Ron Browne The SaddleBrooke RV Club is a diverse group of more than 80 adventurers who enjoy traveling in various “rigs,” ranging from small camp trailers to 45-foot Class A motorhomes. Many are “sunbirds” choosing to escape the Tucson summer heat by traveling to cooler locations for the summer. In late September, a group of…
Dale Leman Each year the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Trip Committee organizes one or more destination hiking trips. This year Page, Ariz., was chosen for a spring trip. The hiking days were April 16-18. In total, 86 SaddleBrooke residents went on the trip. The keys to these Hiking Club trips are the actual hikes themselves. The…
Joan Elder On May 22 Brenda McBride and I left Tucson to begin travel for our Celebrity Scandinavian cruise! We flew to Minneapolis and on to Amsterdam. We spent one night there, just enough time to ride a train, walk around the heart of this city which we had both visited previously, and enjoy a…
Tips to ease the stress of holiday travel David J. Ramirez Holidays are a wonderful time of the year, and it’s also one of the busiest times to travel. If you’re planning to fly through “America’s Friendliest Airport” during this busy time of year, Phoenix Sky Harbor has some tips to ease the stress of…
Bob Stuart Arizona Pathfinders, a nonprofit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a five-day tour (Monday–Friday) on September 30–October 4, 2019, to the Colorado Plateau. Join us for an adventuresome tour to this region and meet Hopi and Navajo artisans and learn about their art and culture. This is a wonderful opportunity…
Susan L. Schwartz “Dinna fash,” I told myself almost every day of my photographic sojourn to England and Scotland. As every Outlander fan knows, that means “don’t worry” and I didn’t let the September weather and crowds get in the way of taking photos and enjoying my trip. Inspired by the Outlander books and TV…
On a brilliantly sunny day in SE England 22 European Travel Club guests checked into the Woolpack Inn, located in the tiny village of Chilham, Kent. What’s so special about that? Well, only that the inn has been welcoming guests since 1488! For four glorious days we explored the counties of Kent (“The Garden of…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore and Jim Cowlin Spanish exploration and colonization in the Southwest took place over nearly 300 years. Nowhere is it more evident than in New Mexico where Spanish heritage is an enduring legacy. The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is sponsoring a bus tour of Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque on October 15-21,…
Bob Stuart Arizona Pathfinders, a nonprofit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a five-day tour (Tuesday–Saturday) on September 25-29, 2018 to the Sacramento Mountain Area, New Mexico. Join us for an adventuresome tour to this region in south central New Mexico, east of the White Sands Missile Range. Sierra Blanca Peak,…
Joan Elder On May 2, 2018 I flew from JFK in New York to Johannesburg, South Africa—a 14-hour flight! My 18 fellow travelers, in what was called “the Elder Group” came from many states, but there were “no strangers.” I had invited many and some of those friends invited others, so we were all connected…