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Tucson & Southern Arizona 24 Spanish history, western mystery and majestic desert scenery

Northern Arizona 30 The “Mother Road”, Monument Valley, and of course, the Grand Canyon

North Central Arizona 36 Cool, pine-scented forests, ghost towns and haunting ruins

Arizona’s West Coast 40 The mighty Colorado River, London Bridge and desert wildlife

How To Sell Arizona 44 Industry expert Steve Crowhurst’s tips on selling the Grand Canyon State

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There is desert adventure. There are natural wonders. There are world-class resorts. There is championship golf, great cuisine and a wonderful collection of cultural institutions. But the best thing about Arizona is the wide range of experiences you can sell here.

Have you ever wanted to step back in natural wonders of the world, while the red sand- And then there’s the food. Sample time? You can do it here. Besh-Ba-Gowah stone spires of Monument Valley pierce the sky authentic Mexican food along the Salsa Archaeological Park, near Globe, is consid- on the Navajo Nation Reservation. At the other Trail in southern Arizona. Sample fine ered one of the best pre-Columbian sites in the end of the state, the grottoes of Kartchner cuisine that fuses native influences with Southwest. And near Camp Verde is the Caverns State Park descend underground and haute techniques at renowned restaurants. spectacular Montezuma Castle National the eroded volcanic spires of Chiricahua Discover decadent desserts, gourmet pizza, Monument, a five-storey cliff dwelling built by National Monument reach for the sky. and some of the best ballpark hot dogs the Sinagua more than 600 years ago. The Casa And then, there is the desert. Saguaro found in the U.S. Grande Ruins, near Phoenix, are thought to National Park near Tucson is a showcase for You just have to be here to experience all have been used for astronomical observation, the Sonoran Desert with its forests of that is Arizona. f while the Heard Museum offers one of the saguaro cacti. most extensive displays of Native American Want to take in some more metropolitan WE’RE HERE FOR YOU artifacts and art. attractions? Check out the glittering galleries Follow legacy of the Spanish at lovely and concert stages in Phoenix, Scottsdale and The Arizona Office of Tourism’s Mission San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, and Tucson. Renowned artists from around the Canadian office is here to help you the remains of Spanish establishments at world regularly perform throughout the state. sell the Grand Canyon State more Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and Fans also flock to Arizona’s professional effectively. Contact us at: Tumacacori National Historic Park. sports venues. Major League Baseball’s Arizona Relive the days of the Wild West, at Diamondbacks, NBA’s Phoenix Suns and Arizona Office of Tourism Tombstone, “The Town Too Tough To Die”, NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, the WNBA’s Phoenix 5409 Eglinton Avenue West, which offers re-enactments of the famous Mercury and the Arena Football League’s Suite 107 gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Arizona Rattlers play in Phoenix, and the Toronto, ON M9C 5K6 Trace the footsteps of the earliest settlers NFL’s Arizona Cardinals play in Glendale. Tel: (416) 485-8724 along the Anza Trail, the route taken by colonists Major League Baseball’s Cactus League pre- Websites: who trekked to San Francisco in 1775 and stops season games let fans see the Chicago Cubs in www.ArizonaGuide.com in Tucson and Yuma. The Trail starts in Tubac. Mesa, the Anaheim Angels in Tempe and the www.ArizonaVacationValues.com Drink in the wonder of Arizona’s natural Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox and www.ArizonaScenicRoads.com beauty. Snaking its way 443 kilometres across Arizona Diamondbacks tune-up for their www.ArizonaHeritageTraveler.org the desert, Arizona’s Grand Canyon is one of the season in Tucson.

4 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 28 29 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 5 Golf in Arizona

By Dale Leatherman SCOTTSDALE CVB With more than 300 diverse courses across the courses: Cattail and Devil’s Claw. Each hole other for a relaxing spa session. Here’s a state and year-round sunshine, it’s easy to see has a name and symbol that reflects the sampler of resorts where you’ll find the best why Arizona is renowned as one of the world’s animals, customs and legends of the tribe. of both worlds: top golfing destinations. Take a look at two Owned by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa The Golf Massage offered by the spa at the new trends that bring the Arizona golfing expe- Indian Community, Scottsdale’s Talking Stick Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon rience to a whole new level. Golf Club offers two courses designed by Bill North is an ideal way to end a 36-hole day on Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The North Course is the Monument and Pinnacle courses. Golf & Native Culture a wide, relatively treeless layout with deep Therapists use warmed golf balls to knead deep Arizona’s Native American peoples have made bunkers and slightly crowned greens, while the into stiff areas. significant contributions to the development South Course is more parkland style. The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa of the state as a colourful and varied destina- The Tom Doak-designed layout at the in Scottsdale offers a Golfers Massage and a tion with a strong emphasis on its natural Apache Stronghold Golf Course in Globe Couples Massage perfect for either pre- or post- resources. In the past decade, this influence follows the lay of the land rather than bull- round relaxation on one or both of the Jay has also touched Arizona’s golf scene, with the dozing through it. A sculpture of an Apache Morrish-designed courses set among giant opening of several golf clubs and the warrior keeps watch from a hilltop between the 12-million-year-old granite spheres. revamping of two public courses on Native ninth and tenth holes. Another Scottsdale standout, The American reservations. The tribes’ reverence The Cocopah Indian Tribe is set to re-open Phoenician, is home to three enjoyable nines for their lands results in remarkably pristine two improved public courses this November. The as well as spa treatments in the resort’s Center courses boasting unobstructed views of Cocopah Bend RV and Golf Resort in Yuma for Well Being, where favourite therapies the awe-inspiring surrounding scenery. offers frequent views of the Colorado River and include the Sports Massage, Massage 101 for Completing the immersive experience, club- distant mountains; narrow fairways and three Couples and a Golf Meditation treatment. houses are usually decorated with Native lakes puts a premium on accuracy. The challenge Test your skills on the classic Adobe American art and artifacts. at the Cocopah Rio Colorado Golf Course in course, the newer Links course or the 18-hole The We-Ko-Pa Golf Club on the Fort Somerton is on the elevated and fast greens. putting course before retiring to the spa at the McDowell Yavapai Nation offers two courses: historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. the sprawling, Scott Miller-designed Cholla Golf & Spa Choose from a Sports Massage with arnica oil and the very walkable Saguaro, designed by Throw out the sexist stereotypes. Not all or The Couples Massage, given in an outdoor Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. Both offer a golfers are men, and women aren’t the only cabana (October to April). natural beauty defined by tall saguaro cacti, ones who enjoy spa treatments. Many of A Tucson landmark, the Westin La Paloma thick underbrush and warm brown sand. Arizona’s golf resorts have been quick to Resort & Spa features a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Developed by the Gila River Indian embrace this fact. Some offer special golf & signature course rated “women friendly” by Community, the Whirlwind Golf Club at the spa packages, while others offer spa treat- Golf for Women magazine. Try a hydrating Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa in ments tailored to golfers and couples – if one milk bath, followed by the Sports Massage, at Chandler boasts two Gary Panks-designed spouse doesn’t play, he or she can join the the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa. f

6 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 30 Geotourism in Arizona

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Arizona is a destination unlike any other; a land state of Sonora and the National Geographic wines from the Sonoita and Callaghan vine- of unique treasures awaiting discovery. This is Society. Some, like Phoenix’s renowned Heard yards in Elgin. a place of timeless natural beauty, a vast, awe- Museum, are among Arizona’s most popular Marvel at the spectacular night skies at the inspiring landscape that has inspired and attractions. But the list also includes several Mount Graham International Observatory, shaped generations of peoples from pre-historic off-the-beaten-path discoveries. home to the world’s most powerful telescope; times to the present day. Past and present Step into the Wild West by strolling the Kitt Peak National Observatory, one of the happily co-exist here, as Arizonans take pride streets of Tombstone and witnessing a world’s largest astronomical observatories; in preserving their rich natural, historic and staged gunfight; living the cowboy life at and at the Astronomers Inn near Benson, cultural heritage while embracing the future. Black Rock Ranch, a fourth-generation, a cozy B&B that is home to the Vega- For savvy travellers, that future is family-run cattle operation that offers guests Bray Observatory. geotourism. roping, branding and herd-culling demonstra- Connect with the rich cultures of Arizona’s What is geotourism? It goes beyond the tions; getting a glimpse of the life of a turn-of- native peoples at the Huhugam Heritage familiar eco-tourism, encompassing both the the-last-century cattle baron at the John Center in Chandler, which showcases the natural and human elements of a destination. Slaughter Ranch Museum in Douglas and arts and traditions of the Akimel O’odham The National Geographic Center for by enjoying performances at the annual and Pee Posh peoples; the San Carlos Sustainable Destinations defines geotourism as Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering in Apache Cultural Center, where visitors can “tourism that sustains or enhances the Sierra Vista. purchase art from local artisans; and the geographical character of a place – its environ- Follow in the footsteps of some of annual Orme Dam Victory Days hosted by the ment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the Hollywood’s greatest legends by spending Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, which features well-being of its residents.” the night in John Wayne’s favourite room at a competition pow-wow, all-Indian rodeo, Arizona is at the forefront of the movement. the 300-year-old guest ranch Hacienda music, dancing and food. The Arizona Office of Tourism is an official Corona de Guevavi in Nogales; at the Explore the fascinating history of signatory of the National Geographic Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch in Tucson, Arizona’s mining industry by donning a Geotourism Charter, and has created a list of which was rumoured to be Spencer Tracy hard hat and descending deep into Bisbee’s authentically Arizonan experiences called and Katharine Hepburn’s secret hide-away; historic Copper Queen Mine for a tour of Arizona Origins – “a celebration of culture, and at Phoenix’s Hotel San Carlos, which one of the most productive mines in history. nature, history and heritage”. has played home away from home to Clark Then check out the future of the state’s min- Eighty-four of these unique experiences – Gable and Mae West. ing industry by touring the Morenci Mine, including historic sites, natural landmarks, Savour the fiery chili sauces at Los Dos one of the world’s largest open-pit mines. festivals, restaurants and accommodations – Molinos in Phoenix, which specializes in For a full list of Arizona Origins, and to appear on the new Arizona-Sonora Desert New Mexican cuisine; the signature obtain a copy of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Region National Geographic MapGuide,a Southwestern cuisine at Tucson’s award- Region National Geographic Map Guide visit collaboration between Arizona, the Mexican winning Terra Cotta; and the award-winning www.arizonaguide.com. f

31 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 7 Phoenix & Central Arizona

