Cruise Canyon Lake, Arizona
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 bighorn sheep Read More …
Category: Arizona
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An introduction to Arizona wines at Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery
The fact that Arizona has a wine industry was news to us when we first stumbled across Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery in 2016. I use links to improve your experience using this website. Some Read More …
A look into the past with the Taos Society of Artists at Western Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona
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 …
Arizona gold: Palo verde in bloom
Arizona is well-known for its gold mining history, but spring brings gold of another type as the palo verde trees burst into bloom. A bounty of golden flowers in spring Visitors arriving in Arizona in Read More …
Mementos of WWI at the Arizona Copper Art Museum
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 …
Reading the V Bar V petroglyphs, Arizona
Although the Sinagua people moved out of Arizona’s red rock country over 600 years ago, they still speak to us today through the petroglyphs they carved on rocky outcrops, like those found at the V Read More …
An artsy explosion around the rails in Mesa, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona, is awash with art and color around the downtown light rail station. This vibrant and inviting nucleus of culture and the arts is much more than just a commuter stop along the light Read More …
Teddybear cholla flowers, Arizona
My cholla cactus encounters continued as we explored Usery Park in the Superstition Mountains — but this time I managed to keep a safe distance between us! Maintaining enough distance from them was a challenge Read More …
Evening reflections at Red Rock Crossing, Sedona, Arizona
A perfect end to a day in Sedona, Arizona, can be found amid the rocky outcrops in Oak Creek as the setting sun illuminates Cathedral Rock and turns the river itself into pools of reflected Read More …
We discover copper art in Clarkdale, Arizona
Usually when one plan goes awry, something more interesting comes along. Recently that more interesting something turned out to be the Arizona Copper Art Museum in historic Clarkdale, Arizona. (What do think you would find Read More …