Tag: AZ
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Sidepony 12
The Sidepony Express Music Festival started 14 years ago. They missed two years because of the pandemic, so this year was the 12 edition. It was the second Sidepony for Karla and myself. Thursday Sidepony had an official kick-off on Thursday, November 6 at the Bisbee Grand featuring Fatigo and Mariachi Pueblo Viejo. When we…
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The rest of October 2025
Our new place was still pretty empty. We shopped all the thrift and antique stores including D’s Furniture, St Vincent dePaul, Goodwill, Hidden Treasure Mall, Rocking Horse Antique Mall, Arizona Trading, Sorted Past, BZB Consignment, Bitchin Pickens, and the Bargain Barn of Palominas. We also visited most of the big box stores including Lowe’s, Walmart,…
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Cactus Point
I was moving a little slow on Saturday morning. A few days on the road had taken its toll. But some sweet French toast at the Cantina in the Hotel Encanto helped get me going. We had four hours of driving left to get us to Sierra Vista. We made a stop right outside of…
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SV Spring 2025
It is hard to believe we have been in Sierra Vista for over four weeks. It has gone really fast. We have had a lot of fun getting to know Sierra Vista and the area. One of the first things we did, was to continue our house search. If I did not mention it before,…
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Phoenix to SV
On Sunday, March 16, we packed up and closed up our rental in Phoenix. We headed south and stopped at SanTan Brewing in Chandler. They have a nice brewery and restaurant in the historic downtown area. We enjoyed a delicious brunch and I had a 5 oz. sample of the Orange Alien and a 5…
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Phoenix 2025 – Part 2
Mike and Mary came and visited for a few days. Our first night we went to Tesota for delicious dinner and drinks. Our second day with Mike and Mary we went to the Fry Bread House for lunch. The fry bread tacos were very big and messy and we had to use forks to eat…
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Phoenix 2025 – Part 1
Here is the first of two long posts about all the things we did and places we visited while in Phoenix. Our first day in Phoenix, I had the day off work so we explored the neighborhood. We had a great brunch at the Toasted Owl and checked out the Changing Hands Bookstore and Stinkweed…
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LC to Phx
We left Las Cruces on Saturday, February 15. We only had to drive three house that day, so we took our time. We made a stop Deming, New Mexico and went to the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum. It is in an old fire house. Really big and impressive collection of historic artifacts, minerals, pottery and…
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Two More Weeks in Tucson
On Wednesday, December 18 we drove to Phoenix. I had taken a couple days off work to see The New Standards at the Musical Instrument Museum. Our friends Paula and Ro met us there. The MIM is an amazing place. A single days is not enough time to take everything in. After lunch at the…
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First Two Weeks in Tucson
We left Bisbee on Monday, December 2. On our way to Tucson we stopped at Tombstone Brewing in Sierra Vista. It is a nice, big, new place and there was hardly anyone there. We had a delicious lunch of Brussels sprouts and burgers and sampled some tasty beers. We continued to Tucson to our Airbnb.…
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