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Framed by dramatic mountain ranges and located in the heart of the Hand-blown Venetian glass chandeliers are just a prelude to a performance at Phoenix Sonoran Desert, the Phoenix metropolitan area balances the glamour and Symphony Hall, an internationally recognized excitement of a contemporary city and with the natural pleasures of wide- performing arts centre. It's known the land over open spaces. Spectacular resorts and spas, stunning desert golf, renowned for its resplendent Peacock Fountain. The unique design of the Chandler Center performing and visual arts, championship sporting events, award-winning for the Arts features a “turntable divisible” audi- cuisine, awesome desert adventure – the list goes on and on. torium that allows two sections of seating to rotate 180 degrees to face two more intimate A Song & A Dance The completely new and different Dodge stages, as well as superb acoustics for concerts Phoenix can boast a renowned collection of resi- Theatre promises to change the way you think and theatre productions. dent performing arts groups second to none. about live entertainment. It's as large as you need The newest jewel in the collection is the Arizona Opera Company, Ballet Arizona, but as intimate as you want. This state-of-the-art MAC, or Mesa Arts Center, the largest and most Arizona Theatre Company, Childsplay, Actors entertainment venue was designed specifically comprehensive arts centre in Arizona. An Theatre, and Center Dance Ensemble all produce for concerts, Broadway shows, family stage inviting oasis by day and a luminous beacon by spectacular seasons for delighted audiences. The shows, boxing, and convention meetings, all the night, the design of the MAC was inspired by the city also boasts a wonderful collection of jewel- while combining a classic, fully rigged Broadway unique character of the Sonoran Desert. The like theatres that host performances ranging stage house, with the pulsating excitement of campus includes a complex of theatres, galleries from avant-garde theatre to classical ballet. modern arena technologies. and exhibition space, visual and performing arts The queen of city stages is The Orpheum Statues outside the palm-studded grounds studios and classrooms, informal performance Theater. Built in 1929, the original elaborate of the Herberger Theatre depict dance and areas, a Shadow Walk that creates an inviting, Spanish-colonial-revival exterior is an authentic vitality, meant to welcome a free spirit of shaded outdoor oasis plaza. recreation of the original. The peacock-designed artistic discovery and splendour. They also circular staircase, lush murals, and sunset to welcome a passionate audience for Arizona's Good Taste star-sky ceiling will fascinate you long before most widely acclaimed professional theatre With a wealth of interesting local ingredients like the show begins. troupe, the Arizona Theatre Company. pomegranates, figs, pumpkin, squash, tomatoes,

8 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 32 SHERATON WILD HORSE PASS RESORT onions and corn, and a wide array of ethnic influ- okay with what we came up with.” You ences, including Mexican, Spanish and Native will too. American, you would be hard pressed to pick just Haute cuisine morphs into haute pizza at one favourite in Phoenix’s menu of eateries. Pizzeria Bianco, where James Beard Award- Using indigenous ingredients and tradi- winning Chef Chris Bianco has put Arizona on the tional techniques, Chef Jack Strong proves that world pizza map. Devout pizza pilgrims flock native American cooking and fining dining are nearly every night (the restaurant is closed not mutually exclusive at Kai, the award- Sunday and Monday) to Bianco’s intimate, atmos- winning restaurant at the Sheraton Wild Horse pheric restaurant on the edge of Phoenix’s historic Pass Resort. Heritage Square. The airy, high-ceilinged dining Kai gets much of its produce from the Gila room, inside a vintage brick building, is small and River Native American community’s farms as seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. well as from the Tucson-based native This means that on a typical night, you Seeds/SEARCH, which is devoted to preserving may have to wait one, two or even three hours Native American seed lines. Native populations from the time the hostess puts your name on in other parts of the country provide other menu the list, to the time you take your first bite of staples: buffalo from the Cheyenne River tribe, tantalizingly delicious pizza. But customers for example, and black cod fished by the don’t mind the routine – they come back again Alaskan Sugpiaq peoples. and again, because the pizza here is that good. As for traditions, Strong invited elders And Chris has some advice for making the from the Gila River community to sample most of the experience. “Enjoy a bottle of Kai’s chumath bread – “kind of a cross wine and actually try talking to the people between a tortilla and a thin crepe,” Strong you’re sharing your evening with,” he says. “The women didn’t measure anything suggests. Good vino, good conversation and because making chumath was handed down great pizza – a perfect night out. over the generations. But the elders seemed Chef Jack Strong. Continued on page 12 HEI N ETA ARIZONA CENTRAL AND PHOENIX

33 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 9 PHOENIX & CENTRAL ARIZONA What’s New • Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North: The resort broke ground on a series of significant property enhancements that include a LOCATION From the mountains complete casita and suite LOCATION to the desert & makeover, as well as a trans- everywhere in formation of the lobby, Lobby LOCATION between, Hampton Lounge and Acacia restaurant. LOCATION The resort’s 210 guest rooms is there for you. and suites will get custom fur- LOCATION Experience Arizona hospitality nishings and a complete soft- LOCATION the way it is meant to be. goods makeover, as well as a technological enhancement LOCATION Free high speed internet access that includes wireless LOCATION Free breakfast Internet, flat-screen televi- buffet sions, MP3 player docking sta- LOCATION with hot items tions and electronic private bars. Many of the enhance- LOCATION ments are expected to be com- LOCATION plete by the end of December. • Royal Palms Resort and LOCATION Earn Free Travel with Hilton HHonors Spa: The new Montavista LOCATION Courtyard and Suites debuted in February. The resort’s total LOCATION room count is now 119, LOCATION including 17 Montavista gue- strooms and suites featuring LOCATIONwww.Arizonahamptoninns.com French doors, lush leather fur- niture, and private balconies; and 45 Valencia guestrooms and suites splashed with rich tones, bold patterns and cus- tom-designed furnishings. Rounding out the new rooms and suites is a two-bedroom Alvadora Spa Villa and six Alvadora Spa suites, created by world-renowned spa designer Sylvia Sepielli. • Clarendon Hotel + Suites: A boutique hotel in midtown Phoenix that is making multi- ple improvements this sum- mer, including a new restau- rant featuring Japanese cui- sine with a Southwestern twist; a two-storey, 18-metre-wide waterfall and new furnishings for the pool area; and a rooftop deck that will offer stunning views of the Scottsdale and Phoenix skylines.

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35 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 11 GLENDALE Continued from page 12 STADIUMS, SWEETS AND SADDLES www.visitglendale.com SUGGESTED ITINERARY Phoenix’s West Valley has been front and continent to feature both a retractable roof centre with the addition of new sports and retractable playing field. Call ahead arenas and bowl games. The University for tour schedule and reservations. This of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale opened afternoon, head to Wickenburg for your in 2006 and will host the world famous dose of Old West and natural beauty. Superbowl on February 3, 2008. For the About 45 minutes northwest of Glendale, western part of Phoenix and the Valley of Wickenburg, established in 1863, was the Sun, this is great news. Even though once the “Dude Ranch Capital of the the boom of construction has brought World” and is the oldest Arizona town residents and visitors to the West Valley north of Tucson. First visit the Wickenburg for “the big game”, concerts and award- Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center, winning festivals, visitors and new- which is housed in the 112-year old Santa comers alike have learned there is Fe Depot on Frontier Street in the historic undiscovered country “out west”. Follow downtown. Downtown is home to unique this three-day itinerary and discover the selections of Southwestern arts/crafts, West Valley’s treasures. Native American jewelry, Mexican furni- ture, rugs, antiques, curios, pottery, DAY ONE Today spend time in Historic western gear, tack and clothing. This Downtown Glendale. This retro-chic desti- evening, dine at the largest dude ranch in nation incorporates two distinct Wickenburg, Rancho de los Caballeros. neighbourhoods that are home to more Overnight “Out Wickenburg Way”. than 90 specialty and antique shops. Easy to tour on foot, the difference in its two DAY THREE Visit the Hassayampa River neighbourhoods is revealed in the Preserve, owned by the Nature redbrick, main-street-style buildings of Conservancy, early this morning. The lush Old Towne versus the charming streamside habitat is home to 280 species bungalows-turned-shops of Catlin Court. of birds including falcons, hawks, Start at the Glendale Visitor Center right in flycatchers, raptors and hummingbirds. the heart of historic Downtown Glendale. Spend the morning bird watching and Next, explore The Bead Museum, home of finding sanctuary in the shade of the rare more than 100,000 beads, beadwork Freemont Cottonwood-Willow riparian pieces and beaded artifacts; the extensive forest. Next, is a visit to the Desert history of beads unfolds from earliest Caballeros Western Museum. “Arizona’s times to the present. Sample the sweet life Most Western Museum” celebrates the art, history and culture of the desert south- at Cerreta Candy Company. For more than west, and features well-known cowboy 70 years, the Cerreta family has prepared artists. Kids get their fill as well in the their candy the old fashioned way – by Mineral Room and “Out on the Ranch”. hand. Located in Historic Downtown Mine enthusiasts and rock hounds head to Glendale’s Murphy Park, the family offers The Historic Vulture Mine. There was a lot free factory tours where sampling is of gold in “them there hills”, and you can encouraged! Stop for lunch at Lenny’s walk through the remaining buildings and Burger’s. Later, shop at many of the mine site (good for groups, too). antique stores and dine, this evening, in Alternatively, Robson’s Mining World is an downtown as well. Overnight in Glendale. extensive and impressive mining museum (seasonal). Tour the town, have lunch, DAY TWO Tour University of Phoenix shop, pan for gold, or hike to prehistoric Stadium, the coolest national sports Indian petroglyphs. Or visit a 90,900-kilo- facility around. A perfect marriage of gram collection of minerals or the world’s liquid and steel, this one-of-a-kind largest collection of mining equipment. sporting facility is the first on the Tonight, stay at one of the B&Bs.

