Has anyone mentioned the "Thing"? It is between Benson and Wilcox on Interstate 10. Has anybody on the list stopped to see it? ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > From: Joseph Sinclair > Subject: Re: OT: Most fun in Arizona? > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 1:20 PM > Nobody seems to have mentioned > these: > Mount Lemon (southernmost ski resort in North America) near > Tucson; it's open as a day hiking area in the summer. > Cochise Stronghold and Fort Bowie, in the > Dragoon/Chiricahua mountains in SE AZ. > The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest East of Flagstaff > Monument Valley. > Hoover Dam > Roosevelt lake along with the three smaller lakes below > it. > The London Bridge (and boardwalk) at Lake Havasu. > Day trips on the lower colorado (start at Lake Havasu or > near Kingman, up or down from there, great in the Winter, > mild and relaxing). > The Verde Canyon Railroad, a fine day-trip. > The former route 666 (now 393, originally the "Navajo > Trail"), runs through some very spectacular scenery in AZ > and NM, and makes a nice 2 day trip (plan well, there aren't > a lot of cities on that road). > > Closer to home there are literally hundreds of popular (and > not-so-popular) places, including: > Out of Africa > The Phoenix Zoo > The Desert Botanical Gardens > The Heard Museum > Hall of Flame Museum (firefighting museum) > Arizona Railway Museum (http://www.azrymuseum.org/) > Desert Wolf Tours (http://www.desertwolftours.com/) > > Many popular attractions have special events at various > times of the year, so check their websites. > > Josef Lowder wrote: > > What are the most fun things to do in Arizona? > > I moved here from Washington state 8 years ago > > and while I am now aclimated and glad to be here, > > I do miss all of the incredible variety of things > that > > we so much enjoyed doing in Western Washington. > > When we have guest from out of town, I am hard > > pressed to think of things to suggest. > > > > So, what do you good plug friends recommend? > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss