Scenic Drives

Coconino National Forest, Sedona There’s a lot to do in Oak Creek Canyon, but beyond the resorts, hikes, campgrounds and other recreation spots,...
Hiking

Coconino National Forest, Sedona Had he gotten there a little sooner, Jim Thompson might have spent his days nibblin’ on sponge cake and watchin’...
Lodging

Rande Wolters spent 25 years of his life on the road, working for rock bands and living in hotels. After he left that line of work, he says, “I wanted something that was totally different.” In...
Nature

As tadpoles are to toads, water dogs are to tiger salamanders: the fully aquatic larval form of the species. When water dogs metamorphose into adult...
Lodging

From the shaded back deck of my cabin at Santa Rita Lodge, I listen to the tap, tap, tapping of an Arizona woodpecker. Beyond the dense tangle of oaks and junipers, I can just make out the smooth,...
Nature

It's a familiar story, but in case you were sleeping through history class: Buffalo once roamed all across the grasslands of North America, from...
Nature

Otters are about as intimidating as bears — teddy bears, gummy bears, Cal Bears. They're relatively nonthreatening, in part because of their...
Nature

If misters are proof of anything, it's that it takes a little moisture in the air to get Arizonans to even consider moving around in the summer....