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Posted in Arizona on Apr 30th, 2009
“Was it scary?” my friend and co-blogger, Chrissy, asked me when I returned to the office on Monday after a weekend whitewater river rafting trip down the Class III/Class IV Upper Salt River. “Nope. Not scary at all. It was thrilling!”
Thrilling, exhilarating, heart-pounding; these are the words I use to describe my first-ever river rafting [...]
Posted in Arizona on Mar 31st, 2009
In its story about Tough Times for the Travel Industry today, the TODAY Show on NBC featured the Westin Kierland Resort, right here in our own Scottsdale backyard.
While canceled meetings and scaled-back corporate events may be hurting this and other local Scottsdale resorts and hotels, the silver lining message for locals is that more hotel [...]
Posted in Arizona on Feb 25th, 2009
Along the curvy Route 17 between Flagstaff and Phoenix, tucked away are two architectural phenomenons. They are separated by 23 miles and approximately 800 years but brought together by their ideas of community, agriculture and respect for the land. I am talking about Montezuma Castle built by the Sinagua Indians in 1100ce and Arcosanti still under construction [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jul 3rd, 2008
As an addendum to my last post - What This Scottsdale Gal is Doing for the Fourth of July - I wanted to add a couple details I found were missing from the parade’s official site, arcadiaparade.com. I emailed the parade chairperson, Johanna Boslin, and received a very kind response from her. Here, [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jul 2nd, 2008
A personal post… Knowing all the terrific Independence Day celebration options available to us throughout the state of Arizona, my husband and I have given a lot of thought to how we wanted to spend our holiday. I’d written an earlier post giving Arizona visitors and travelers some 4th of July event ideas, but [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jun 25th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jun 21st, 2008
About this time every year, we get dozens of emails asking about what Fourth of July events are happening all around the state of Arizona. Now, most people are looking for fireworks, and we certainly have ‘em. But because of the unusual amount of spring rain and growth we experienced this year, followed [...]
Posted in Arizona on May 27th, 2008
When I was young, I loved Maurice Sendak’s book, A Hole is to Dig. Inside this first book of first definitions, simple-yet-oh-so-wise explanations like The ground is to have a garden and The world is so you have something to stand on could have easily concluded, as I have, that Summer is for farmer’s [...]
Posted in Arizona on Apr 8th, 2008
Here is another Frequently Asked Question that came in from our site, sedona.net, today:
Dear Arizona Travel:
Which airport is the closest and how long a drive to Sedona from that location??
–Laura from California
Posted in Arizona on Mar 13th, 2008
Drivers are urged to plan for extra travel time this weekend while Interstate 17 is closed at Carefree Highway (State Route 74) for bridge demolition work: