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Lodging

Crescent Moon Ranch

Decades before Sedona became famous for New Age vortexes and five-star spas, the scenic Red Rock Country along Oak Creek was known for its orchards and pastureland. And one of the lushest spots was a...
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Dining

Bobby D's BBQ

Charley Hong built the English Kitchen in 1899, after his original restaurant at the Connor Hotel burned down. Miners, settlers and visitors considered it the best Chinese restaurant in Jerome, and...
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Scenic Drives

Control Road

Tonto National Forest, Pine Don’t let the prosaic name fool you: Control Road north of Payson is a lovely historical route that runs below the...
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Hiking

Devil’s Bridge Trail

Coconino National Forest, Sedona There’s nothing inherently evil about the Devil’s Bridge Trail. It’s the drive to the trailhead that’s possessed...
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Scenic Drives

Prescott Lakes Loop

Prescott National Forest, Prescott We get lucky. The dining room at Lynx Lake Café is small, and we wait to get a table on this beautiful day. Our...
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Hiking

Woodchute Trail

Prescott National Forest, Jerome In the same way that a 2005 Pine Ridge cabernet sauvignon pairs nicely with filet mignon, this scenic hike in...
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Dining

Humble Pie

Nearly everything about Humble Pie is, well, humble. The 513-square-foot building is sparsely decorated, with three picnic tables, a soda machine and a clock with a pizza face. It’s almost as if...
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Lodging

Hotel San Ramón

From our second-floor room in Bisbee’s Hotel San Ramón, we can see the diverse cross-section of people who make up the life of this mining town turned tourist destination: middle-aged vacationers, in...