Category: Arizona

7 Easy Ways to Discover the Secrets of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Have you ever imagined what a day in the desert would be like? Picture a mountain lion stretching after a morning nap. Envision wandering past furry teddy-bear cholla cactus …

Four Seasons Troon North and Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort: Two great destinations resorts in Scottsdale Arizona. Scottsdale makes a great destination for its dry desert weather, clear blue skies, and places to explore and experience. It’s all the better for …

Looking back over a recent visit to the Scottsdale Arizona Fairmont Princess Resort and Spa, I can definitely classify it as a destination unto itself. Guests could sequester themselves in this desert oasis and not need to venture to the …

Very special places call for very special accommodations. The monoliths of Monument Valley have long been icons of Western scenery. Their impact has been drawing visitors and, perhaps more notably, film crews to the valley for decades. Of course, John …

I must the be the luckiest cowgirl beneath a bronco moon to spend part of my February at both the Elkhorn Ranch southwest of Tucson, and the Flying E Ranch northwest of Phoenix. Each winter a colorful denizen of twittering …

There’s a story and lesson to be learned from my first RV experience: Twenty years ago, I wanted to sleep beside a rushing mountain stream. I wanted to get a close look at the Grand Canyon and rough it in …

There are 12 cities in the U.S.A. with professional teams in all four major league sports: basketball, football, baseball and hockey. One of those cities is the fifth largest in population (1.4 million). That city hosted the Bowl Championship Series …

PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Desert Botanical Gardens is a MUST SEE, located at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway just north of the Phoenix Zoo (take VanBuren Exit off Loop 202, or Priest Exit off I10 and followe the signs.) You could spend an …

Crossing the US on Highway 10, plan an overnight or a week’s camping in Willcox, AZ, an authentic Old West town founded in 1880 at an elevation of about 4,700 feet. The old saloon in the heart of Cocheese and …