Retail Therapy – ambiance of the shopping districts. You can Scottsdale-Style check out the wares at The Borgata set in a Shopping ranks high among activities replica 14th-century Italian village setting, el preferred by visitors to Scottsdale, partly Pedregal Festival Marketplace where because of the extensive and eclectic choice Moroccan meets Southwest, Kierland of merchandise and partly because of the Commons, Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale

12 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 36 PHOENIX AND CENTRAL ARIZONA 13 † ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • Join in the weekly Scottsdale ArtWalk, a city Join in the weekly Scottsdale ArtWalk, One of the most fun ways to sample most fun ways to One of the The Art of Seeing the the clarity of the light, maybe it’s Maybe it’s vast emptiness, maybe it’s but the stark beauty, some indefinable quality of the surrounding Sonoran Desert has been drawing artists and architects to Scottsdale almost since the city was founded. tradition that has been bringing gallery owners, artists and artfor fans together every Thursday Scottsdale’s shopping options is on a four-hour, shopping options is Scottsdale’s excur- champagne-fueled shopping limo-driven, The The Art of Shopping. sion with Spree! tours for together customized company puts of 150 mostly-locally- groups from an inventory know where “We owned-and-operated stores. Nancy Shina. “I’ve everything is,” says owner the in my ‘inventory,’ got about 150 stores locally owned and oper- majority of which are include forays to ated – not chains.” Themes crawls, art and jewelry local boutiques, discount prowls and even cigar- adventures, home décor tours – just about shopping chomping men’s passion. anything to satisfy a shopaholic’s 1-800-EMBASSY embassysuites.com 37 CANADIAN TRAVELLER 37TRAVELLER CANADIAN SCOTTSDALE CVB SCOTTSDALE and redemption of points are subject to HHonors Terms and Conditions. ©2007 Hilton Hospitality, Inc. and Conditions. ©2007 Hilton Hospitality, and redemption of points are subject to HHonors Terms ® Reservations: 602-957-1910 Reservations: 602-244-8800 Reservations: 602-955-3992 Reservations: 480-897-7444 IX, ARIZONA Reservations: 602-222-1111 TEMPE, ARIZONA TEMPE, PHOEN Hilton Suites - Su Vino Winery, a state-of-the-art custom Winery, Su Vino Embassy Suites - Tempe Embassy Suites - Biltmore winery is the ultimate stop for wine-lovers. You can sample their vintages in the tasking room, take home their award-winning wines, or have them custom blend wine to suit your taste. You can even get a custom label on your vintage. Embassy Suites - Airport at 24th Street Embassy Suites - Airport at 44th Street hilton.com 1-800-HILTONS 1-800-HILTONS The perfect Arizona location is only the beginning. Arizona location is only the perfect The (available at Embassy Suites). Let us make your next stay in the Grand Canyon State perfect! (available at Embassy Suites). Let us make your next stay in the Grand Why not give yourself a little extra space? Suite Hotels of Arizona provide all the extra amenities that make every Why not give yourself a little extra space? Suite Hotels of Arizona provide stay a pleasure–with with the committed to providing the finest all-suite facilities plenty of room to relax. We’re of home, including high-speed highest level of service. Every spacious two-room suite offers all the comforts Reception and nightly Manager’s Internet access. Not to mention our complimentary full cooked-to-order breakfast Subject to State and Local Laws. Must be of legal drinking age. Hilton HHonors membership, earning of Points & Miles, Fashion Square Waterfront. and Scottsdale One-of-a-kind restaurants and a variety of boutiques areto open in October at set brand new urban SouthBridge, Scottsdale’s development along the south bank of the city’s irrigation canal. ancient el Pedregal Festival Marketplace. SCOTTSDALE

more than 30 years. Sip a glass of wine, chat What’s New with owners and artists and take in a live • W Hotel and Residences: Expected to open in downtown Scottsdale in demonstration. Quarterly themed ArtWalks December 2007, the seven-storey property will have 224 guestrooms, a match important works from various genres ballroom, three meeting rooms, and the Bliss spa. The epicentre of the with special extras, like live bands and hotel, on the second floor, will be a 2,000-square-metre recreation and pool regional food sampling. deck with an infinity-edge swimming pool surrounded by a sand beach, pri- You can also check out the talents of vate cabanas, fitness centre and two bars. Also on this level will be seven more than 100 artists under tents from spa suites, additional meeting space and a restaurant terrace. January through March, at Celebration of • InterContinental Hotels & Resorts: InterContinental Hotels Group is Fine Art, a perennial favourite event in opening its first property in Scottsdale on the former site of the La Posada Scottsdale that has been celebrated as one Resort, in spring 2008. The InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa will of the West’s premiere art events by Art & offer 292 rooms, including 34 luxury villas that will be separately owned by Archicture magazine. the residents, but managed by the resort; a luxury spa that will focus on Architects have also found inspiration in health, beauty and fitness; a restaurant that will offer outdoor dining and the local desert. Frank Lloyd Wright first came views of Camelback Mountain; five pools; and 2,852 square metres of to town in 1927 when he was asked to help indoor meeting space. design Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. Ten • Kimpton’s FireSky Resort & Spa: Opened in April after an extensive years later, he and his team designed Taliesin renovation to the former Caleo Resort & Spa, the FireSky tells the story of West, his so-called “desert camp,” where he the four elements of nature – fire, water, earth, and air – and features spent his winters until his death in 1959. In bold, contemporary decor, free Wi-Fi resort-wide, yoga and meditation TV true Frank Lloyd Wright style, he designed channels, a wine hour each evening, in-room spa treatments and welcome the buildings with an organic sensibility, so amenities for pet guests and the signature “Forgot it? We got it” Other that they would complement the natural highlights: Arizona’s only Jurlique-branded spa and Taggia, a full-service desert surroundings rather than conflict with restaurant that serves up coastal Italian cuisine. them. On a visit to the compound you can still Continued on page 18 ZMC Hotels of Arizona

HAMPTON INN HAMPTON INN & SUITES HAMPTON INN HAMPTON INN LAKE SCOTTSDALE SCOTTSDALE TUCSON-NORTH HAVASU CITY 10101 N. Scottsdale Road, 16620 N. Scottsdale Road, 1375 West Grant Road, 245 London Bridge Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85253 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Tucson, AZ 85745 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 T: 480-443-3233 T: 480-348-9280 T: 520-206-0602 T: 928-855-4071 F: 480-443-9149 F: 480-348-9281 F: 520-206-0610 F: 928-855-2379

SLEEP INN COMFORT INN SCOTTSDALE THE INN AT PIMA 16630 N. Scottsdale Road, 7350 E. Gold Dust Ave, 7330 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 T: 480-998-9211 F: 480-607-2893 T: 480-596-6559 F: 480-596-0554 T: 480-948-3800 F: 480-443-3374

14 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 38 A celebration of Native American culture through song, dance, art and food

presented by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and produced by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Free performances most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. January – April, 2008.

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41 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 17 TEMPE CVB Continued from page 14 behold the brilliant, boulder-strewn landscape that inspired his designs. Guided tours of the 240- hectare, boulder-strewn property range from 60- minute overview walks to comprehensive three-hour behind-the-scenes tours and cost US $18 to $45. Wright’s last commission was the Gam- mage Auditorium on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. Wright designed the building to be as acoustically perfect as possible. This means that every seat is a great seat for theatre, concerts, dance and recitals. Nearby, Cosanti, the home-studio of Italian- born Paolo Soleri, another legendary 20th- century architect, and another former student of Wright, is a curious compound where you Tempe Marketplace. can buy the bronze and ceramic windbells for which he is renowned. outdoor patio with an infinity edge pool, an mountains, proximity to the revitalized Riverside artistically-designed fire feature and a lake- and Sunset neighbourhoods and quick access to Town Lake Treasures side art park. Inside, patrons find a state-of- and from downtown Tempe. Soon, visitors will The brand new Tempe Center for the Arts is the-art, 600-seat proscenium theatre, a be able to visit the Tempe Garden Club gazebo the lastest jewel in the crown of a city know 200-seat studio theatre and a 322 square- within the 6.8-hectare art park, enjoy outdoor for its support of the arts. Located in Tempe metre gallery. performances at a new lakeside amphitheater Beach Park, on the shore of Tempe Town The TCA’s unique location provides capti- and access the Light Rail for easy trips across Lake, the TCA boasts striking features like an vating views of the Papago and Camelback Tempe or into nearby Phoenix.

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Fair & Market, March, Phoenix ARIZONA CENTRAL AND PHOENIX • Culinary Festival, April, Scottsdale • Celebrity Chef Golf & Spa Invitational, October, Scottsdale • Smithsonian Culturefest, November, Scottsdale • Fountain Festival of Arts & Crafts, November, Fountain Hills • Bluegrass Festival & Fiddle Championship, November, Wickenburg • Glendale Glitters Holiday Light Display, November to January, Glendale • Las Noches De Las Luminarias, November/December, Scottsdale • Stroll in the Glow, December Fountain Hills • The Fall Tempe Festival of the Arts, December, Tempe

43 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 19 PHOENIX CVB Historic Tempe Beach Park is home base for festivals and events like Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, Ironman Arizona, Tempe Music Festival, various triathlons, Oktoberfest and the Lobster Festival.

Arizona Sports Events Arizona in general, and the Phoenix area in particular, will be a prime gathering spot for fans of top-level athletic events in 2008. Here are the five biggies:

Football, You Bet The Super Bowl, the NFL’s title game, is scheduled for Sunday, February 3, in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. Besides the game itself, the weeklong sched- ule of events will include an NFL interactive theme park; autograph-signing sessions with players from both teams; glamorous Pro Golf 3 16th hole, they’ll be greeted by more than pre-game and halftime shows; and special The FBR Open, formerly the Phoenix Open, 15,000 fans that cheer the good shots and appearances by Spike the Super Ball, the is frequently billed as professional golf’s row- boo the bad ones. The event, held at the game’s official mascot. Kickoff time will be diest tournament, primarily because of one Tournament Players Course in north 4:18 p.m. hole. When the 132 pros tee it up at the par Scottsdale, will run from January 28 through

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Car Racing NASCAR events draw hundreds of thou- sands of car racing fans to Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale every spring and fall. The Subway Fresh Fit 500 is usually held on the third Saturday in April, and the Checker Auto Parts 500 is regularly scheduled for early November. Both are in the Nextel Cup Series, and the Checker Auto Parts 500 is the second-to-last race in the points competition. Kevin Harvick won that one in 2006 and Jeff Gordon finished first in the Subway race in April 2007. The Busch Series makes an appearance at Avondale in April and November.

Marathon Men and Women P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon closes down a lot of Valley streets every January so an estimated 35,000 runners can test their endurance. The grueling race, a qualifier for the Boston Marathon, will be held on Sunday, January 13. Seventy bands, 40 pep squads and countless spectators cheer the runners on as they cover the 26 mile, 385 yard course. Those looking for something a bit less strenuous may participate in the half- marathon run at the same time.

