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Patrick Pynes and his partner, Sharon Lee Harris, live in a mountain oasis surrounded by natural beauty. Their 2.5-acre property northeast of Flagstaff offers a spectacular view of the San Francisco…

Have you ever looked up one day and realized the season has changed, like the tick of a minute hand on the clock? It was the day when rain took on a slight scent of snow, when midday light didn’t…

Hikes 1 Arizona Trail (San Francisco Peaks Passage) DIFFICULTY: Easy ELEVATION: 8,928 to 9,000 feet LENGTH: 15 miles round-trip (to Forest Road 418) DIRECTIONS: From Flagstaff, go north on U.S.…

The touch of Midas is felt throughout the highlands at this time of the year and the Season’s touch has turned much of the green to gold. Is there anything in all of Nature so radiant as an aspen…

If you were to choose a bug’s life, being a butterfly would definitely be the way to go. For one thing, there’s variety. You start off as a caterpillar — cute and even fuzzy, not creepy and slimy…

I’ve been working with professional photographers for a long time, and in that time I’ve learned that their strengths usually fall somewhere between “creative” and “technical.” Some photographers are…

Nothing against Yuma. But as a burr-grinding, pour-overing coffee snob who sometimes travels with his Chemex carafe and a stash of unbleached filters, I didn’t have especially high hopes for my…

Route 66 has long held a place in the hearts of travelers near and far, its legendary status catering to lovers of Americana, nostalgia and the feel of the open road. Now the undeniably…