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2015 Western Trip ~ Overview 1 | Overview 2
Anne and Bette Go to Arizona
January 2015
Overview Page 1
2,080 ~ Total miles Bette & Anne drove Huntersville, NC, to Sierra Vista/Hereford, AZ
4,935 ~ Anne's approximate total miles Gastonia to Sierra Vista to home ~ includes driving from
Hendersonville to
Gastonia & Huntersville to Sierra Vista, local miles in Arizona,
flight from Tucson to Charlotte, & driving from Gastonia back to Hendersonville
The "More Information" page contains links to information about many of the places we visited.
Click on photos for larger images
Day 1, Saturday, January 17 ~ Huntersville to Meredian, Mississippi ~ No photos
Day 2, Sunday, January 18 ~ Meredian to Weatherford, Texas
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| Bridge over the Mississippi River | Fields | Highway |
Day 3, Monday, January 19 ~ Weatherford back to Ft. Worth to the National Cowgirl Museum, to Midland,Texas
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| Cowgirl Museum ~ Larger image of mural | Cowgirl Statue | Rotunda from entrance lobby |
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| Rebecca Lopez | "Chief" by Rebecca | Stairway with student art |
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| On the road in Texas |
Day 4 ~ Tuesday, January 20 ~ Midland, TX, to Las Cruces, New Mexico
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| Speed limit 80 | Mountains in the distance | Bridges in El Paso |
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| UTEP Orange - But Vol Orange is better! | Welcome to New Mexico | El Camino Real |
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| Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science Dimetrodon skelteon and tracks ~ sign |
Eagle Dancer between the Branigan Cultural Center and Nature & Science Museum | Las Cruces Branigan Cultural Center Continuing Traditions Exhibit ~ 2015 |
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| Tonio LeFebre ~ Young Buffalo Dancer Branegan Cultural Center ~ artist bio |
Louie García ~ Weaving ~ artist bio |
Las Cruces Sunset |
Day 5 ~ Wednesday, January 21 ~ Las Cruces, NM,to Sierra Vista, Arizon
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| Las Cruces Sunrise | Clouds | I-10 |
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| Train | Cooke's Wagon Road sign | Mountains |
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| Clouds | Arizona State Line | Texas Canyon |
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| Texas Canyon | Nearly there | Huachuca Mountains |
Day 6 ~ Wednesday, January 22 ~ Hereford, Arizona
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| Sunrise at Bette's | Afternoon clouds | |
Day 7 ~ Thursday, January 23 ~ Ramsey Canyon
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| Trail | Old cabin in the woods | Stream |
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| Winter cottonwood trees | Rock wall | Trail |
Day 8 ~ Saturday, January 24 ~ San Pedro National Riparian Area
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| Bette and others waiting to start walk | We spooked the cattle along the trail. | Green Kingfisher Pond |
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| Cottonwoods beside the river | Trail | The river |
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| View from trail | Detail 1 ~ Detail 2 | Goldfinches in tree |
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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 July 6, 2015