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Can’t Get Out? Take a Virtual Adventure to Crater Lake National Park!!

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So, these are different times right now. Whatever the reason is that you can’t get out, you can still experience an adventure and enjoy the great outdoors, and dream and plan for when you can get out! We will be exploring different virtual adventures from time to time. ‘Crater Lake National Park 360 Video Tour with Dierks Bentley‘ is our very first virtual tour to post on and share with you!!

If you go to the National Park Foundation website to explore Crater Lake National Park, they have some great information to learn about this National Park. We have so much beauty and history in the USA, we can’t wait to explore these parks not only virtually, but one day in person. We can’t wait to share both with you!

Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest lake in the world. It is located in Southern Oregon at the Cascade Mountains. Crater Lake is 1,943 feet deep and lies inside a caldera (volcanic basin). The lake is filled by mostly snowfall, and therefore, is one of the clearest lakes in the world!

So, be sure and go here and experience the virtual tour of Crater Lake with Dierks Bentley! Crater Lake is just beautiful! We can’t wait to get there in person, but for now, we will enjoy the virtual adventure!!

We love the Arizona Mountains!!

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We wanted to go up to Pinetop, Arizona, but we also wanted to go to Flagstaff. We couldn’t decide, so we decided to go to both. We decided to start this trip by going to Pinetop, Arizona, then head over to Flagstaff before heading back home. It was a great trip. We saw some beautiful scenery along the way. On the way up to Pinetop, we stopped along the Mogollon Rim to take some pictures. We had camped as kids and still as adults at some of the Mountain Lakes in this area. It is so beautiful on the Rim.

After stopping at the Rim to take in the views and going for a short walk, we headed to Pinetop. One of the things that we wanted to do in Pinetop was to eat dinner at Charlie Clark’s Steakhouse. The meal was unbelievable!! We had the Prime Rib and the Ribeye. They were both so good! You really must eat at Charlie Clark’s if you are in the area. If you aren’t in the area, you should consider going there! The next morning, we went for a short drive through town before heading our way to Flagstaff, via Holbrook and Winslow.

On our way to Flagstaff, we traveled through Holbrook and Winslow. We saw the Wigwam Motel. It was so fun! For those of you who have seen the movie Cars, you will recognize the motel. The motel had wigwams with old cars parked out front. In the movie, the wigwams were traffic cones! 🙂

We also stopped at a roadside shop call Geronimo. At the shop, they have a huge petrified log standing about 10ft in the air! It weighs 89,000lbs., therefore, it is also buried 9ft below ground and the part below ground is encased in cement! There are also other pieces of the tree laying on the ground beside it! The pieces of petrified log were just huge! What a fun drive!!

The final stretch of our weekend trip was driving up to Arizona Snowbowl. The drive was beautiful with the Fall colors in all their glory. The gold and auburn colors were just breathtaking!

After leaving Snowbowl, we drove through Sedona. Sedona was busy, but that is because it has such a unique, natural beauty. If you have never been there, it is worth the trip!

Wild Horses at the Salt River

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We took a drive this morning to see the wild horses at the Salt River! We did see some wild horses, they were beautiful…so was the scenery. We went to a few places, but ended up seeing quite a few horses near a bridge. We hiked back a little to see if we could get some different views. But, honestly, the best and most peaceful views were just sitting on a rock near the bridge, in the quiet, watching the horses.

It was so tranquil out there, we cannot wait to go there again and just watch…in silence…so beautiful.

We finished up the morning by having a great breakfast at Shiprock Restaurant at Saguaro Lake!! It was a great morning!!!

Check out the Giant Spurs!!

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If you are taking a nice drive through Wickenburg, Arizona, don’t miss seeing the Giant Spurs as you are leaving town!! The drive is so beautiful by itself, but you can’t miss seeing these iconic spurs.

We are not big fans of roundabouts, but if we must have them, they should all be as fun as this one! The biggest set of spurs you will likely ever see….it must take one mighty big cowboy to fill ’em!!

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Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.  ~ Artist ~ Tim Cox

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