by Chris D | Feb 12, 2017 | Travel and Exploration
Kartchner Caverns State Park
https://azstateparks.com/kartchner/
(520) 586-4100
2980 S Hwy 90
Benson, AZ 85602
9 mi. South of Benson on Hwy 90
In November 1974, Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts were exploring the limestone hills at the eastern base of the Whetstone Mountains. They were looking “for a cave no one had ever found” and found it. The two kept the cave a secret until February 1978 when they told the property owners, James and Lois Kartchner, about their awesome discovery. Since unprotected caves can be seriously damaged by unregulated use, they knew the cave had to be protected. Tenen and Tufts spent several years looking into the possibility of developing the cave themselves. Some members of the Kartchner family lived in Tucson and were very impressed with the development and operation of Catalina State Park by Arizona State Parks. They decided to approach State Parks to see if the agency was interested in acquiring this outstanding resource.
by Chris D | Dec 21, 2015 | Tao of Chris
Question: Why is it that the same person that feels like they’ll get where they’re going sooner by following me 2 feet from my bumper at 75mph needs 4 car lengths when they’re turning left going 20mph?
by Chris D | Apr 8, 2006 | Stuff Done
This week is Arizona Bike Week. Chris and Sandra love this time of year because they get to jump on the Harley and ride with friends old and new to events all over the city.
Chris and Sandra went riding with their friends Tom and Jen.
From listening to Chris and Sandra it sounded like thay had a great time. It rained one night and Sandra looked like me after I take a dip in the pool.
They tole me that they were lots of bikes there as well as entertainment from bands that Chris listened to when he was a teenager like Foghat, Blue Oster Cult, Steppenwolf,and The Guess Who. Chris said that there was also good food, a bunch of vendors, and some cool motorcycle stunts.
by Chris D | Mar 14, 2006 | Life as I know it
This past weekend something funny happened. When I stuck my head out of the sliding glass door to go outside as I do every morning, some water fell on my head? I heard Chris call this rain. I also heard him say that there hasn’t been rain here for over 143 days which is a record for this area (whatever that means). It was kind of strange for me because there was a whole plethora of new smells for me to enjoy but after 10 minutes of trying to figure out what was going on I gave up and just accepted it. One thing I found out was that humans are strange. Everytime I would come in from the rain, Sandra was waiting for me with a towel to try and dry me off. I found this to be a fun game because the more she rubbed me with the towel the more I tried to bite it. That was fun! I don’t know why Sandra was so insistent that I was dry as I thought being wet was perfectly OK.
We also had visitors this weekend. Sandra’s friends Vern and Monica came for a visit. I heard them say that they just got married last weekend. I don’t know why humans do this thing call ‘getting married’? When I find another dog that I like, I just play with him for a while and then move on to a new dog. Anyway, I digress. Chris and Sandra looked like they had a great time visiting with Vern and Monica. They laughed a lot and must of went out to dinner a lot because I got put in my crate while they were gone a few times. One day when the rain stopped for a little while, Chris and Vern took me out on the pontoon boat in the morning and did this thing called ‘fishing’. I don’t know what it’s all about but I had fun trying to bite the lures as they cast them (which usually ended up in a scolding) and when they caught a fish, boy was it fun trying to bite those wiggly suckers. Chris caught a big fish (I heard him say that was the biggest one he’s seen on this lake so far) and Vern wasn’t so lucky. Although Vern caught more smaller ones.
Yesterday we took a ride in the car up to a place called Carefree, AZ. It’s about 30 miles north of Phoenix (or so Chris tells me). When we got there and I jumped out of the truck and the ground was covered with this white stuff that Chris called ‘snow’. Now I’ve lived in Arizona all of my 5 months and I’ve never heard of anyone talk about this snow stuff, all I hear about is the heat. Anyway, once I hit this ‘snow’ I was in heaven! I ran and ran , rolled in the stuff, and buried my nose in the stuff. Chris threw snowballs at me and I caught them in my mouth. What a fun day!
by Chris D | Mar 12, 2006 | Life as I know it
Sandra’s friends Vern and Monica came to visit us from California. I like them because they gave me a lot of good rubs on the head and some belly scratches too. They just got married the weekend before and will be moving to the east coast soon. I’m glad I got to meet them before thay moved.
I think they had a good time here because they smiled and laughed a lot. They came for something called Spring Training. I don’t know what that is but Vern came back with a nice white ball that I wouldn’t have minded chewing on.
Vern really liked to fish too. Even though it was raining I spent some good times watching him and tring to bite the fishes he caught. He and Monica even took the pedal boat out to go fishing. They looked funny peddaling around the lake.
