The Rambler


Hi, I'm Phil Schmidt, and welcome to my blog! Here I share my ponderings, wanderings and doings.

Recent Posts

Some Really Nice Arizona Stays

Lots to do, and lots of natural beauty

Tucson, AZ

After staying at Kartchner, we moved on to Catalina State Park just at the northern edge of the Tucson metro area. This put us in the Sonoran Desert, which is notable for its Saguaro Cactus. We mostly stayed at this very nice park, where we just relaxed, enjoyed …

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Silver City and Kartchner Caves

Hanging Out, Laying Low

This will be a brief post, mostly pictures with some descriptions. We spent 2 weeks in Silver City, New Mexico, and a week at Kartchner Caverns in Arizona, and a lot of that time was spent just hanging out and relaxing. It was no help that I somehow managed to …

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Southwest Texas and More

We were tourists

The past several weeks have provided us with amazing experiences amid spectacular natural beauty. We based our explorations mainly out of Alpine and Terlingua, Texas, then moved on to Elephant Butte, New Mexico for a few days of mostly hanging out. We spent a lot of time being tourists during …

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