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24 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 48 Follow The Birds CALENDAR Cochise Country is a Mecca for bird-watchers, with prime spotting locations and several Wings Over Willcox Sandhill Crane Southwest Wings Birding Festival, seasonal birding events, like Wings of Willcox Festival, January, Willcox August, Sierra Vista in January and the Southwest Wings Birding New Year's American Indian Competition August fest, August, Elgin Powwow, Festival in Bisbee in August. About 350 species Bisbee Blues Festival, December-January, Tucson visit and live in the area that is major crossing September, Bisbee point for migrating birds as well as great habitat La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo & Parade, February, Tucson Gila Valley Cowboy Poetry for native species. and Music Gathering, TUCSON CVB Accenture Match Play Championship, February, Tucson September, Safford/Thatcher La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Art in the Park, October, Sierra Vista February, Tucson Patagonia Fall Festival, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, October, Patagonia February, Tucson Rex Allen Days, October, Willcox Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Helldorado Days, October, Tombstone Gathering, February, Sierra Vista Juan Bautista de Anza Days, Tubac Festival of the Arts, October, Tubac February, Tubac Annual Festival of Color – Hot Air Balloon Any birding adventure should begin in Civil War Battle Re-enactment, Rally, October, Sierra Vista Sierra Vista, “The Hummingbird Capital of the March, Picacho Peak World”, which lies just west of the lush San International Mariachi Conference, Annual Apache Jii Day, October, Pedro Riparian Conservation Area. You’ll also April, Tucson Globe/Miami find birds aplenty in nearby Ramsey, Miller and Ha:san Bak: Saguaro Harvest Bisbee’s Annual Historic Home Tour, Carr Canyons. Celebration, July, Vail November, Bisbee Travel to Bisbee to visit the Southern Arizona Bird Observatory for information on State Historic Park preserves the ruins of a 1751 After the Spanish came the cavalry, who left top area birding spots, then head to the Spanish colonial fort, including portions of the behind several forts, and then the glory days of Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area. In Douglas foundations, walls and plaza floor near the the Wild West. Tombstone, “The Town Too natural springs near the trail along Black Draw commandant’s headquarters. The park’s award- Tough to Die”, is an obvious stop on any Wild in the San Bernadino National Wildlife Refuge winning volunteers, Los Tubaqueños, demon- West itinerary. The preserved and restored act as riparian magnets for 237 species of strate life as it was in 18th-century Arizona. stretch along Allen Street is straight out of a Southwestern and migratory birds. Clint Eastwood movie, but it’s an authentic Other prime birding spots include Cave AOT piece of history. Visit the Tombstone Court- Creek Canyon and the American Museum of house State Historic park and the Bird Cage Natural History’s Southwest Research Station, Theater, a former ‘house of ill fame” that’s now the Chiricahua National Monument and the a museum with bullet-riddled walls. Time your Apache Generating Station Wildlife Obser- visit right, and you can watch a reenactment of ARIZONA SOUTHERN AND TUCSON vation Area. Don’t forget your binoculars! the infamous 1881 gun battle at the O.K. Corral A Look Back in which the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday shot it out with the Clanton gang. While southern Arizona is known for its Wild West heritage, others were here long before the cowboys, outlaws and lawmen. Artful Encounters Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park, near In February sample the work of hundreds of Globe, is an impressive testament to those who local and visiting artists, craftpeople and musi- have gone before. Considered one of the best cians at the Tubac Annual Festival of the Arts, pre-Columbian sites in the Southwest, the ruins the longest running event of its kind in the include more than 200 rooms, ancient dwellings southwest. While it is juried for quality, the and a ceremonial chamber built by the Salado festival is not pretentious. You’ll find serious Indians in the 13th and 14th centuries. At the paintings sharing the street with whimsical Amerind Foundation and Art Gallery in sculptures and New Age music. You can also Dragoon, you can learn more and see one of the tour local galleries and working studios on the finest collections of Indian artifacts in the world. Tubac Art Walk in March and discover the The Spanish influence in southern Arizona method of creating art at “Tubac: An Art is older than the European settlement of the Luminaria Nights Annual Christmas Experience”, in the fall, when local artists create East Coast of the United States. Tubac Presidio Festival, Tubac. works right before your eyes.

49 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 25 GRAHAM COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Looking for more? Try the “ARTventure: Walk in an Artist’s Shoes For A Day Walk” tours sponsored by the Bisbee Arts Commission. Follow an artist for a day; painting scenic vistas from atop rustic stair- cases, exploring camera angles up European- style streets, or unleashing your poetic spirit at sunny sidewalk cafes. Once the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco, Bisbee was a raucous mining town known as the “Queen of the Copper Camps”. These days Bisbee is considered one of America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations in 2005 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and voted one of the Ten Best Quirky Towns To Retire To in the U.S. A Secret No More When spelunkers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts discovered Kartchner Caverns in 1974, they were so struck by the Cavern’s extraordinary beauty they vowed to keep it a secret because they felt they had a duty to preserve it for future genera- online, then prep your taste buds for some tacos, red chili pork tamales and Sonora enchi- tions. The pair eventually talked about it to the fiery feasting. ladas, yellow corn masa deep fried, then topped Kartchner family and then the Arizona State At the base of pine-covered Mt. Graham, with red sauce, olives and scallions. Parks Department, who developed access to three the ranching and farming community of Around the corner, El Charro holds court on rooms and opened the Caverns to the public in Safford is the epicenter of the Salsa Trail, with a prominent corner and boasts a sunny interior 1999. With the gentle enhancement of expert seven restaurants officially on the trail. Among and mural-covered walls. Try their house lighting you can see the rooms in their most pris- them, Casa Mañana, set on the town’s busy specialty, a chalaca, a fried corn masa bowl tine condition and marvel at this living exhibit of main highway, packs them in for shredded beef filled with beans, red or green chili. stalagmites and stalactites. The magnificent Across the street, Chalo’s La Casa Rotunda and the Throne Room are open year- Reynoso boasts a special gollo burro, round, while the Big Room closes in April when filled with green chili and served with migrating myotis bats return to bear their young. a fried egg. Down Main Street, El Coronado is part old-fashioned AOT American diner and part Mexican restaurant, serving “big daddies,” crisp flour tortillas topped with beans or chili, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. In nearby Thatcher, La Casita Cafe is the kind of place where you’re likely to see plenty of police vehicles at lunchtime – not because a crime is being committed, but because law officers know where to find good food. Try the Navajo taco (fry bread topped with green or red chili) or menudo, a spicy stew that’s said to cure whatever ails you. Down Highway 70, La Paloma, in Downtown Bisbee. Solomon, is a tidy pink and cream- coloured restaurant is tucked away off The Salsa Trail a series of side streets, that dishes up For a true taste of Southern Arizona head out green corn tamales or the huevos on the Salsa Trail, a collection of homespun rancheros. restaurants that have been family-owned for Want to bring something home generations. Pick up a map at the Graham from the Salsa Trail? Mi Casa Tortilla County Chamber of Commerce or find one Kubla Kahn formation, Kartchner Caverns. Factory in Safford offers packages of

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From the mid-1920s through the late 1950s, Northern Arizona became the most familiar part of the state to families taking road trips on Route 66. Known as the “Mother Road,” the first completely paved cross-country highway in the United States spanned Arizona from the Petrified Forest to the Mohave Desert. Travellers today continue to be awestruck by the unchanging beauty of Northern Arizona: Monument Valley’s sandstone spires; Flagstaff’s forested mountains; Sedona’s crimson cliffs; Grand Canyon’s formidable dimensions; and Lake Powell’s blue waters.

The Grand Canyon Many people get their first introduction You can also learn about the man who On May 24, 1869, Major John Wesley Powell to the Canyon at the Grand Canyon IMAX explored the park at the John Wesley Powell and nine men he recruited for a truly monu- Theatre in Tusayan, just outside the south Memorial Museum in Page. Look at his sketch- mental journey pushed from shore their boats entrance to the park. Grand Canyon: The es and photos along with other memorabilia and headed down the Green River from Green Hidden Secrets showcases the canyon’s from his voyages through the Canyon in 1869 River, Wyoming, amidst shouts and cheers immense beauty, extraordinary history and and 1871. See an oversized, yet accurate, repli- from onlookers who must have thought they awesome wildlife. ca of the long boat used on the expedition. would never see these 10 men again. They took NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE provisions for ten months and began their exploration of the Colorado River’s Grand Canyon. They needed only three to complete the trip. Without a doubt, the biggest attraction in Arizona is Grand Canyon National Park, 95 kilometres north of Williams. It is the visual impact of the landscape that impresses most people, just as it did the Powell expedition. The world seems larger here, with sunrises, sunsets, and storms taking on an added dimension to match the landscape. It is a land to humble the soul. Embark on your own voyage of discovery with tours, hikes, rides, floattrips and flights that touch the South Rim, North Rim and Grand Canyon West. Mule rides into the Grand Canyon.

