Illustration by Chris Gall of cowboys leaning over corral fence with pot of beans in the foreground..
Culture

The Showoffs

Cowboys learn early that they are showoffs, but they also learn that to show off without style, or to make a brag, is no good. Besides that, no...
A Grand Canyon motor rafting trip prepares to launch into the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. Photograph by Dawn Kish.
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Preparing For Takeoff

The boats might be dories, jumbo motor rigs or modest rowing rafts, and the groups might be large or small. But one thing is constant when it comes...
Dave Foster casts up and across the Colorado River at Long Bar. Photograph by Scott Baxter.
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A River Runs Through Him

As the sun dips behind the sandstone walls of Marble Canyon, the temperature dips, too. It’s 4:15 p.m., and Dave Foster stands in waders in the...
Hanging foliage grows along a perennial spring that feeds East Clear Creek. Photograph by Joel Hazelton.
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The Unexpected Nature of Arizona

Delicate wildflowers bloom among the leaves of corn lilies in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona. As a “sky island” range, the...
Evening light illuminates the rolling foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains along Gardner Canyon Road, an ideal route for exploring the range. Photograph by Norma Jean Gargasz.
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The High Roads

Before You Go Each of these drives includes travel on unpaved roads that sometimes don’t see a lot of traffic, so make sure you have the right...
A prickly pear cactus punctuates a late-afternoon view of the Santa Maria Mountains from the Bull Springs Trail. Photograph by Joel Hazelton.
Hiking

Bull Springs Trail

Like Jean-Jacques Rousseau wandering the province of Savoy, you could hike alone in the Juniper Mesa Wilderness a dozen times and never see another...
Forest Road 61 curves through a thick forest of ponderosa pines and aspens. Photograph by Rusty Childress.
Scenic Drives

Forest Road 61

There’s so much natural beauty in the White Mountains that it’s easy to overlook the reminders of pioneer life also on display in this part of...
Room with fireplace and view of pine forest. Photograph by John Burcham.
Lodging

Lodge at 5600

Before the development of Lodge at 5600, the lodging options in Pine-Strawberry were pretty limited. Lisa and Brian Herold saw the gap in the market and decided to do something about it. “It was a...