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WHAT’S UP WITH SANTA in Verde Canyon?

WHAT’S UP WITH SANTA in Verde Canyon?

Verde Canyon Arizona by Irene Butler Published in Travel Writers Tales e-zine It’s never too early to check out the goings on of the Clause Family and their Merry Elves… Santa has been sneaking away from the mall on certain days during December. The paparazzi found him gleefully swinging from the side-ladder of the powerful engine of the Verde Canyon Railroad Train in Clarkdale Arizona. Much laughter and singing resounded from within the coaches on these days, and there were sightings of Mrs. Clause and Elfie through the train’s panoramic windows. Is Santa sloughing off during his busiest season? Is…

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Death Valley U.S.A. Photo Gallery

Death Valley U.S.A. Photo Gallery

Our Death Valley Photo Gallery Pics by Rick See Nature’s harshest yet most tantalizingly beautiful landscapes of Death Valley Click to start your visual journey Death_Valley/

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South Dakota Photo Gallery

South Dakota Photo Gallery

The Bad Lands, Carzy Horse Monument, Mt. Rushmore Click for our South Dakota Photo Gallery- theglobaltrekkers/SouthDakota/

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Verde Canyon – Train Whistles and Cowboy Vittles

Verde Canyon – Train Whistles and Cowboy Vittles

Verde Canyon – By Irene Butler Our Verde Canyon Photo Gallery Published in TravelLady E-Zine and Beyond 50 Magazine “All Aboard,” crowed the conductor. My husband Rick and I jauntily moved with the crowd toward the coaches. We sank down into comfy window seats. The powerful eagle-decaled engines of the Verde Canyon Train rolled smoothly out of the Clarkdale Station for a four-hour round trip to Perkinsville Ranch – through a wilderness that can only be seen from these rails. Towering sentinels of black slag sided the tracks as we left the station. A vivid reminder that this line was…

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Grand Canyon Photo Gallery

Grand Canyon Photo Gallery

By Rick Butler To View Gallery Click: TheGrandCanyon/

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