Phoenix and Valley News

Here’s some maps to help you in you fun Fall activities… Valley Maps, State Maps, Freeway Maps, and Points of Interest Maps… have fun! Valley Map Valley Freeway Map.pdf Distance to Points of Interest Maps.pdf Amazing Arizona Maps Arizona Highways has a photo contest! While you’re traveling about experiencing Arizona and/or the Valley, maybe one [...]

1. Superstition Mountain Museum/Lost Dutchman Museum Experience the fact, fiction, and folklore of the Superstition Wilderness Area with our variety of exhibits, and visit the tourist center, gift shop, or bookstore for information on the Lost Dutchman Mine. 4087 N. Apache Trail. 480-983-4888, www.superstitionmountainmuseum.org. 2. Frontier Town The only “Old West” town in the north [...]

Arizona Trivia Fifteen tons of copper were used in the construction of the Arizona State Capitol’s dome. This is equivalent to the amount of copper used to create 4.8 million pennies. On February 14, 1912, when President William H. Taft signed the proclamation making Arizona the 18th state, cameras rolled. That signing was the first presidential [...]

Last spring, I included many, many photos of our wildflowers, and I suspect with the rain we’ve been fortunate to have this past winter, that we’ll have as good, if not better, displays. While we wait, though, there’s a gallery on my hiking page, that profiles many of the great trails we have and the [...]

A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that older adults feel younger out west. Fully 78% of adults ages 65 and older who live in the West say they don’t feel old, compared with 67% of older adults who live in the rest of the country. Not that we’re tooting our own horn [...]