30 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 54 FLAGSTAFF CVB Tour the Canyon Hikers can choose from a After the Second World War, it was the cat- variety of trails that provide a wide range of alyst for tourism, as Americans “discovered” challenges. The most popular is Bright such natural wonders as the Painted Desert, Angel Trail, but South Kaibab and North the Petrified Forest and Meteor Crater. Kaibab are just as scenic. Every hamlet sprouted auto camps (forerun- The most unique is the Hualapai Trail ners of today’s campgrounds), cabins, down to the turquoise, double cascading motels, cafés, gas stations, auto repair shops Havasu Falls. Stay the night at the camp- and tourist attractions. Neon signs compet- ground or the lodge in the village of Supai at ed for travellers’ attention. Modern Art the bottom of the Canyon. Deco style prevailed. Don’t want to walk? There is always a The 1956 Federal Highways Act funded mule ride, a Grand Canyon tradition. the Interstate highway system, draining the Choose from a seven-hour daytrip or an lifeblood from small towns. And that’s when overnight stay on the Canyon floor. Angel Delgadillo, a Seligman barber, swung True thrill seekers, follow in Major Downtown Flagstaff’s Historic District. into action, harnessing America’s collective Powell’s footsteps and book a rafting trip. rafting, horseback riding or take a Hummer memory and growing nostalgia. He formed Length varies from a one-day float through desert tour. A variety of tour packages are the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona the western part of the canyon to 22 days available and include a Wild West experi- and lobbied the state legislature to preserve to complete the entire length under oar ence, spectacular Canyon views, Native sections of the old highway. Even though power. Sounding like too much work? Take American performances and an all-you-can- many sections of the old highway are gone to the skies on a helicopter or fixed-wing eat lunch. Some tour packages include forever, enough remain for a great trip. flightseeing tour. overnight lodging. No private vehicles are Holbrook, gateway to Petrified Forest Ridin’ The Rails At the turn of the 20th permitted within the Grand Canyon West National Park, boasts funky cafés and the dis- century, most people travelled to the Grand area. A Hop on Hop off shuttle system oper- tinctive Wigwam Motel (1950), where you canyon by rail, but as auto travel captured the ates through the view points through out can sleep in a concrete teepee surrounded by public imagination the leisurely schedule of train the day. vintage cars. Opened in 1950, the motel travel lost its appeal and service to the canyon closed in 1974 when the Route was was stopped in 1968. You can relive those days Route 66 – bypassed, but was reopened in 1988 by with the Grand Canyon Railway. Vintage cars Still Kickin’ members of the family who built it originally. are staffed by conductors in railroad uniforms Arizona is the birthplace of the renaissance A ‘70s Eagles hit song immortalized and entertainers lead singsongs and tell terrific of Historic Route 66. From their small fami- Winslow with the phrase “standing on the tales, tall and otherwise. There’s even a staged ly businesses in struggling Seligman, broth- corner in Winslow, Arizona.” The Route 66 train robbery along the way. Still feeling ers Juan and Angel Delgadillo began pro- Place, an old-style soda fountain, provides nostalgic? Bunk in two 1929 santa Fe Railway moting Route 66 just a few years after refreshments and a nostalgia fix. In early cabooses, ear of them suite-size at the canyon Interstate 40 was causing their town to September, Winslow hosts the annual Motel & Railroad RV Park in Williams. Several whither. Now, Route 66 is a thread of nos- Standin’ on a Corner Festival and Just guests have claimed that the cars are haunted, talgia tourism across the state. Cruisin’ Car Show. with some spotting a ghostly conductor. Built between 1926 and 1938 Route 66 Winslow is also home to La Posada was to link the main streets of cities and Hotel, built in 1928 in the waning days of Over The Edge towns between Chicago and Los Angeles. vacationing by rail by the Fred Harvey For a completely different Canyon experi- ence, head to over to Grand Canyon West, CALENDAR about five hours from the South Rim where International Film Festival, September, Window Rock you can look down, way down during a walk October, Sedona on the Skywalk at Grand Canyon West. A Route 66 Days, September, Flagstaff Route 66 Fun Run, glass bridge, suspended more than 1,215 Plein-Air Festival, October, Sedona ARIZONA NORTHERN May, Seligman/Topock metres above the Colorado River on the very Sedona Arts Festival, October, Sedona Rendezvous Days, May, Williams edge of the rim allows visitors to walk Pine Country Rodeo, June, Flagstaff Trappings of the American West, beyond the canyon walls, surrounded by the October, Flagstaff Canyon itself. Old West Celebration & Bucket of Blood Hot Air Baloon Regatta, The bridge is able to sustain winds in Races, August, Holbrook November, Page excess of 160 kilometres per hour from eight Grand Canyon Music Festival, different directions, as well as an 8.0 magni- September, Grand Canyon Luminarias Festival of Lights, December, tude earthquake within 80 kilometres. Sedona Jazz On The Rocks, September, Sedona Browse through the Hualapai Market, Sedona Great Flagstaff Pinecone Drop, visit the Hualapai Ranch, a western town Window Rock Navajo Nation Fair, December, Flagstaff with horseback and wagon rides, go river

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What’s New • Antelope Point Marina: Luxury has come to the Navajo Nation and Lake Powell at Antelope Point Marina Village, 11 kilometres from Page, Arizona. With its striking architecture, generous use of glass, and southwest design elements, Marina Village pays homage to Native American culture and the surrounding environment. The Marina Village boasts Lake Powell’s only on-the-water restaurant – the largest floating concrete structure of its kind in the world – as well as a bar, the Market Place retail store, ice cream and coffee bar and courtesy boat slips. Free, 24-hr. golf-cart services shuttle vis- itors between land, lake and the Village. There are also a variety of watercraft to rent, including luxury houseboats, kayaks, water toys and personal watercraft. • Ceremony in The Land of The Ancestors: This new four-hour tour from Healing From The Heart, a metaphysical/spiritual business in Sedona, takes individuals and small groups to land once travelled by The Ancestors. Spectacular red rocks surround tour participants as they reconnect with Divine inner peace at a site known only to a few people. Cynthia Tierra, a Universal Shaman, conducts a traditional ceremony calling on the four directions and using the power of the elements (earth, air, fire and water.) After the ceremony, comes a visit to a cliff dwelling and an area with petroglyphs (symbolic rock carvings). • Page Springs Bed & Breakfast: Verde Valley’s newest B&B, is situated in the country high in a natural amphithe- ater overlooking the valley with the red rocks of Sedona in the distance. Exclusive educational packages include gourmet dinner at El Portal Restaurant in Sedona and a jeep tour with Sun Country Tours, lunches at the wineries and seminars. Each room is a mini-museum reflecting the culture it is named for, and has its own private bath. • A Creature of Bizarre Proportions: It’s new, it’s strange and it’s in Flagstaff. It’s a sickle-claw dinosaur and it’s the star of THERIZINOSAUR – Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur, a new exhibit at the Museum of Northern Arizona that has been developed from a southern Utah excavation by MNA’s Colbert Curator of Paleontology Dr. David D. Gillette. The exhibit will feature original bones of the therizinosaur skeleton in a reconstruction of the excavation, and a free- standing mounted skeleton that presents MNA’s best interpre- tation of the stance and posture of this strange member of the Age of Dinosaurs. And watch for the roadside pteranodons (flying reptiles) on Highway 180 in front of the Museum!

32 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 56 AOT Company. Called “America’s last great rail- in 2004 at age 88, his brother Juan operated road hotel,” the property was abandoned the Snow Cap Drive-In, a must-stop for and threatened with demolition more than burgers, milkshakes, soft ice cream and once. Today it is now a gloriously restored arguably the corniest sense of humor along National Historic Landmark and homebase the entire stretch. for Chef John Sharpe who has put the city on the culinary map with dishes like Hopi The Power Of Four Hummus and Native Cassoulet. Four is a sacred number to Native people and While foodies from around the world the pattern of four repeats throughout the sing his praises, Sharpe also seeks to please new Explore Navajo Interactive Museum in less adventurous diners. And he wants the Hogan, Monument Valley. Tuba City. The Navajos observe the four restaurant to acknowledge the history of La Williams, a National Historic District, directions as an organizational force for life Posada with more than just its Southwest features restored motels and storefronts and the four seasons as governing all person- Deco décor. How has he managed to achieve flashing neon. Grand Canyon Railway trains al and group activities. You can learn more as these ambitious, sometimes contradictory, depart from the depot for the gorgeous you follow a representation of the journey goals? By cooking what he calls “down-to- gorge. Order a burger and a malt with ‘50s Navajos take through life at the museum. earth, honest food.” Sharpe says, “I cook rock-n-roll tunes on the jukebox at Twister’s The journey begins in the East with an with what nature presents me, no matter Soda Fountain, one of several nostalgic Emergence Theatre where the Navajo night where I am.” eateries; have dinner at Cruiser’s Café 66, sky introduces the lessons of Navajo constel- Flagstaff never completely lost its Route houses in a 1930s filling station or have a lations. You emerge from the First Three 66 heritage, because it is a popular gateway to drink at the Famous Sultana, holder of the Worlds into the Fourth or present world Grand Canyon National Park. Stop in at the longest running liquor license in Arizona. where you are invited into a full-scale Navajo Visitor Center, located at One East Route 66, Seligman is the emotional heart of Route Hogan, located in the centre of the museum. then head to Downtown Flagstaff’s Historic 66, and where Angel runs the Route 66 Gift Outside the Hogan, travelling clockwise District to browse the shops, check out the Shop, a small visitor centre that honours the from the east a visitor is introduced to the restaurants and soak up the atmosphere. route and sells themed gifts. Until his death history of the Navajo as told through

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57 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 33 AOT map and projection camera to illustrate the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is magnitude of the Navajo Nation, a male the centrepiece of this beautiful landscape. Hogan, and models showing changes in From the visitor centre, you see the world- Hogan design over time. famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Across the courtyard, the Navajo Code Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided Talkers Museum tells the story of how tours from Navajo tour operators, who will and why the Navajo code becomes one take you down into the valley in jeeps for a of the Marine Corps’s most valuable narrated cruise through these mythical forma- secret weapons. tions. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via A Golden Year guided tours. During the summer months, You’ve seen Monument Valley before. Sure the visitor centre also features Haskenneini you have, even if you have never been to Restaurant, which specializes in both Monument Valley. Arizona. Its haunting rock formations and native Navajo and American cuisines, and photographs, words and voices. Navajo cere- vast, dry emptiness are the stuff of classic film/snack/souvenir shop. About a mile monies, many of which are still an integral westerns and this is where they were filmed before the centre, numerous Navajo vendors part of Navajo life, are explored in the East by director John Ford. Watch My Darling sell arts, crafts, native food and souvenirs at portion of the museum. Clementine, starring Henry Fonda, filmed in roadside stands. Your journey moves from the East to 1946 and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, with the South, where you learn how sheep are John Wayne, filmed in 1949, and you’ll see Water, Water Everywhere central to Navajo life through displays of what we mean. There’s plenty of water up in the northwest rug weaving patterns and looms from all AOT corner of Arizona. Of course there is the regions, weaving demonstrations and the Colorado river, but Lake Powell, the second Story of Spider Woman. largest man-made lake in the U.S. has Continue to the West, where Navajos turned this corner of the state into one of implement their thoughts and plans. the most popular water-recreations areas in Surrounding the Hogan you can see how the country. Page is home base for explo- the Navajo live in two worlds. ration of the crystal-clear waters of the lake, The journey ends in the North, the area which range from bright turquoise to deep where evaluation and assessment takes green, as well as the majestic desert land- place for Navajos. Displays include a relief scape of colourful canyons, peaks and buttes Lake Powell. in the surrounding area.

TRIBAL ETIQUETTE Each of Arizona’s 22 Native American propriate to walk across the pow wow Reservations operates under its own arena during a dance. Never pick up unique governmental structure and any object that is dropped during a establishes its own rules for visitors. ceremony. Applause after ceremonial Below are some basic guidelines for dances is considered inappropriate. visiting Tribal Lands: • Some of the Tribal buildings and • Taking photos, video and audio recordings, as well as sketching, is a structures may be several hundred particularly sensitive issue. Permits years old and damage easily; do not may be required, and fees and climb on walls or other structures. Do restrictions vary, therefore, it is not disturb or remove animals, important to contact each individual plants, rocks or artifacts as Tribal Tribe regarding its policies. and federal laws prohibit the removal • Dances are sacred ceremonies. of such items. Observe them as you would any other • Like any community, a reservation is religious function by dressing and home to those who live and work acting appropriately. Be mindful of there and should be respected as where you sit, stand and walk. For example, at certain Hopi dances men such. Although most reservations are and women sit apart; during pow open to the public during daylight wows it may not be appropriate to hours, the homes are private and stand beside a drum; and it is inap- should be entered only by invitation.

