Arizona

ARIZONA
Ajo
Ajo Mountains
Guest House Inn

Avondale
In n’ Out


Benson
San Pedro train

Blythe
Palo Verde Historic Museum (barbed wire)

Buckeye
Arizona Jack’s (beef jerky)

Bullhead City
Lake Mohave (Katherine Landing beach)
Davis Camp beach
Colorado River Museum

Bisbee
Big Sky Cafe
Lavender Pit mine
San Pedro Riparian Nat Cons Area
Shady Dell RV Park (7 vintage motor homes, inexpensive, Dot’s Diner)
Copper Queen Mine
Mining and History Museum


Clarkdale
Verde Canyon Railroad


Camp Verde
Montezuma Castle (cliff dwellings)
Pecan and Antique Festival (Feb)
Cayon de Chelly
Window Rock (Anasazi cliff dwellings)

Chandler
Ostrich Festival (March)
In n’ Out
Dos Cabezas
Frontier Relics Museum
Aunt Lena's Creamery (unique gelato flavors-- gingerbread, tiramisu, watermelon, cannoli, apple pie, blood orange, wine, Twinkie)3
Heart Attack Grill (the greasiest, fattiest burgers and all-you-can-eat fries cooked in 100% lard: Single Bypass Burger; owned by a real doctor--no joke)3

Flagstaff
Coconino National Forest (Humphreys Park)
Lowell Observatory (where Pluto was found)
Heritage Park (free Friday night movies in summer)
Mars Hill lookout
USGS (maps)
Jackson’s Grill
Sled Dog Inn (dogsledding)
Brandy's Restaurant and Bakery (Southwestern beef stew, sweet potato corn cake, chimichurri, sage and roasted garlic-stuffed pork chops)3
Little America
Salsa Brava (blackened salmon, Maui taco with pineapple, carnitas)3
England House B&B

Florence
Pinal County Historical Museum (cactus furniture, prison relics, barbed wire)
Rancho Senora Inn and RV Park


Glendale
Cerreta’s Candy (chocolate tour)
Grand Canyon
Phantom Ranch (at the bottom after a long, hot walk)
Hopi Trail
Green Valley
Titan Missile Museum (walk thru only remaining silo of its kind)
Thee Pits Again (award-winning southern BBQ: pulled pork, pork sundae, grilled shrimp, smoked catfish)3


Hackberry
International Bioregional Visitor Center (Route 66 way of life)

Holbrook
WigWam Village Motel (cone-shaped and concrete)
Rainbow Forest Museum

Jerome
“traveling jail”

Joseph City
Jackrabbit Trading Post (eclectic collection, real and tacky Native American stuff, billboards tell for miles)

Kingman
In n’ Out

Lake Powell
Antelope Canyon (tour: Upper- simple; Lower- ladders)


Lake Mead
Diamond Creek to Pearce Ferry (1/2 day rafting trip)

Lake Havasu City
London Bridge
In n’ Out

Mesa
In n’ Out
Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum (WWI and WWII planes, aircraft machine guns)
Confederate Air Museum (WWII planes)
Golfland Sunsplash
Waterworld Limited

Nogales
Sycamore Canyon trail

Oatman
Egg-frying Contest (on sidewalk, 15 minutes, free to enter; no prize)
Oak Canyon
Slide Rock State Park (cabins, swimming)
Sidewalk Egg Frying Challenge (July 4)
Oracle
Biosphere 2

Page
Wahweap Marina (houseboat rentals)
John Wesley Powell Museum
Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas (rent houseboat)

Paradise Valley
Lon’s at the Hermosa (three-course brunch w/ berry crepes)


Payson
Museum of the Forest (forest fire, Zane Grey)
Fossil Creek

Phoenix
Police Museum
Pointe Hilton Hotel (pool)
Papago Park (fishing for kids)
RoxSand (rest)
Such Is Life (Southwestern food)
Mrs White’s Golden Rule Cafe (pay for what you say you ate--no joke)
Military Museum
Mining and Mineral Museum
Doll and Toy Museum
In n’ Out (Tatum Blvd; 27th Ave)
Dial Corp’s Breck Girl Hall of Fame
Matt’s Big Breakfast (bacon, hot syrup, bread and preserves, waffles, eggs, pork chop, fresh squeezed orange juice, hash, potatoes; no microwave or freezer)3
Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting
Mining and Mineral Museum (gold, meteorite)
Herberger Theater
Giuseppe's (pasta and meat--bolognese-style, calamari in red sauce, osa buca, shrimp raviolis; only a dozen tables)
Los Taquitos (tacos, carnitas, torta--sandwich, bombara burrito)3

