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hoto Adventures Celebrity Hosts Join Next Year's Friends' Scenic Tours

A pint-size daredevil who regularly risks life and limb writing stories for the magazine, another scribe who discovered a secret in her own family tree while writing about Pancho Villa, and an editor who never hits the road without a compass pinned to his shirt are among the celebrity hosts who will bring their special insight and sense of adventure and fun to 1995's Friends of Arizona Highways' Scenic Tours to the state's top attractions. Marilyn Taylor, who always says yes to assignments requiring her to do things like jump out of a plane or plumb bottomless caves, will host a Yuma tour in April that includes ancient petroglyph sites, historic Yuma Crossing, and something she knows more about than she wants to: the dreaded Yuma Territorial Prison. For one story, Taylor was "sentenced" to 48 hours of solitary confinement in the 19th-century lockup's infamous "dark hole."

Highways Editor Bob Early may be a native Hoosier, but he can outdo any Arizona cowboy in the leg-pulling department (the "Arizona Humor" page is his baby and it was his idea to send Taylor to prison). Compass firmly affixed, Early will accompany an April trip to the state's great working ranches, with stops in Douglas, Bisbee, and Tombstone.

Author Rose Houk will join a May Rim-to-Rim hike of the Grand Canyon. Taking advantage Of her two years as a ranger-naturalist at the Canyon, Houk will focus on the Vermilion Cliffs, Indian Gardens, and the legendary Phantom Ranch.

When fall color is at its burnished best, Pancho Villa expert Kathleen Walker, a writer and television producer who was educated in Mexico, will escort

WHEN YOU GO

The Friends of Arizona Highways offer a variety of ways to explore the wonders of Arizona. Photo Workshops led by our master contributing photographers provide picture-takers of all skill levels with hands-on instruction to help them take photos like those in the magazine. Friends' Scenic Tours offer the bonus of "celebrity hosts," magazine editors and writers who bring along their own special insight. Scenic Tours with Ray Manley are organized primarily for mature adults. And amateur artists will pick up tips from the experts on Art Tours with the Scottsdale Artists' School.

To inquire, telephone the Friends' Travel Office, (602) 271-5904. Assistance provided by Nikon, Hasselblad, Fuji, and Image Craft.

an exploration of historic missions, highlighting those established by Father Kino.

Other Friends' Scenic Tours next year will include a backpack trek to the haunting Keet Seel and Betatakin ruins and a hike through the dramatic and wild Paria Canyon near the Arizona-Utah border.

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