After a day in the Chiricahua Mountains we continued to move west across southern Arizona to our next stop at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area. Somewhere along the way of looking into potential destinations I had read that sandhill cranes overwinter there in large numbers so we decided to drop in and check it out.
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Years that is. Yes, Occidentalist turns 10 today! This site has been following our travels for the past ten years! A few of the stats over those ten years: two Four Wheel Campers, two pickups, two fishing boats, about 200,000 miles, 3 countries, 38 U.S. states, two states in Mexico, 4 Canadian provinces, and about 700 nights spent in the camper(s). It’s been quite a ride over the last decade.
There has been some nice color the last few weeks in north central Idaho. The hardwoods (birch, mountain ash, cherry, cottonwood) along the rivers have been especially vibrant this fall. The western larch has been a little slower to change but seems to be hitting its peak as we turn the calendar into November.