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Board tour boats, personal watercraft, houseboats, or other motorized watercraft to explore the lake's endless side canyons, inlets and coves, and to hike from the shore- line to ancient pueblo ruins such as Defiance House. Swimming, water-skiing, scuba div- ing, and fishing are also big draws here. Kayaking is one of the best ways to see Lake Powell and its geologic wonders. Head out on your own from one of the local marines, or contact one of the grow- ing number of companies that offer guided kayak tours. Northern Arizona CVBs Flagstaff www.flagstaffarizona.org 1-800-842-7293 Fredonia (928) 643-7241 Grand Canyon www.grandcanyonchamber.org (928) 638-2901 Havasupai Tribe www.havasupaitribe.com (928) 448-2121/382-448-2141 Holbrook www.wmonline.com 1-800-524-2459/(928) 524-6558 Hopi Tribe www.hopi.nsn.us (928) 734-3244 Hualapai Tribe www.destinationgrandcanyon.com Kaibab-Paiute Tribe www.kaibabpaiutetribal.com (928) 643-7245 Navajo Nation Tourism www.discovernavajo.com (928) 871-6436 Page/Lake Powell www.pagelakepowellchamber.org 1-888-261-7243/(928) 645-2741 Painted Cliffs Welcome Center www.arizonaguide.com (928) 688-2448

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The cool, pine scented forests of North Central Arizona were the inspira- and her pet cat live in room 16 and roam the tion for countless Westerns, and the home of many a rowdy miner. Native halls scratching on doors. Head over to Coyote Joe’s, originally one of Arizona’s earliest docu- Americans have left haunting ruins and the ghosts of early settlers still walk mented brothels, for a bite to eat. Customers and the streets of abandoned mining towns. employees here have reported hearing footsteps, doors opening and closing, utensils flying off Zane Grey Forever The Rim Country Museum features exhibits kitchen shelves, and faint voices. After dinner, From 1918 to 1929 western writer Zane Grey on Zane Grey and will soon be displaying pieces take in a show at the Prescott Fine Arts Gallery regularly spent time in Arizona, owning from the Oliver Collection. The Oliver Collection and Performance Hall. You might meet the numerous pieces of land and helping immor- is an assortment of Zane Grey related items, unearthly remains of Father Michael. The good talize Rim Country through books such as many of which are from the original cabin site. father was buried beneath the altar when the Under the Tonto Rim, Code of the West, and AOT To the Last Man. Northern Wines In these books, Grey put into words how Until recently all the talk about wineries in everyone feels when they see the scenery of Arizona and the Arizona wine country has been Rim Country, all the while describing the way about the Southern part of the state, but the new of life of the area’s pioneer families. buzz is in North Central Arizona. The operations Head to Payson and the grounds of the Rim are small, but the owners are passionate about Country Museum to tour through the authen- what they produce. Visit the tasting rooms and tically reconstructed Zane Grey Cabin. The orig- sample that passion. Here are five to watch: inal was lost to fire in 1990 and the rebuilt • Alcantara Vineyards: Produces nine vari- version is an exhibit in and of itself. The cabin etals including Chardonnay, White Merlot, gives fans the opportunity to learn more about Zinfandel, Mourvedre, Syrah, Pinot Noir and J Mountain, Jerome. Zane Grey and his place in history. Cabernet Pheffer. AOT • Jerome Winery: Features more than building was Sacred Heart Church. During 30 uniquely handcrafted, individually remodeling, his grave was exhumed, but no distinct, wines. body was found. • Page Springs Cellars: Family-run winery Make Prescott your base for exploring local specializing in Rhone varietals. ghost towns like Congress, once one of • Oak Creek Vineyard & Winery: Featuring Arizona’s most celebrated gold mining camps, signature chardonnay and others. where locals could only get their water by • Javelina Leap Winery: Produces Zinfandels rolling 50-gallon whisky barrels up the hill to and other reds. the tap at the general store. The town of Stanton was named for Charles There’s Nothing Like A P. Stanton, a ruthless businessman who used Good Haunting questionable methods in his climb to power. Prescott’s ghosts never sleep. Stay at the Hotel Stanton ran a general store and stagecoach Vendome where the ghost of a previous owner station, acquired by criminal means, and was

36 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 60 killed in his own store by a former member of CALENDAR Francisco Vega’s gang, whom he had hired to help him acquire the station. Pecan, Wine & Antique Festival, White Mountain Bluegrass Festival, The community of Weaver was named for February, Camp Verde August, Pinetop-Lakeside explorer Pauline Weaver and was known more as Jerome Home Tour, May, Jerome The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, a hangout for outlaws than a gold mining boom- Phippin Western Art Show, May, Prescott August, Prescott town. Its criminal reputation grew along with the Pioneer Days, September, Verde Valley town and eventually the citizens got so scared Annual Crawdad Festival, they up and moved to nearby Octave. June, Camp Verde Fall Festival, September, Pinetop-Lakeside Jerome was once the fifth largest city in Frontier Days and World's Oldest Rodeo, Fall Colours Tour, September- Arizona on the back of copper mining with a July, Prescott November, Clarkdale population of 15,000 perched precariously on the Annual White Mountain Native American Fort Verde Days, October, Camp Verde steep slopes of Mingus Mountain. But gravity is Art Festival, July, Pinetop-Lakeside just as threatening to the town as the mining Arizona’s Largest Gingerbread Village, economy. In 1925 a huge dynamite blast jolted Chili Cook-Off, August, Alpine November-December, Prescott the community and it has been slowing slipping World's Oldest Continuous Rodeo, Santa Claus Express, December- downhill ever since. In fact, many buildings are August, Payson February, Clarkdale several feet from their original location. While in HISTORY & NATURE SUGGESTED ITINERARY AOT Not far north and east of the Phoenix some of the most beautiful and surprising Metropolitan area lays a landscape not scenery in Arizona. Overnight at Hon Dah. many realize exists in Arizona. The area is known as Rim Country. The White Moun- DAY THREE Play a morning game of golf at tains are home to pine forests and lakes one of several high country courses among that inspired ancient dwellers and modern the ponderosa pine trees or take a horse- authors alike. Mormon settlers established back ride through mountain meadows at themselves here, Zane Grey lived and Sunrise Park Resort – in the winter, this is wrote here and John Wayne worked his a skier’s wonderland. Lunch in Greer, ranches here. which is a country hamlet where John Wayne and Zane Grey fell in love with fall DAY ONE Starting from Phoenix, drive east colours and spring wildflowers. In the on the scenic US 60 towards Globe. summer, visit Butterfly Lodge Museum, Spend the morning at the Boyce Thomp- open Memorial Day through Labor Day. son Arboretum enjoying a wonderful col- Built in 1914, it houses works by James lection of desert plants, mammals, reptiles Willard Schultz and his son, Lone Wolf. and more than 250 species of birds. Overnight Hon Dah or in Greer. Lunch at Guayos El Ray in Miami, a great Mexican food restaurant. Continue on US DAY FOUR Go east towards Springerville. Overgaard, east of Snowflake. Continue 60 through the Salt River Canyon to Visit Casa Malpais or “House of the west to Payson, which sits in the largest Highway 73, the road to Whiteriver on the Badlands,” a Mogollon Pueblo that was ponderosa pine forest in the U.S. You can Fort Apache Indian Reservation, and occupied for 200 years until it was aban- feel the western history in Payson where another of Arizona's scenic byways. Visit doned about 1400. Witness the beauty of rodeo was invented 120 years ago and the remains of Fort Apache, a major Army the rim of volcanic rock overlooking the Zane Grey made his home. Visit the Rim post during the settling of the Arizona Little Colorado River's Round Valley with a Country Museum and see a replication of ARIZONA CENTRAL NORTH Territory, and Kinishba Ruins, one of the view of the White Mountains. After a lunch Grey's original Payson cabin. Or visit the largest prehistoric sites in the state. In the in Springerville, visit the Madonna of the 80-room Shoofly Ruins north of the town, evening, try your luck at the casino. Trail, a statue commemorating the hardy occupied from A.D. 850 to 1260. Overnight at Hon Dah. pioneer women of yesteryear. Overnight in Overnight in Payson. Greer or Hon Dah. DAY TWO In the White Mountains area of DAY SIX Drive out Highway 260 to Tonto Arizona are the Alchesay and Williams DAY FIVE In the morning, head north on National Bridge State Park, home of the Creek National Fish Hatcheries. See the State Route 77. First stop is Snowflake, largest travertine bridge in the world. Hike “life cycle” of trout in nearly every stage settled by a group of Mormon pioneers in below into a lush grotto where fern and and enjoy the ambience of ponderosa pine 1878. Many of the homes are registered monkey flowers are abundant. If you love forests in this secluded canyon. Enjoy a with the Arizona State Historic Preser- animals, take a hike! Fossil Creek Llama picnic lunch and spend the afternoon fly vation Office. Six of the more than 100 Ranch in Strawberry offers guided hikes fishing on the Little Colorado River in homes, are listed on the National Register with a pack llama as your companion. Greer. If you don’t want to fish, watch your of Historic Buildings. Tours are available Have a packed lunch and enjoy the favourite of the hundreds of bird species in by appointment. Lunch at Bisontown in scenery of the Fossil Creek Springs.

