OT: Most fun in Arizona?

[keith smith]

Has anyone mentioned the "Thing"?  It is between Benson and Wilcox on Interstate 10.

Has anybody on the list stopped to see it?
 


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Keith Smith


--- On Sun, 5/17/09, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:

> From: Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net>
> Subject: Re: OT: Most fun in Arizona?
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> 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?
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