Share Most people who live in the Metro Phoenix area are not aware that Prescott is a reservoir of lake adventures. Less than 100 miles away from Downtown Phoenix is a secret land of glass lakes, mellow rivers and streams and a entirely different way to explore our backyard. The treasure that Arizona’s nature provides [...]
Tag Archive 'family'
Share Dear Arizona Travel: Just want to know how to go about getting a package or something for 8 familys [sic] that has at least 5 members in a family. We went camping in Payson last year in July. Please help me with some info. Thanks, Cheryle Hi, Cheryle. Wow, that’s quite a group – [...]
Share Are you looking for something fun to do during spring break? Take them to the theater! That’s right: Flagstaff Youth Theater presents their latest production in their series, Stories 2 Stage: The Triple F (Fanciful, Falsified, Fairy Tales) for two performances one day only during spring break. Come and see what FYT’s newest workshop [...]
Share Dear Arizona Travel. So I’m writing because I’m looking for a family reunion location and Arizona would be a nice central location. We were going to go to a lake in Idaho, but it is too hard to get to. We need a place that is similar to [name redacted] in that it is [...]
Arizona Festive Fall Follies – Greater Phoenix Edition
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix, Scottsdale on Oct 15th, 2009
Share As a second installation to my Arizona Fall Follies story (see the first chapter on Prescott) I thought I’d turn to my own community of Scottsdale and the greater Phoenix area. Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the nation, so no doubt there are tons of things to do in the Valley of [...]
Suffering from Nature Deficit Disorder? Visit a National Park.
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Aug 11th, 2009
Share On a recent Diane Rehm Show broadcast on National Public Radio, guest host Susan Page spoke with historian, Douglas Brinkley, and Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, about President Theodore Roosevelt’s vision for preserving America’s wilderness and the future of our national parks and monuments. The national park system will celebrate its centennial in [...]
My dad is just like my grandpa, but my grandpa is better. – Zach, 5th grader – Cottonwood, AZ
Dive-in-Movies at Arizona Resorts
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix, Scottsdale on Jun 25th, 2008
Share With the popularity of our recent post, Nine Best Resort Swimming Pools in Arizona, I thought I’d offer our readers a list of all the Phoenix area hotels and Scottsdale resorts offering Dive-In Movies this summer. If you’re not familiar with this relatively new summer activity, let me explain. All over Arizona, hotels and [...]
Grand Canyon Railway’s The Polar Express Tickets Still Available
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Nov 7th, 2006
Share Source: www.travelvideo.tv Nov 03, 06 | 1:40 pm Tickets for Grand Canyon Railway’s 2006 presentation of The Polar Express are still available. As of Nov. 1, 85 percent of the available tickets for The Polar Express have been sold. Approximately 10,000 tickets are still available and evenings with the most availability, include Nov. 13 [...]
Tips for Family Vacations and Long Drives
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Apr 18th, 2006
Share How to Make Family Road Trips Good, Healthy Fun Bring a cooler. Load it with water and juice rather than soda. Why? (A) Soda is bad for kids. (B) It makes them hyperactive. (C) Worst of all, it makes them have to go to the bathroom sooner. Skip the interstate pit stops. Instead, head [...]