Recently a friend told us about the Chocolate Falls, which are about 1 hour north east of Flagstaff - a 3-hour drive. The official name is Grand Falls, but looking at the pictures below, it is clear why they are called Chocolate Falls. The waterfall comes to life each spring during the annual snowmelt from the…...

Exactly to the day one year ago we came here with my mom. It was a cloudy rather trist day and we didn’t see a single flower and only a few puddles of water. Today it looked quite a bit different – it’s a beautiful sunny day, the mountain slopes are green with big patches…...

While Switzerland is currently enjoying Spring weather and unusual mild temperatures, we here in the South West of the United States were hit by a massive, once in a lifetime winter storm that brought snow to unusual places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas as well as the Phoenix area.  Flagstaff officially picked up 35.9 inches…...

Due to the amount of rain we got over the last few weeks and months, the desert is very green, there are weeds and grass everywhere and we heard this week that the poppies up at Bartlett Lake are blooming already. Two years ago they were blooming mid-March, last year there was not a single…...

Our friends Hilary and Randy invited us to visit ZooLights last night - thanks for the opportunity! Every year from the end of November through early January the Phoenix Zoo puts up an amazing and impressive display of colorful lights for their ZooLights exhibit. Here are some interesting facts It takes a crew of 5…...

Looking back, 2018 was quite an eventful and costly year for us. It started off with Marco’s triple hernia surgery in February! A little later my mom, Francine, spent 3 weeks with us. Marco took her to our favorite photo places and she experienced our everyday life - it was good to have her here.…...

It’s fall, even here in the desert, and we hear from different sources that now is the time to see some fall colors. For us this means that we have to drive to higher elevations where we can find oaks, aspens and other broad-leaved trees. We follow a hint from a local social platform and…...