61 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 37 NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA Jerome, check out the Jerome Grand Hotel. Cottonwood What’s New The aptly named Asylum Restaurant (this cottonwood.verdevalley.com (928) 634-7593 • Tim's Toyota Center: In the heart of the used to be a hospital) boasts a great wine Entertainment District of Prescott Valley, list and spectacular views. Eagar the 5,100-seat, state-of-the-art Center is www.eagar.com (928) 333-4128 Northern Arizona's premiere entertainment North Central venue as well as the home of Arizona Arizona CVBs Heber/Overgaard www.heberovergaard.org Sundogs hockey. The Center also hosts Alpine (928) 535-5777 concerts, expos and trade shows through- www.alpinearizona.com out the year. (928) 339-4330 Jerome www.jeromechamber.com • Camp Verde Historic Buildings Black Canyon City www.azjerome.com Walking Tour: Wander past The Barker www.blackcanyoncity.org (928) 634-2900 House, c. 1903 and thought to have been a (623) 374-9797 Mayer Area kit house built in pieces; Montezuma Inn, c. Camp Verde www.mayerareachamber.org late 1800s and originally a one-storey www.visitcampverde.com (928) 632-4355 saloon; Sutler’s Store, c. 1871, an army trad- (928) 567-9294 Payson ing post from the 1870s, connected with Fort Chino Valley www.rimcountrychamber.com Verde; Stage Stop and Boarding House, c. www.chinovalley.org (928) 474-4515 1868, once a respite for freight travellers (928) 636-2493 Pine and fort soldiers; Camp Verde Jail, c. 1935, a Christopher Creek www.rimcountrychamber.com river-stone cobbled building that was the www.rimcountychamber.com (928) 476-3547 original two-cell Camp Verde jail; and Hance (928) 474-4515 Pinetop-Lakeside House, c. 1916-1917, one-time home of Clarkdale www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com Judge George Hance, Camp Verde’s first www.clarkdalechamber.com (928) 367-4290 (928) 634-9438/(928) 634-4296 postmaster and a long time notary public. Prescott www.visit-prescott.com (928) 445-2000 Prescott Valley www.pvchamber.org (928) 772-8857 Saint Johns www.stjohnsaz.com (928) 337-4517 San Carlos Apache Tribe www.apachegoldcasinoresort.com (928) 475-7800 Show Low www.showlowchamberof commerce.com 1-888-SHOW LOW Snowflake www.snowflaketaylorchamber.org (928) 536-4331 Springerville www.springerville.com (928) 333-2656 Taylor www.wmonline.com/cities/taylor.htm (928) 536-4331 White Mountain Apache Tribe www.wmat.us Yarnell/Peeples Valley www.y-pvchamber.com (520) 427-6582 Yavapai-Apache Nation www.sedona-verdevalley.com (928) 554-0789 f

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Flowing from Hoover Dam to Mexico, the Colorado River defines preserve that boasts Arizona’s only Milennium Arizona’s West Coast. Focal points along the way are the cities of Yuma, tree grove, walking paths, bird sanctuaries, Lake Havasu City and Kingman, where you can discover the salad days of hummingbird and butterfly gardens and a lake, while the East Wetlands is still a work in progress the Wild West, the World’s Largest Antique and the Heart of Route 66. that is rapidly becoming a prime birding site. But that’s only the beginning of a birder’s tour Lettuce Celebrate Army established Fort Yuma in 1849 and thou- of the area. A day of hiking in Palm Canyon can Did you know that Yuma is the “Winter Lettuce sands of new settlers came to Yuma fleeing the bring into view shrikes, three species of wrens, Capital of the World”? The Tenth Annual Yuma dust bowls of the great depression between white-collared swifts, and occasionally, red-tail Lettuce Days Lettuce Festival, scheduled for 1929 and 1935. hawks or a golden eagle. Historic Downtown Yuma January 25 to 27, Get yourself a Yuma Passport to Adventure Cibola National Wildlife Refuge has estab- 2008, will honour lettuce and all Yuma-grown and begin your own expedition of discovery. lished the Canada Goose Drive, a 6.4-kilometre winter vegetables. Check out the amazing array Available at the Yuma Visitors Bureau Visitor drive offering close views of wintering waterfowl, of local produce, watch the Lettuce Boxcar Derby Center, the Passport offers discounted admis- especially Canada geese, as well as great looks at and belly up to the “World’s Largest Salad Bar”. sion to the city’s historic treasures like Yuma sandhill cranes. Betty’s Kitchen provides a site for More than 40,000 people are expected to visit the Territorial Prison State Historic Park, where easy viewing (especially migrating warblers) Festival for races, contests, dancing and concerts. cells, main gate and guard tower remain a grim while taking a comfortable walk through the Lettuce Days is one of five heritage festivals reminder of frontier justice; Yuma Crossing desert terrain along a well maintained trail. sponsored by the Yuma Crossing National State Historic Park, the original supply deport The Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Heritage Area. They also sponsor a Christmas for forts across the southwest; Sanguinetti consists of 10,500 hectares along the lower Crafts Festival in December, Old Town Jubilee at House Museum, Yuma’s oldest and most Colorado River, and is an important wintering the beginning of January, Yuma Crossing River historic building; Quechan Tribal Museum, area to Canada geese and many species of ducks. Daze in February and March Breezes on Main in, where you can learn about the heritage of the YUMA CVB when else, March. local Quechan tribe; and Yuma Art Center The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, Museum, with gallery and studio space centred one of only two west of the Mississippi, has a around the Historic Yuma Theatre. mandate to conserve, enhance, and interpret the natural and cultural resources of the community It’s All About The Green through a series of projects that will roll out over Although a growing city, Yuma is a premier bird- the next few years. watching destination, attracting more than 380 The history of the Yuma Crossing began bird species including the burrowing owl, the thousands of years ago, when prehistoric tribes, vermillion flycatcher and the Yuma clapper rail. searching for a way across the Colorado River, Its national wildlife refuges are popular with first came upon this natural crossing. They were hikers, cyclists and equestrians. followed by the Spanish, led by explorer Part of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Hernando de Alarcon who arrived in 1540, and Area mandate is to rehabilitate local wetlands. Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. The U.S. The West Wetlands is a 44-hectare natural Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.

40 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 64 YUMA CVB LAKE HAVASU CVB Don’t have a need for speed? Check out the fishing, paddle boating, canoeing and kayaking options for a more relaxing voyage along the coastline past spectacular desert scenery. No Longer Falling In 1962, it was discovered that the London Bridge really was "falling down", sinking into the Thames because it could not bear the modern traffic load. The City of London decided to put London Bridge, Lake Havasu. the 130-year old bridge up for auction, and construct a new one in its place. metre channel was dredged and water was Enter Robert P. McCulloch, founder of diverted from the lake, under the Bridge, then Lake Havasu City, who submitted the winning back into the lake. bid for $2,460,000 in 1968, and then spent Take a boat cruise on the lake and you can see another $ 7 million to move the London one-third scale replicas of 11 working lighthouses Bridge to Lake Havasu City. that currently exist throughout the United States The bridge was shipped by boat 10,000 along the shore. Letters In The Sand, Sort Of miles to Long Beach, California and then Arizona’s West Coast offers extra-ordinary trucked to Lake Havasu City where it was Living Arizona’s Wild West insights into the ancient cultures of the American stored until reassembled under the direction of The most colourful part of Arizona’s long history Southwest through a collection of primitive Robert Beresfornd, a civil engineer from came in the late 19th century during the glory drawings in the landscape called petroglyphs. Nottingham, England. days of the Wild West. Between the Civil War

Painted Rock Petroglyphs Site, on public land LAKE HAVASU CVB and the dawn of the 20th century, the country’s managed by BLM, is where you’ll discover petro- rowdy teenage years left a lasting impression that glyphs scratched into a hill composed of basaltic is still felt worldwide. Today you can experience boulders next to the Gila River. Many well- more than an echo of Arizona’s sand-coloured, known events in Arizona's history occurred near Southwestern version of the era of cowboys, the Petroglyphs Site, including the expedition of Indians, cattle drives and gunfights along Juan Batista de Anza, the Mormon Battalion Arizona’s West Coast. crossing and the Butterfield Overland Mail In the state’s southwestern corner the build- Stagecoach route. To get there, exit I-8 at Painted ings that have become the Yuma Territorial Rock Dam Road (exit 102), 160 kilometres east of Prison State Park were built of stone and adobe Yuma. Travel north on Painted Rock Dam Road by prisoners in the 1870s. With its scorching 17 kilometres to Rocky Point Road. The Painted summer heat and the dreaded “Dark Cell” for soli- Rock Petroglyphs Site is a kilometre west. tary confinement, it’s still a place to scare would- Painted Rocks Petroglyphs Site is shown on most be bandits straight. Arizona road maps as Painted Rocks State Park. Another atmospheric spot on Arizona’s Lake Havasu. western flank is Oatman, a restored mining Personal Watercraft Capital camp that’s become an oddly endearing Wild Of The World Each piece of the granite bridge was marked AOT For a desert state, Arizona has plenty of water with four numbers: the first indicated which arch action all along its West Coast but it is centred in span; the second, noted which row of stones; and Lake Havasu City. Perfect water conditions, the last two indicated which position in that row. COAST WEST ARIZONA’S unlimited sunshine, warm temperatures and It was discovered while dismantling the Bridge, access to virtually any type of water sport imagi- that there were code numbers on each stone nable – what more could you ask for? when it was originally built: the original British Perched on the shores of the Colorado River, architect, John Rennie, must have used the same Lake Havasu City is the de-facto “hot spot” for system when the sections left the quarries. personal watercraft and speedboat riders to open Reconstructing the London Bridge in Lake up and test their performance. The city has Havasu City was done in the same manner as hosted the annual international Jet Sports Boat the Egyptians built pyramids. Sand mounds Association World Finals every October since beneath each arch were carefully formed to the 1982, attracting many of the world’s premiere profile of the original bridge arches, serving the PWC professional competitors along with about same function as molds. When work was 40,000 water sports enthusiasts. completed the sand was removed. A 1.6-kilo- Route 66 Diner, Kingman.

65 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 41 YUMA West outpost along one of the most scenic CALENDAR What’s New stretches of Old Route 66. Stay at the 1902 • Pivot Point: Ground has been Oatman Hotel, where Clark Gable and Carole • Gem and Mineral Pow Wow, January, broken for a $32 million develop- Lombard honeymooned in 1939, and say hello Quartzsite ment that will include a to the burros that wander the dusty streets. • Yuma Lettuce Days, January, Yuma 150-room Hilton Garden Inn and These “wild” burros are descendants of the • Winter Blast Fireworks Displays, a 1,656-square-metre conference animals brought by miners in the early 1900s February, Lake Havasu City that were turned loosed when they were no centre, set to open in fall of • Lake Havasu Lighthouse Festival, longer needed. There are usually about 10, plus 2008. This is the first phase of a March, Lake Havasu City a few babies, that wander the streets. projected $100 million private • Midnight at the Oasis Festival, Speaking of Route 66, Kingman is known as investment on the riverfront, March, Yuma including new residential, office “The Heart of Route 66”. Check out the Route • Yuma Birding & Nature Festival, and retail development. 66 Museum at the Powerhouse Visitor Center. April, Yuma • New Hotels: Five new hotels Kingman also has a western connection. are set to open in 2007, includ- Famous cowboy actor Andy Devine was borne • World Jet Ski Finals, ing a 120-room Holiday Inn here and the town honours his memory with September/October Lake Havasu Express and a 90-room displays at the Mohave Museum of History and • London Bridge Days, Candlewood Suites; and a Arts. More than 60 local buildings are on the October, Lake Havasu City 76-room Wingate and 81-room National Register of Historic Places. And you • Annual Relics & Rods “Run Marriot Townplace. In addition, can see many of them on a local walking tour. to the Sun” Classic Car Show, the Cocopah Indian Tribe will October, Lake Havasu City open a 101-room hotel and con- Largest Winter Attraction • Colorado River Crossing Balloon ference center adjacent to its In Arizona Festival, November, Yuma casino just south of Yuma. For most of the year Quartzsite is a small desert • Festival of Lights, town with hiking and biking trails to explore November, Lake Havasu City and historic sites to visit. Visit in January and • Boat Parade of Lights/ Festival of Lights, December, Lake Havasu City

February, though, and the town explodes with sellers, buyers, collectors and just plain curious folks who all descend on the town for a series of gem, mineral, arts and craft shows that run over two months. Billed as “Arizona’s Largest Winter Attraction,” the action starts January 4, 2008 with the 10-day Gem and Mineral Show. After a five-day break, the main event the Sell-A-Rama runs for another 10 days, January 18 to 27, with 10 hectares of exhibitors and three and a half kilometres of aisle frontage. Catch your breath for four days and plunge back into the whirl with the Arts and Crafts show February 1 to 10. Quartzsite, is the perfect venue for all this mineral action. The town was established in 1867 on the site of old Fort Tyson, a privately built structure constructed in 1856 by Charles Tyson for protection against Indian raids. It was named for the quartz that was occasionally found in the area. Rock hunter’s also pick up agates, limonite cubes and the odd bit of gold. Quartzsite also has a link with some quirky military history. Check out the Hi Jolly Monument. It is a tribute to the Arab camel driver, Hadji Ali, who took part in an unsuc- cessful 1850s U.S. War Department attempt to use camels as beasts of burden in the desert.

