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| Save some money, have a great time, keep it close to home |
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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| Staycation: That is one big arch |
Arches or natural bridges have always fascinated mankind; probably. There are natural arches or bridges in almost every state in the country formed through erosion of wind or water and sometimes changes in geologic composition.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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| Staycation: Let's go to the zoo |
Everyone has been to a zoo, maybe several and maybe even the one in Camp Verde. There is a zoo, not far away in cool Prescott, that tells an interesting story of rescue and conservation.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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| Staycations: History in Arizona begins
at the Sharlot Hall Museum |
Sharlot Hall was Arizona's territorial historian from Sept. 1909 to 1912, the first woman appointed to a salaried office in Arizona Territory. She was born in Kansas in 1870 and moved to Prescott with her family in 1882.
Monday, July 20, 2009
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| Staycations: Give your summer some impact:
Meteor Crater is educational opportunity |
Let's face it, humans have a fascination with big holes. There is the Grand Canyon for one. Then there are those mysterious cosmic vortexes astrophysicists call black holes. And let us not forget the federal deficit.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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| Staycations: Courthouse Plaza is heart
of activity in downtown Prescott |
Courthouse Plaza in Prescott surrounds the Yavapai County Courthouse. At the north entrance, along a tree-covered walk, is the Arizona Rough Rider Monument by Solon H. Borglum, considered by art critics as one of the greatest equestrian monuments in the world.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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| Staycation: Museum of Northern Arizona |
The Museum of Northern Arizona is somewhat of a misnomer. True, its collections contain an incredible array of art and artifact from Arizona's north country, but to be precise, the museum's scope cuts a far wider swath through the region than the state's borders can contain.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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| Staycation: Mars Hill & Lowell Observatory |
Mars Hill is little more than a bump on Flagstaff's otherwise spectacular skyline.
Friday, July 10, 2009
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