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Guided Tours of Tucson and Southern Arizona
Sadly, we have had to cancel our scheduled tours. What People Are Saying About Our Guided Tours Jim, I want to take a moment to thank you on behalf of all five of us. We really enjoyed being a part of the first wine tasting tour that you and Karen … Continue reading
Slideshow: Things to Do and See in Southern Arizona
This slideshow will introduce you to some of the sights and scenes from Southern Arizona and stories about those places. Clicking on a slide that interests you will transport you to a story about a destination or adventure.
Continue readingPima Air and Space Museum Map
Here is the history of manned flight. Pima Air and Space Museum has over 300 historic aircraft on exhibit, including the Blackbird, a 1950’s design that still holds the speed record for coast to coast flight: imagine going from New York to Los Angeles in one hour.
Continue readingMt. Lemmon Map
Mt. Lemmon is a recreational paradise in the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Coronado National Forest. It is 9,157 feet (2,791 m) above sea-level, and receives approximately 180 inches of snow annually. A perfect place for skiing in the winter or camping in the summer, it also has observatories that you can view through a telescope, winter or summer. Other activities are hiking, biking and hanging out to cool off in the summer.
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Tucson Map
San Xavier del Bac Map
Mission San Xavier del Bac is about 15 minutes south of downtown Tucson. It is the finest example of Spanish mission architecture anywhere. It was built in the late 18th century and is today both an important piece of Baja Arizona history and an active Roman Catholic church serving the Tohono O’odham people.
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This Week’s Pic & Last Week’s Winners
Has anyone been here yet? Where is this? Send your best guess to: [email protected] And Thanks for Playing! LAST WEEK’S PIC Well, obviously gardening is not anyone’s forté here. Sorry Shirley, the Mission Garden is a good guess, we love it there, but, this is the UA Extension Center’s … Continue reading
Red Herring Puppets: Keeping the Art Puppetry Alive
Red Herring Puppets is the relatively new kid in town. Lisa Sturz runs the show. She has an exceptional background in puppetry and has chosen Tucson as her new home. Shows are located at the Tucson Mall, many of them mini morality plays designed for children such as Aesop’s Fables … Continue reading
South Mountain Park: A Book Review
Although South Mountain Park is a little out of our wheelhouse, (Central Arizona) we do have many visitors to Southern Arizona Guide who are connecting from Phoenix, and hearty hikers from Southern Arizona may wish to explore something new less than 2 hours away from Tucson The book is titled; … Continue reading
The Loop: The Best Walk Along the River?
Several years ago while Jim was in rehab at the tony Hacienda at the River for a bit, I decided to get back to my routine of walking in the early morning. It was still quite cool in the morning when I stepped out onto The Loop between Campbell and … Continue reading
Kentucky Camp AZ: A Ghost Town With Accommodations!
More than a hundred years ago, Kentucky Camp was the headquarters for the Santa Rita Water & Mining Company, which was formed to extract placer deposits from the Greaterville Mining District in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains 9 miles NW of Sonoita.
Continue readingArizona Scenic Drives: A Book Review
We obtained this book from Arizona Highways Online Shop, the same place as we got Arizona Ghost Towns, a book I recently reviewed. Its full title is Arizona Highways Scenic Drives: 40 Of The State s Best Back Roads. When it comes to covering Southern Arizona Back Roads, this book is … Continue reading
Cochise Stronghold Campground: A Superb Setting!
Stronghold: A place fortified against attack. Such a place is Cochise Stronghold, a series of natural rock formations that the Chiricahua Apaches used to hide from the U.S. Army and the growing number of Arizona settlers. At the base of the Stronghold rocks is a campground. This is where we … Continue reading
Arizona Ghost Towns: A Book Review
We obtained this book from Arizona Highways’ Online Shop. The book’s full title is; ‘Arizona Ghost Towns: 50 of the State’s Best Places to Get a Glimpse of the Old West” by author Noah Austin. Published in 2020, it is a treasure trove of information about the territory’s early mining … Continue reading
A Drone’s Eye View of Carr Canyon
We love Carr Canyon. Being from Tucson we do not get up there as often as we would like, and the trip to Reef Campground can be white knuckle at times, but it is truly beautiful, especially during the monsoon season when Carr Falls is in full swing. Watch this … Continue reading
Grumpy’s: A Dining Review
In planning for our weekly dine-out adventure on a Friday in late July 2021, Neighbor Roy told me he wanted meatloaf. So I Googled “meatloaf tucson” and up popped Grumpy’s Grill, Burgers, Baskets and Beer, on Ina. I called for reservations but was told by the lady who answered that … Continue reading