Tag: Arizona

  • Gunfight at the OK Corral, making history fun

    Gunfight at the OK Corral, making history fun

    What to me is one of the quintessential things about Arizona aside from the Grand Canyon?  Of course the gunfight at the OK Corral, and that makes for a fun bit of homeschool history lesson.  So, I searched long and hard to find a kid appropriate book about the gunfight at the OK Corral.  …

  • Tombstone, the town too tough to die

    Tombstone, the town too tough to die

    I have to admit I love the movie Tombstone, it’s a fun movie to watch and I remember going as a kid (okay teenager) to Tombstone, AZ and thinking it was ok, but not super exciting. After our recent Tombstone field trip I’m wondering if I was thinking of somewhere different.  I loved every moment of…

  • Phoenix Zoo, and boy am I tired

    You combine a couple of nights of not sleeping well with a rather large and well arranged zoo and you get one tired Ticia.  And three tired kiddos. We got to feed the manta rays, which totally made Batman’s day because those are his favorite animals.  I think I now have about 100 something pictures…

  • I found the nearly perfect museum for Princess

    If it had just had ponies there, she would have been in heaven.  As it was this was nearly perfect. Sigh, I need to learn not to mess with picture size on my lap top unless I want to think about throwing the thing through something for a while.   Back on topic.  She got…

  • Tuscon, Arizona and I think I’ve fixed the problem with my blog

    Or in theory I have.  There were links to a website that got hacked over the weekend, and in theory I’ve deleted all of the links.  The problem is if I search my blog it keeps saying those links are here, and I don’t know how to fix that problem.  In theory it will resolve…