Catching Up

Rufous-backed Robin seen in Catalina State Park - somewhat out of its usual range.

Roadrunner pecking bugs off the ground.

The Blog – Dora’s Way – had to take a hiatus. This is partly because we have been having so much fun, and exploring new places, so that there were many days when we simply didn’t have the time or inspiration to write the blog. But, I suspect the biggest reason has to do with something else. That being the cost of using gigabytes of data on our phone plan.

As a matter of fact, we went on a “restriction diet” of data usage, which has been immensely helpful. What this consisted of was: no surfing the internet unless and until we had some free WiFi. This worked out really well, given that the Pima County Public Library provided all the free WiFi we could want. So, now it was up to us to plan into our day a trip to the library, giving enough time to write the blog. Well, since the library closed at 7PM, it was a bit of a challenge to get there after having a good hike for the day, plus all the regular daily activities. And then, while at the library, to write the blog before or after having checked Facebook, email, conducted whatever business we had to do, etc.

OK, you get the picture.

Then, suddenly, out of the blue, we decided that living in a cramped “parking lot” that is the overflow lot at Catalina State Park, replete with big rigs running generators from sunrise to sunset, that it was time to do some exploring.

We took a chance, and drove to Roosevelt Lake, east of Phoenix, east of the Superstition Mountains.

Well, it paid off! We have a beautiful campsite, not crowded at all, and we even got a chance to use our kayaks (for the first time on this trip!) today.

We still don’t have free WiFi where we are, so updating Dora’s Way will have to happen when Mari is in Evansville in a couple more days.

Thanks for hanging in there with us for this amazing adventure.

I will be updating our adventures with blogs and photos from the past week. Every day has been a new adventure, and we are happy to share it with you.

--Mari