The Chiricahua Mountains
Back in January of 2003, Chris and I took a our first trip to Arizona together. We drove my Expedition(I no longer own it), and we camped in it. First we visited my brother and sister in law in Colorado and then we went down through New Mexico and over to AZ. We stopped in the town of Portal, AZ. It is a beautiful little town and I sat at a picnic table next to the local general store and drew. There is a wonderful stone house there and I took millions of pics of it and drew part of it. I will probably use those pics for a painting of some sort in the future. Anyway, we then went to a campground in the Chiricahua’s. It was a more primitive campground at the time. There were no electric hook-ups etc. The only facilities were some pit toilets that are all metal and I will tell you they get mighty cold in the middle of the night in the beginning of January! Wow! It was a beautiful place with a fairly dense forest. I remember having to wear warm hats to bed as well as socks etc. We had sleeping bags, but no heater for sleeping. It got pretty darn cold too! But, I’m sure we were better off in the Expedition than we would have been in a tent. Chris and I have had many adventures traveling across this Country since then. Lots of good times and memories. But, we will have many more in the very near future. We are going to buy a used RV and plan to live in it full time traveling around this Country and Mexico and even Canada. Of course we won’t be going everywhere at once or even in one year. We will go somewhere and stay there for awhile and then move on. New Mexico will still be our home base. This is very exciting and should be happening by next Sept.
Here are some pics from our first trip to the Chiricahua’s and then a pastel of the Chiricahua Mountains. I just finished it yesterday and am quite pleased with it.
Wow was my hair short!
Here is the newest pastel:
Posted: March 24th, 2008 under Healing, Landscape, Painting, Pastel, health.
Comments: 4
Comments
Comment from Heather
Time: March 26, 2008, 2:01 am
I think you guys doing the RV thing is great! I bet you’ll have many adventures that will influence your art even more. Wah00-hoo for you two!
Comment from Sara
Time: March 26, 2008, 8:44 am
I am excited to paint the many places we go. How awesome that this is happening just when I fell in love with pastels and am learning how to paint landscapes:) We may even end up in your neck of the woods at some point!
Comment from Michelle (artscapes)
Time: March 26, 2008, 8:48 am
Wow - you guys are brave….
If I can offer one piece of advice - new tires! We had our inspected twice when we bought a used RV and they still were blowing out. Nothing ruins a trip faster than multiple blowouts. Keep a spare…. 
I suggest you do the circle tour of Lake Superior at some point….. Amazing…. But try to do it in late summer! Fewer bugs in August and winter comes early to north Superior….
Comment from Sara
Time: March 26, 2008, 6:06 pm
Well, it will have new front tires, but we will have to get the other ones inspected. We are buying it from Chris’ dad. Good idea to have a spare. I hope to do Lake Superior at some point. We will be up in Duluth in Sept. for my nieces wedding, and we thought we may go further up the North Shore after that(the wedding is in early Sept.) not sure though. It looks like we will be spending the summer in southern MN near Rochester where our kids are. It will be so good to see them. It will have been a year for me since I have seen my kids and almost that amnt. of time since seeing three of Chris’ four kids. Chris is researching everything possible. eventually we want to have a solar panel on it. but we won’t be able to afford that right away. This has been something that we have wanted to do for a long time. We are lucky in that we are very compatible and have lived in small spaces before with no problem.
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