It’s taken me a bit, but I finally got my spring break photos put together and some I set up for your Throwback Thursday #TBT pleasure. Enjoy the trip back in time…
First stop Tucson for my birthday on…
you guessed it–3/19 LOL! This was a very perfect room number.
And my post about it connected me with a friend from home in the same hotel.
(We never saw each other in person.)
Then it was throwback time! With a visit to the University of Arizona. I had a wonderful time getting my Masters in Special Education while we were stationed in Arizona roughly 18 years ago.
University Blvd.
Old Main
The Education Building where I took all my classes.
Stadium
And here’s a blast from the past…
The “old folks” in the family (out for a visit) in front of Old Main.
Heading to a Wild Cats football game.
My graduation in 1998 and hanging with my favorite professor Dr. Lane.
The next day we headed to Sierra Vista, where we lived while stationed in AZ. And we found our old apartment…
The trees have definitely grown and the paint colors have changed.
Ask my brother–we used to have a much more open view during our epic BBQ’s when he came out to visit. LOL!
More of the present and past in Tombstone.
It was a lot emptier when I came out with my mom. I wonder if that has anything to do with the movie Tombstone?
Doc Holiday is everyone’s Huckleberry now.
Also made a new and old visit to the Crystal Palace. This time with the boys but last time with high school buds.
And things had changed inside the O.K Corral too.
My first time around the shoot out reenactments occurred right on the spot where the shoot out happened. Now they have a model in the same place and the reenactment off to the side.
Back in the late 90’s.
Clearly the new models are having a bit of trouble. All of the figures have very interesting feet. The heat?
We then headed to the eclectic and artsy mining town of Bisbee. We didn’t make it in time to take the Copper Queen mine tour, but we did get to check it out and of course I had stories.
Not too much has changed.
Grandma and my Dad.
Mom and I.
Here’s a different Bisbee before and after shot.
And the rest of the pics are some quirky, random shots…
And this was our favorite restaurant and it was still there!!! Had a yummy dinner <3
Bisbee at night.
Speaking the truth…
Off to Phoenix…
These two cuties were not the best of friends.
The Easter Bunny?
A Gorgeous Harris Hawk named Hitman who worked on the Falcon Force Squad.
After an afternoon of swimming. This was one of our quieter days. We drove 1,200 miles from the southern part of AZ to Las Vegas, Nevada in a week.
Old Town Scottsdale
And the next morning, we hiked up Camelback Mountain.
Gorgeous views the whole way up and down.
Can you find the critter?
Meeting the challenge the 10yo was issued by a friend LOL!
We all made it to the top.
And then it was off to Sedona with it’s red rocks and a Pink Jeep Tour…
Our friendly and fun driver PJ!
Heading back to Sedona…
And here are my #TBT pics from my first time in Sedona…
And the next day it was a road trip to the Grand Canyon!
It was just as beautiful the second time around…
The size just blows your mind.
A last night in Sedona–one of my favorites <3 before heading out.
A pit stop at an IN-N-OUT Burger. I’d never been before. Yum!
And then it was the Hoover Dam, which I’d never been to either. It was a fascinating tour and an incredible architectural feat.
Some of the turbines.
Where the turbines are housed.
The Colorado River
My camera was looking down–not me!
You can see how dry it is and how low the water is in Lake Mead. This is the emergency spillway. It’s only been used twice–once when they tested it and only one other time. Not a risk at the moment.
And last but not least we made it to Vegas!
And you know what they say…what happens in Vegas happens to your best friends too. No, really I mean it. Imagine running into your 10yo’s best friend and his brother at the pool in Vegas. We knew they were traveling in some of the same places we were over the break, but we didn’t know their schedule at all and they could have been anywhere in those 1,200 miles. Unbelievably we randomly bumped into each other at the pool!
And a pit stop at the Stratosphere was on the agenda after a fun time here 18 years ago…
Back in the late 1990’s
He ate the WHOLE thing folks!
See–what happens in Vegas happens to your best friends too. LOL!
And some Vegas random. Very cool glass gallery.
Kind of think I should own these chairs of birdie awesome.
And after a night of David Copperfield and his magical illusions,it seemed like this New York, New York…
was destined to turn back into this one…
If you could do a Throw Back #TBT tour of a place you used to live or spend a lot of time, where would you go and what would you want to see while you were there???