Below you will find pictures highlighting the journey of my brother and I through various locations in.....

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These pictures were taken on a family vacation to Arizona, over the Thanksgiving holiday(1998). We met my cousin and her husband and they proved to be the ever knowledgeable tour guides. Thank you Michele and Miguel. And thank you Mom and Dad for taking us out there. My other cousin, Nadine came out for the holiday also and we all had a great time feasting and watching the football games. Once again thanks to all for a great holiday......

The Crew......

From Left to Right: My brother Jeff, My father Bill, My mother Joann, My cousin Nadine, My cousin Michele, and her Husband Miguel......

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Getting some air Papago National Park, Arizona.

Getting some air in Papago National Park, Arizona.

Celebrating after conquering the White Mountains of Arizona.

We had to take this shot since we are not use to traveling this fast.

A quaint little abandoned adobe Indian home on the side of the National Loop trail.

Riding the side trail next to the adobe house.

The people at ASU would not let us into the stadium because it was closed that day. We where leaving the next day so I decided the only way to get a picture was to sneak into the stadium.

My partner in crime, my brother, we had a good time running up the ramp to get these shots.

Whew ! what security around this place. Cryin' out loud it's only a frickin stadium.

Some local vegetation that we ran into on the trails. Quite literally for me.

Oooomph, look out for those big rocks there. Doing a crotch tester, Yep there still there.

Proudly showing off the Diamondbacks. And if I may add looking quite handsome.
Making conquering the steps look easy. Such poise and agility.

This was a sweet switchback. I'm sure that it hurt if you missed the turn though, seeing that there were only cacti for you to wipe out into.

My brother posing for the camera, and trying to look as handsome as his big brother.

Shredding the Mormon Loop. What a hell of a ride.

Up on Mt. Lemmon overlooking Tucson, Arizona. Around 3,000'. What a view and it only got better the higher we went.

A shot of some wild rock formations. This is at about 5,000'.

A nice shot of what the trail looks like on the National Loop. Plus a nice shot of the back of my brothers head.

Another good shot of the trail. Yes that's the trail on the side of that mountain. There was one hell of a drop off on the right hand side of this one.

My brother and I thought that this rock formation looked cool so....here it is.

We all went to Old Tucson a little town that has a lot of old western movie stuff there. A piece of advice DON'T GO. What a bust! they wanted you to pay for everything, in addition to your admission fee. I did like this old train though.

We took a ride in a covered wagon and these beautiful horses were what pulled us along.

This is me atop a mountain in Papago National Park. This day turned out to be a good riding day although it rained alot. That just made for a better ride.

This pic was taken from inside a little enclave while we were waiting out one of the more heavier rains that day. After the rain subsided we took off and decided to climb these two mountains.

This was taken from the same enclave. These are our babies, mines the blue one a Diamondback Topanga SE, and my brothers is a Diamondback Outlook SE.

Ok, I'm taking another step backwards ! This is me looking all mountain bikey (at least trying too).

This is my brother also looking like a true mountain biker.

Yeeeehaaa !! getting some air of a dropoff into a wash.

Shredding and tearing up the Papago trails.

Looking back at Phoenix from the National Loop. We thought this was a cool pic showing the smog layer over the city.

We all took a day trip up to Sedona. Word of advice GO. This is one of the most beautiful places I've seen. This pic was taken while taking a Pink Jeep Tour.

I know, I know, your laughing at the Pink Jeep tour. Let me tell you something though you won't be laughing after you take this tour. You'll have a whole new respect for the color Pink.

Yes ! They actually took the Jeep down these "STEPS" If ever in Sedona make sure to take the PINK JEEP TOUR.

A look at the Saguaro National Forest. According to my cousins husband, this the most densely populated spot in the WORLD with Saguaro cacti.

This is a picture of South Mountain. We biked down this bad boy and let me tell ya' it was no picnic. Looks can be very deceiving and this picture is, this mountain is a monster.

This shot was taken in a little plaza in Tempe. I thought the statues were cool.

This is the view from our hotel room. That mountain range is the White Mountains. If you start on the right hand side of the picture and follow it to the left you will pretty much have the path that my brother and I took.

This pic was taken way deep up in the White Mountains. We were so surprised at how far we had travelled that we had to take a picture of Phoenix. Yep ! that's the city right there in the middle of the pic.

These are the ladies of our journey. From left to right: My mom Joann, and my cousins Michele and Nadine.

These are the two that made it all happen for my brother and I. My mother and father, Joann and Bill, to others. Thanks mom and dad, we love ya' dearly.


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