
Day 3 ~ October 9 ~ To Colorado Springs and Garden of the Gods, CO
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Castle Rock |
Air Force Academy Chapel |
Model of P38 Lightning ~ Sign |
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Garden of the Gods |
Rocks & Mountains |
Red Rocks at Garden of the Gods |
Day 4 ~ October 10 ~ Shopping at Ornamental Beads before going to Golden and Lookout Mountain, CO
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Sunrise at Kris's |
Ornamental Beads, Wheat Ridge, CO |
On the way to Golden |
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Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum |
Colorado School of Mines M on the Mountain |
View of Golden from Lookout Mountain |
Day 5 ~ October 11 ~ Denver to Tucson, AZ. To the Desert Museum & Gates Pass before going to Bette's
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Welcome ~ Arizona Sonora Desert Museum |
Desert cactus |
Ash Throated Flycatcher |
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Saguaro cactus |
More cactus |
View at Gates Pass Trailhead |
Day 6 ~ October 12 ~ To Gem Show at Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ (no photos of show)
Views of the Huachuca Mountains from Bette & Dan's backyard in Hereford
More photos of the views in their back yard with more sunset photos
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View of the Huachuca Mountains |
Roses at the back porch |
Miller Peak on left ~ Carr Peak on right |
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Aerostat ~ A drone watching over us |
Double Barrel Cactus |
Verbena |
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Bette talking to Park Ranger |
Old Bisbee |
Bisbee Breakfast Club |
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Lavendar Pit Copper Mine ~ Sign |
Bisbee |
Sunset at Bette's |
Day 8 ~ October 14 ~ Hike on Petroglyph Discovery Trail & Visit Tombstone, AZ
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Desert view near beginning of trail |
Natural walls |
"Mexican General" grasshopper |
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San Pedro River |
Fork in the trail |
Petroglyph rock |
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Stagecoach at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone |
Street scenes |
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Shops |
Newspaper Office |
Getting ready for the shootout |
Day 9 ~ October 15 ~ To Texas Canyon and the Amerind Museum, Dragoon, AZ
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Border Patrol |
I-10 |
Museum entrance ~ no pictures allowed inside |
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On the Amerind grounds |
Along the highway |
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Trail signs |
Bette |
Anne |
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Trail (and road) |
Miller Peak |
Stream |
Day 11 ~ October 17 ~ Tucson to Birmingham via Las Vegas ~ No photos
Day 12 ~ October 18 ~ Visit in Birmingham ~ No photos
Day 13 ~ October 19 ~ Home with Stop at Table Rock Visitor Center
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Table Rock Welcome Center on Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, South Carolina |
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Home | Hiking | Reunions |
Excursions with Sophie
2013 Western Trip ~ Overview |
Colorado:
Breckenridge |
Colorado Springs |
Golden
Arizona: Tuscon |
Hereford | Bisbee | Tombstone | Texas Canyon | Miller Canyon
Photos in header: Niagara Falls; Big Sur, CA; Golden Gate Bridge, CA; Sunset on the Baltic Sea;
Virginia Creeper Trail, VA; Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Sunset on the Pacific; Triple Falls at
DuPont Forest, NC.
Header Photo Credits: All Anne S. Napier except Niagara Falls by Herman Stubblefield.
Updated February 12, 2014