A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Want to know the best small towns in Arizona? I’ve got you! Read on to find out my favorites after multiple visits to the Grand Canyon State… Arizona is one of the best states to experience the charm and beauty of small town America, with towns that feel like Old West time capsules, haunted mining […] Read more…
Planning a road trip through the Southwest? Add Tubac to your itinerary! It may be a tiny village, but there are lots of fun things to do in Tubac… Have you heard of the small village of Tubac in Southern Arizona? I hadn’t before I started planning our six-week Southwest Road Trip last winter. I […] Read more…
Want to do a Grand Canyon small group tour from Las Vegas but don’t know which one to choose? Here’s why you should choose MaxTour… If you can drag yourself away from the slot machines and buffets (and you should), one of the best days out from Las Vegas is to visit the Grand Canyon. […] Read more…
Month 115 was a fun one, and we were on the road for pretty much the entirety of it, traveling through three states, and three countries – two of which are new to me. We started the month with a two-day drive from Espanola to Phoenix, spending a night in Holbrook on the way. We […] Read more…
Month 104 was an action-packed month spent on the road, driving to hot springs, National Parks and Monuments, and cute small towns and fun cities in the Southwest. I began the month with one day left with family in Phoenix, then we hit the road for Tucson. After some vehicular issues, we made it to […] Read more…
Month 103 saw me jumping all over the place between New Zealand, Australia, and the US. I started the month with a few more nights left at my Mum’s in Papamoa where I was visiting with my brother. We squeezed in a day trip to Mount Maunganui to hike up Mauao, swim at Mount Beach, […] Read more…
Month Seventy-Seven started with work and ended with road-tripping and visiting family in three states. I still had just over a week left of working Haunt O’Ween and it was a stressful time, where I had multiple call-outs to deal with, no days off, and the highest customer numbers yet. I was relieved when it […] Read more…
I’ve been so busy the last couple of months that I didn’t have a chance to do my month seventy recap – so here is what I have been up to for the last two months. We started month seventy with five days in Silverthorne where Toby and I were both working as COVID testers. […] Read more…
Month Sixty Four was half focused on catching up with friends and family and working in Denver and Phoenix, and half road-tripping through Colorado and Arizona. We spent the first nine days of the month in the greater Denver area staying with three different family members – two aunts and my brother-in-law. I was mostly […] Read more…
Fast travel got me behind on my monthly recaps so this is for Month Forty Five and Forty Six. Month Forty Five I was on the road again, traveling around three Hawaiian Islands, firstly with Toby and my Dad, then solo on Maui. Month Forty Six saw me return to the mainland – focusing my […] Read more…