42 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 66 Arizona’s Arizona’s West Coast CVBs Bouse West Coast www.bouseazchamberofcommerce.com (928) 851-2509

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67 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 43 How to Sell Arizona

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE By Steve Crowhurst

Your mission if you choose to accept it, is to sell Arizona and get your theme can generate those grand commissions share of the half-million Canadians that go there each year. The State Motto we’re chasing. of Arizona is “God Enriches” – and so there you go. The big guy has The Concept Of okayed commissions from the Missions – and that’ll be our selling theme Selling Themes for this how-to-sell article. Let me expand on that theme for you and we’ll Arizona has hundreds of themes you can promote, tell and sell. Just as Arizona calls itself get on with making some green from the Grand Canyon State. The Grand Canyon State, and markets itself as such, it has other things to offer, too. The entire concept is based on attraction. Capturing the Selling Themes AYTD eyes and minds of your customers. Turning When it comes to selling Arizona it can be a Many of your yet to be found and developed their heads in your direction so that you get the tough call as to what to focus on. The state themes are waiting for you on Page 13 of your sale to Arizona when the customer decides offers so much for your customers to enjoy that July issue of Canadian Traveller – it’s the now is the time to go. it boggles the mind. Not only that – they boast America Yours To Discover issue. Got it? one of the New Seven Wonders, too. So the idea Great. Turn to page 13 and start reading up The Mission Theme is to sell a theme – existing or made up, you can on the facts and figures that make Arizona One look at the image of the White Dove and find a theme to focus on that will attract inquiry. what it is as a tourist destination for those you are automatically transported back in The theme here will be the Missions of 500,000 Canucks. time to the 1700s. Certainly good and bad Arizona. Once you have read the article you can Take a good look at the picture on page 13 events unfurled during those days, but we live then look for other themes and simply plop – top right – it features the “White Dove of the in the present and so we can only read, listen them into the same format and in no time at all Desert” – the San Xavier del Bac Mission. We’ll and learn from the past. In today’s world we you’ll have a series of Selling Arizona templates. start with this Mission as we move into how a can look at Missions like the White Dove and

44 ARIZONA • SEPTEMBER 2007 • CANADIAN TRAVELLER 68 take in their beauty, their history and their DID YOU KNOW future, too. One theme has many avenues to explore • There was a 17 per cent increase in Canadian arrivals from 2005 to 2006. A and generally can be packaged with other total of 495,800 Canadians visited Arizona in 2006 compared to 422,800 in activities that Arizona offers. If we mind map the theme of Missions we can think about reli- 2005, making 2006 the third consecutive record-breaking year for Arizona. gion, architecture, faith, the builders, the loca- • Canadians spent a total of $473 million in Arizona in 2006 compared to $356 tion, the reason, events past, the hardships, million in 2005, representing a 33 per cent increase in visitor spending. the completion. We can link our creative • Total Canadian visit nights to Arizona increased to 7,452,000 in 2006 from thoughts to special interest groups who would like to replicate the image on canvas, stand 6,759,000 in 2005. This change represents a 10 per cent increase in total and stare, research, talk to locals, watch how visit nights. the sunrise and sunset changes the mood of • Arizona now ranks second of all states in average visit nights by Canadians the Mission itself. So we have a theme in terms of subject matter and now let’s focus on • Arizona now ranks third of all states in share of visit nights by Canadians the customer we want to attract here to • Arizona now ranks third of all states in average spending per visit night Arizona and in particular to partake of our • Arizona ranks fifth of all states in visit spending by Canadians Mission theme. (Source: Stats Canada, Conference Board of Canada) Art Groups The White Dove would serve as a wonderful muse for any artist. There are numerous fly down and visit and then discuss your tour wide if you truly want to stake your claim to artists in Canada – including the professional idea, check for local and excellent artists who some Arizona gold. Remember the riches are in and the amateur and the casual artist – they could lead your group around the Missions. Or the niches. Repeat the program each month if would number in the thousands from coast to better still, offer to teach various home grown you can. Keep your tour size small and coast. There are art groups, art studios and art, art techniques. Request maps, CDs and any manageable. Escort 16 to 24 people. Keep the too. All of which make up your client base for other promotional materials you can acquire price reasonably high for the simple reason this theme. If we were themed to hike the that will help promote your tour. that such a tour should not be sold cheaply, Grand Canyon then you’d be searching for besides, you need that commission. Now outdoor groups. How To Double Your imagine 10 tours of 24 @ $3,000 per person = Commission $720,000 and whatever you’ve built in for your Calling In The Your income can double and triple if you plan commission is yours. Professionals this themed tour to Arizona so that you can You are almost good to go to market, but it’s duplicate it time and time again. In doing this, Keywords time to work closely with the professionals at you will gain recognition and exposure in your Make sure you add the keywords Arizona, the Arizona Office of Tourism. Make the call, or community and province and possibly nation- Grand Canyon, Missions, Art Tours, Phoenix (and all other major cities) Golf…to your TUCSON CVB website. To find your keywords click on your own website, then click View and then Source. Locate the word Keywords a few lines down from the top and see if your webmaster has already added these words to the list. If not, request that this happen. Then when some one searches the Internet for Arizona, you stand a O OSL ARIZONA SELL TO HOW chance of coming up in the first few results. Make sure you do this with every Arizona theme tour you decide to create. Subject Matter In order to market your Arizona theme to your chosen consumer segment you need to research the theme you are promoting. There are nine missions scattered throughout Arizona, two of which are open to visitors. You can package these two Missions into a 10-day Arizona adventure, or you can make one or Mission San Xavier del Bac. both Missions the core theme and subject –

69 CANADIAN TRAVELLER • SEPTEMBER 2007 • ARIZONA 45 HOW TO SELL ARIZONA TUCSON CVB Tour Operators AIRLINES • Air Canada offers daily non-stop Selling Arizona service to Phoenix Sky Harbor There are more than 60 Canadian International Airport from Toronto tour operators selling Arizona and seasonally from Calgary. product including air only, golf, • US Airways offers daily non-stop spa and FIT packages. service from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. Alio Tours iTravel2000 • WestJet offers seasonal daily Anderson Majestic Tours service from Calgary, four times Vacations Marco Polo Travel weekly from Edmonton and three Artistours Merit Golf times weekly from Winnipeg. CarpTravel Vacations • Alaska, American, Continental, Carte Postale Misa Tours Delta and United all fly daily via Tours International their various hubs. Collette Vacations Nagel Tours Contiki Ottawa Valley Cosmos Tours especially for the art groups. They are: Mission DeNure Tours Pacific Sunspots San Xavier del Bac, south of Tucson, which has been in active use since 1699; and Mission San Echo Tours Pathway Tours Cayentano de Tumacácori, founded in 1691 Ellison Travel Queensway Tours then moved in 1751 and renamed Mission San Escapades by Quest Nature Huntington Tours José de Tumacácori. Abandoned in 1840, the Fairway Golf River Tours remains are part of the Tumacácori National Vacations Roadtrips Historical Park in Southern Arizona. Fehr-Way Tours Romantic Planet Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori. Flextour Vacations Inc. Mission Almost Franklin Tours Royal Pacific Accomplished Destinations Freedom Tours So you’ve got the idea. Our theme was based And Here’s The More! Royal Scenic Fun Sun Vacations on the Missions, we added an art tour as a Look at Page 16 of the July issue of Canadian Sacred Earth Traveller and under events you will see a Gaia Adventures reason to go, as a source of special interest Senior Tours customers that helped identify where we listing for the Arizona Scottish Highland Gap Adventures Simply Escapes would market our tour. We then researched, Games (!) held in Mesa in March. So you’ve got Geo Tours Skylink Travel worked with the Arizona tourism professionals time. This would have to be a hoot, mon, as Globus (Montreal) and decided that we should produce a tour that your theme is now the Highland Games in Gold Crest Tours Skylink Travel could be duplicated. Now you can work on Arizona. Your pitch for this is to market to Golf Away (Toronto) replacing the Mission theme with golf, or “anyone Scottish” – you can even place an ad Vacations Spa and Wellness hiking the Canyon, touring Route 66, travelling reading “Calling All MacGregors!” You might Golf Holidays West Sportvac through the history and heritage of the First want to knock on the doors of all Scottish asso- Golf Resort World Vacations Nations and more. ciations across the country and tell them to Golf the World Sunwest Tours step up and head south to defend Vacations Total Vacations their honour!! You get the message. Great Canadian Tours Chanteclerc Holidays Just a little creativity, centred around Trafalgar a theme-based tour that can be

Groupe Voyages TUCSON CVB Travac Tours Quebec repeated and you’ll be counting some Gryphon Golf & Trek Holidays grand co-missions. Or, you could just Ski Experiences Ultimate Golf check to see what packages your Hanover Vacations preferred supplier has developed for Holidays Vision 2000 you and sell those. Whatever you do Holiday House Voyages Gendron – sell groups and send them to Impact WestJet Vacations Educational Arizona. Mission completed! f Tours WorldPlus Insight Vacations Year Round The above ideas and suggestions IFS Voyages Inc. are from Steve Crowhurst and do (was Intair) not represent policies of, or an International Golf endorsement by, the Arizona Office Vacations of Tourism.

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