The Travel Bags spent a cold couple of nights in Tombstone, Arizona. Yes, that Tombstone. The one with this street made famous by the Earp brothers. It was so cold while we were there, that …
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Tucson, Ruins, and Tamales

You know you’re spoiled when you go to a national monument just because you’re there and just because you can get in free with your national parks pass…and you’re relatively unimpressed. Don’t these people look …
Continue readingWhere’s the Ghost…and the Gold?

We Travel Bags headed to the ol’ Goldfield Ghost Town and Mine near Phoenix, Arizona to do some prospectin’. Okay, so we didn’t do any prospecting, but we did do a little learnin’, a little …
Continue readingShout Out to our Hosts the Krause Family

From time to time a family we meet on the road invites us to stay on their land, and from time to time that works out with our schedule. The Krause family in Arizona invited …
Continue readingA Little Desert Education for You

For children and grown-ups alike, the word cactus conjures up images of two-armed saguaros, thanks to Wile E Coyote and his nemesis Roadrunner. Our kids have grown up in the desert, so things like cacti, …
Continue readingHow To Take a Family Photo in Sedona

Most of our “family” photos are missing a person or two, like this: and this: It’s high time you see all The Travel Bags together. So we took a family photo in Sedona. How? Just… …
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