Prescott
In n’ Out
Phippen Museum (cowboy art)
Governor’s Mansion

Peoria
In n’ Out

Quartsite
Flea Market
Tyson’s Well Stagecoach Station Museum
Hardie’s Bead Museum
I-10 at Dome Rock Road (giant cactus, quite a drive)

Scottsdale
Hashknife Pony Express Riders (Jan)
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
In n’ Out
Fleischer Museum (Am and Soviet Impressionism)
Scottsdale 6 Drive-In (six screens)
Crackerjax Family Fun and Sports Park

Sedona
Coffee Pot Cafe
Enchantment Resort (yapapa)
La Berge (brunch, inn)
Terrance on the Creek Restaurant (view)
Red Rock State Park (Oak Creek)
Cathedral Rocks

Seligman
Snow Cap Drive-In (soft serve ice cream)

Tombstone
Largest rose tree (1 million blossoms)

Tempe
In ‘n Out

Tubac
Chef's Table

Tucson
Colossal Cave (largest dry cavern in world)
Sabino Canyon
Arizona-Sonora Desert (natural history living museum)
University of Arizona Mineral Museum (gold, silver and copper; meteorites)
Arizona Inn
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort (hiking)
Minidito (Mexican; since 1952; shredded beef taco)
Lindy's (burgers)
El Guero Canelo (hot dogs wrapped in bacon with unusual toppings)3

Whitewater
San Andreas Fault (Old Highway 60)

Williams
Grand Canyon Railroad

Winslow
Meteor Crater
Museum of Astrology
La Posada Hotel (food)
Eagles’ song plaque (corner of park)
La Posada Hotel


Wickenburg
Dude Ranch (capital of the world?)
Desert Caballeros Western Museum (19th C landscapes, black-light mineral room)

Yuma
Dunes of the Colorado River
Territorial Prison
Peanut Patch (farming process, kids can make own peanut butter)
Saihati Camel Farm
Rancho del Sol Citrus Packing House

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I-10, exit 219
Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Race (largest privately owned outside South Africa;
feed, pet on head or watch them chug drink; Monster truck tour- bumpy ride thru desert to ostrich pen--fish for ostrich)
Kota Mountains
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (zoo, mus, bot gdns
Meteor Crater
Patagonia
Organ Pipe Cactus Nat Mon
The Grill (Congress St)
Havasu Creek(free Hermits Rest Rt shuttle to Rim Trail)
Monument Valley RdRiordan Mansion St Hist Pk
Sunset Crater Nat Mon
Stoneman Lake
El Guero Canelo
Greasewood Flat (Phoenix, Scottsdale)
Halle Heart Ctr at Am Heart Assoc
Science Ctr
Grand Canyon- Running Springs
Chiricahua Nat Mon (spires)
Havasupai Indian Reservation
The Pointe Hilton (water flume, many pools)
Little Colorado River
Painted Desert
Petrified For Nat Pk
Gila River
Colorado River (Whispering Falls)
Grand Canyon Lodge
Kartchner Caverns
Sunset Crater Volcano Nat Mon (Lava Flow Trail)
Picacho Peak St Pk (westernmost CW battle)
Superstition Mtns
Monument Valley (West Mitten Butte)
Fossil Springs (trail, cliff-lined swimming holes)
San Francisco Peaks
Mooney Falls (swimming)
Congress (tunnel betw general store and hotel)
Imperial Nat Wildlife Ref (canoeing)
Buckskin Mtn St Pk (inner tubing)
Havasu Nat Wildlife Ref (Topock Gorge)
Tonto National Forest
Salome Canyon (swimming holes)

96.9 FM - 80s music


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