February and March in Arizona

It almost never rains in Arizona, we seem to bring out the beastly weather where ever we travel.

Tucson is where the rodeo was held, the rain stopped after we arrived and didn't start again until the rodeo was over.

Ride em cowboy!

This cowboy won on Saturday, the finals were on Sunday.

It was fun watching theses  guys ride horses.

This would give me a headache for sure.

The horses were wild but bulls, it was crazy.

An 8 second ride of your life, 

Some fun and games too!  It's a relay race riding horses after you twirled around a few times.

There was barrel racing, calf roping, 5 year old kids riding sheep, and some other stuff that went on also. 
Jack Daniels' was a sponsor, some drinking and good eating.



The black pins represent the National Parks, we still have a lot to see.  The red string was our year long travels and the blue is this year since January 2020.  That is 2,200 miles from Michigan to Sierra Vista, AZ.

Some Arizona altitude facts.

Sierra Vista's elevation is 3,041 feet and it's 76 miles north to Tucson.

Tucson's elevation  is 2,389 feet and it's 113 miles Northwest to Phoenix at 1,086 feet above sea level. 

From Phoenix to Camp Verde is another 90 miles at an altitude of 3,041 feet.  Heading north into Camp Verde there is a 6 % grade descending for 7 miles into the valley.  Not sure how we descend from 1086 feet into a valley at 3,041, there were some sharp curves and engine breaking going on for miles.

Taking a short cut from Sierra Vista to Tubac to buy some pottery,  It was a beautiful drive.

The road on the left dropped off into a canyon, much more dramatic in real life.

Another hike in the Coronado National Memorial Park, with our camping neighbors Scott and Linda.  We started at the top and are descending for 3.1 miles.  I'm leaning so I don't fall off the trail, it's a long way down.

It was a great hike, very happy we hiked down and not up.