Daily Life

Day 26020!

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

The Dailylife Wife and I went out to lunch at one of our favorite places: Calavera. Fine Mexican cuisine, with skeletons!

I had the Lunch #3, enchilada and burrito, shredded beef. And there was a LOT of shredded beef!

The Dailylife Wife decided to be chill about eating out, and had a non-spicy Taco Salad, with chicken. No distress!

Then came a nice afternoon of doing nothing, because we were both stuffed. As it started to get dark, the Northern Lights came on again! They were out due to the strongest solar storm in 25 years. I couldn’t see them here when I looked last night, but there were photos from Sedona (15 miles north) and Prescott (20 miles south over the mountain). So tonight it looked as good as last night on the Forecast site, so out I went. The red arrow is about where Clarkdale is.

Down below us on the road to Tuzigoot I got this faint image.

These two are from a Scenic View Point about 2/3rds of the way to Sedona.

I think if it is on again tomorrow night I will go up to the Scenic View Point a mile past Jerome, way up the mountain.

Meanwhile, back in Grfff’lls…it was cloudy last night, but not so tonight! This first one was taken by the Dailylife Daughter #1, IN TOWN, with STREETLIGHTS.

The next was the Dailylife Son-In-Law #1, probably out near Malmstrom AFB.

All the photos in this post were taken with cellphones. Cellphones do amazingly well at photographing Northern Lights and stars. So until tomorrow!

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26019!

Monday, January 19, 2026

I dislike traffic circles. Roundabouts. Even rotaries. Too many people guessing.

So when I saw this question mark announcing one today, it seemed to be the perfect sign. Heading towards downtown Clarkdale.

~Curtis in Arizona, waiting on possible Northern Lights! {!-{>

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Day 26018! Part 2

Sunday, January 18, 2026

We actually got a little sunset action tonight! So, of course, it becomes panoramas:

These first two are merged from approximately 180 degree iPhone panoramas to get a 360 degree view. The seam is almost gone…

And a short little panorama to include the pool reflections.

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26018!

Sunday, January 18, 2026

I got up early today to see the Sunrise. This is looking East near Tuzigoot NM. (Click on the panoramas a couple of times to see larger!)

Turning around here is Clarkdale.

On the way North up on AZ89A is the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, with the red rocks near Sedona beyond it.

This is Cathedral Rock just East of Sedona.

Continuing East is Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock on AZ179A.

Courthouse Butte from the East side heading back to the West.

Looking North from Courthouse Vista. Courthouse Butte is on the right.

The silhouette of Bell Rock heading East again.

Not much else until I was back at Rain Spirit RV Resort, and the first dip in the Hot Tub for this year!

Aaahhh…

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26017!

Saturday, January 17, 2026

As we were running around getting shopping done today, my iPhone decided to turn the camera on. This happens fairly often. I am not sure what causes it though.

Anyway, here is the best of today’s, from inside my shirt pocket!

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26016!

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Rain Spirit is a wonderful place, quiet, peaceful, not too big…but the WiFi is crap.

Seen way too often:

This is getting old. Almost as old as that danged furnace…

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26015 Extra!

Friday, January 16, 2026

The sunset has been spectacular back home in Grff’lls! Two from the Dailylife Granddaughter #1 (she’s a Freshman in >>College<< now!)

~Curtis in /\/\onTana! Sort of… {!-{>

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Day 26015!

Friday, January 16, 2026

A regular stop for people living in an RV. Particularly when it is cold at night and the furnace runs a lot.

The only thing “flowering”. And I think they are dried from last year. Everything should be starting before we head north in April.

And a nice sunset over the pool. We had a lot of sunsets painting the sky our first year down here. None of the subsequent years have matched it.

~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>

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Day 26014!

Thursday, January 15, 2026

We had a fairly nice* sunrise this morning! (* only slightly enhanced for color…)

We had to drive to Phoenix this morning for a dermatology appointment. There is a rest area, previously seen here, about half way, just before the start of a BIG hill running down past Bumblebee, Arizona! There was considerable construction when we were here two years ago, and it is finished now! They made reversible “flex lanes” like they use in big cities. Phoenix counts as a BIG city, but this is, frankly, in the middle of NO-WHERE, AZ! The Dailylife Wife looked it up on our way home, and it is essentially an HOV lane for northbound traffic Monday through Saturday. Sunday is just for Southbound traffic!

After the appointment we stopped at Kneaders for lunch. It is a bakery/cafe/santa shop. A good lunch at a reasonable (if any can be) price. And they offer classes!