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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 – [...]

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Share Got a great question on our Facebook page today, but thought I’d post the reply here for everyone to read. If you still have questions, or have any other recommendations to add, please feel free to comment here. Dear Arizona Travel: Where do we take the kids sledding on a day trip from Phoenix? [...]

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Share When we were kids, my sister and I loved the 1980 PBS series Cosmos with Carl Sagan. Something about his deep, soothing voice and that gold cordoroy blazer just drew us in. Well, that, and the fact that as daughters of a NASA spokesperson and an accomplished teacher, we were reared on a steady [...]

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Share Dear Arizona Travel: My children are ages 6, 14, 15 and 18. What tour(s) would be safe for all? What would you recommend? Thanks. –Deborah H. Dear Deborah, Your kids are the perfect age for almost any tour. The only thing you probably wouldn’t be able to do is river rafting as I believe [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Share Coincidentally, we had two visitors email us at theCanyon.com this week asking how they could see the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley in one day trip. Hmm, okay, yes you can do that. But both these visitors specified that they’ll be starting their trips from Las Vegas, Nevada and wanted to see the West [...]

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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 [...]

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Share We got an email from a visitor to theCanyon.com, our Grand Canyon tours and hotels guide, today that totally struck a chord with me. I think Diana’s question is really common and who better to answer than another mom? Check it out and see if it will help you with your Grand Canyon vacation [...]

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Share It was One Hundred Thirteen Degrees (yes, 113 degrees) here in Scottsdale today. Blech. But, I am so super excited for fall to arrive this year – even more than usual – because there are some really cool new 2009 autumn festivities happening around the state of Arizona.  Well, they may not be new [...]

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