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The Delta Terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor just got better – MUCH better

Posted onJanuary 28, 2019February 1, 20192 Comments

Are you flying out of the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on Delta airlines? If so, you’re in for a treat because you will be using the new Terminal 3 South Concourse. The recently-opened gates in Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagstransportation, travel, travel planning

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Yua at the Heard: See Yup’ik masks and Matisse in Phoenix

Posted onJanuary 1, 2019January 11, 2019Leave a comment

January is your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Read More …

CategoriesAlaska, Arizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America, traditional culture

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An Arizona holiday at the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree

Posted onDecember 17, 2018December 28, 2018Leave a comment

Celebrating Christmas in Arizona? Each year the Chandler tumbleweed Christmas tree adds a bit of desert style to holiday celebrations in the Phoenix area. Arizona holiday style at Chandler’s tumbleweed Christmas tree What could be Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsholidays, travel

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Something for everyone at the best Phoenix art museums

Posted onOctober 3, 2018February 10, 201910 Comments

While it might surprise visitors, Phoenix, Arizona, is filled with art. In a region with so many galleries, art fairs, studios, and museums, it can be hard to know where to look! To help you Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, travel

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Book review: A great guide to 25 awesome scenic side trips in Arizona and New Mexico

Posted onJuly 8, 2018November 22, 2018Leave a comment

Roadtrip America Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips by Rick Quinn doesn’t just take road trippers on a few pleasant scenic drives, it takes them on full-scale adventures through some of the Southwest’s Read More …

CategoriesArizona, New Mexico, USATagsbooks, travel, travel planning

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Discover street art in Ajo, Arizona

Posted onApril 1, 2018November 24, 201812 Comments

The exuberant street art in Ajo, Arizona is a bold and colorful sign of this old mining town’s artistic rebirth.

CategoriesArizona, USATagsart, photography, travel

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Hopi pottery masterworks at Western Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted onMarch 5, 2018January 4, 201910 Comments

Western Spirit, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, highlighted masterworks by Native American artists of the past and present in 2018 exhibits featuring Hopi pottery and a few katsina dolls.

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America, photography, travel

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View Ancient symbols at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, Phoenix

Posted onFebruary 14, 2018October 17, 20185 Comments

Just north of Phoenix, the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve protects over 1,500 symbols cut into boulders by several ancient cultures. Ancient rock art in Deer Valley While modern Phoenix is a young city, people have Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsNative America, photography, travel

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Take a road trip on Arizona’s Apache Trail Historic Road

Posted onJanuary 7, 2018February 10, 201918 Comments

The Apache Trail Historic Road offers one of Arizona’s best road trips. From its start near ghostly reminders of boom towns past, the Apache Trail climbs through the rugged beauty of the Superstition Mountains to Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsdeserts, mountains, road trips

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Lunch at Page Springs Cellars Vineyard and Winery, Arizona

Posted onNovember 1, 2017October 17, 2018Leave a comment

While it may be a surprise to many, Arizona has a number of wineries. Among them is Page Spring Cellars in the Verde Valley wine region north of Phoenix. Wining and dining at Page Springs Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Sedona, USATagsfood and dining, photography, travel, vineyards

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Scenic views from the Grand Canyon’s south rim

Posted onSeptember 10, 2017October 17, 201814 Comments

First-time visitors might be surprised by the amount of development along the Grand Canyon’s south rim. But all that disappears when you see the view from the Grand Canyon’s south rim. Take in the view Read More …

CategoriesArizona, USATagsdeserts, photography, travel, US National Parks

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Arizona’s Verde Valley wine region

Posted onJune 3, 2017October 17, 2018Leave a comment

The Verde Valley has long been loved by the hikers and new age seekers that flock to Sedona, as well as the weekend day-trippers that stream into antiques-filled Jerome, Now it is beginning to draw Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Sedona, USATagsfood and dining, travel, travel planning, vineyards

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Cruising Canyon Lake, Arizona

Posted onApril 25, 2017January 4, 2019Leave a comment

Cruising Canyon Lake in Arizona is an opportunity to enjoy drinks with friends as towering canyon walls slip by, eagles soar overhead, and saguaro cacti sprout from rocky ledges. You may even see big horn Read More …

CategoriesArizona, USATagsboats, cruising, deserts, lakes, mountains, photography, travel, travel planning

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An introduction to Arizona wines at Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery

Posted onApril 16, 2017October 17, 20182 Comments

The fact that Arizona has a wine industry was news to us when we first stumbled across Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery in 2016. Tasting the wines at Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery Javelina Leap Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Sedona, USATagsfood and dining, photography, travel, vineyards

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A look into the past with the Taos Society of Artists at Western Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted onApril 11, 2017October 17, 20188 Comments

Until the end of the month, visitors to Western Spirit, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, can take a look back in time through the work of the Taos Society of Artists. The Taos Society of Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, travel

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Arizona gold: Palo verde in bloom

Posted onMarch 31, 2017October 17, 20186 Comments

Arizona is famous for its gold mining history, but spring brings gold of another type as the palo verde trees burst into bloom. Palo verde gold A bounty of golden flowers in spring Visitors arriving Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsflowers and gardens, photography, travel

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What’s happening in Phoenix this March?

Posted onFebruary 26, 2017October 17, 20182 Comments

I’ll be in Phoenix for part of March, so it’s a good time to take a look at what will be happening during the month. The following is a round-up of some things that interest Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, travel, travel planning

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Mementos of WWI at the Arizona Copper Art Museum

Posted onJuly 12, 2016October 17, 2018Leave a comment

I was surprised the variety of items on display at the Arizona Copper Art Museum, but none surprised me as much as the museum’s exhibit of military art – a room I almost skipped. I Read More …

CategoriesArizona, USATagsart, museums, photography, travel

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  • Welcome!
    • About me – Cindy Carlsson
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    • Africa and the Middle East
      • Botswana
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
      • Seychelles
      • South Africa
      • All Africa & Middle East
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      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Thailand
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      • All Mexico, South & Central America
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      • All USA
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