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PLUS: WHY BROOKLYN RABBIS FLOCK TO A 2014 PITCH A TENT & HIT THE TRAIL WHEAT FIELD IN YUMA JUNE ESCAPE • EXPLORE • EXPERIENCE EASY SUMMER — STEVEN STEVEN WRIGHT — HIKES [AND THE CAMPGROUNDS THAT GO WITH THEM] “Everywhere the time.” distance is within walking you have if Buffalo Park, Flagstaff AND: THE BEALE WAGON ROAD • LEAVE NO TRACE • HOTSHOT DEREK SCHLOSS WOODY MOUNTAIN ROAD • COSMIC RAY • ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY • YOUNG, AZ CONTENTS 06.14 2 EDITOR’S LETTER > 3 CONTRIBUTORS > 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR > 56 WHERE IS THIS? North Rim Grand Canyon National Park Flagstaff Winslow 5 THE JOURNAL 38 ON THE WAGON ROAD 48 GOING WITH THE GRAIN Sedona Fossil Creek People, places and things from around the state, including a glimpse In the mid-1850s, in an effort to encourage settlement in the It’s a long way from Brooklyn, New York, to Yuma, Arizona. Lake Montezuma Strawberry into the world of a hotshot; smoke-filled rooms at a Harvey House; Southwest, Congress ordered the construction of a wagon But a group of Hasidic rabbis is willing to go the distance for Young and Young, our hometown of the month. road along the 35th parallel. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a kosher-certified white wheat. PHOENIX 35-year-old retired Navy lieutenant with a reputation for BY KELLY VAUGHN KRAMER 16 SUMMER HIKING GUIDE 2014 endurance and bravery, was appointed by President James PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSHUA LOTT Yuma Every June, we single out some of the state’s best summer hikes. This Buchanan to lead the project. One hundred fifty years later, month is no exception; however, we’ve added another dimension in our writer and photographer went out to retrace his steps. 50 YOU CAN CALL HIM COSMIC RAY 2014. Instead of just telling you where to hike, we also tell you about BY ANNETTE MCGIVNEY Flagstaff is a town that’s known for its characters. One of POINTS OF INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE some of the best campgrounds within a stone’s throw of the trail- PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHANE MCDERMOTT the most eccentric is Cosmic Ray, a 67-year-old hippie author heads. Think of it as “s’more” information. from San Francisco who moved to Northern Arizona in the BY ROBERT STIEVE & KELLY VAUGHN KRAMER 44 DO NOT DISTURB early ’80s for biking, hiking and cheap living. The U.S. Forest Service first promoted the concept of “leave BY MARTIN CIZMAR 28 DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME no trace” in the 1960s. Now, the nonprofit Leave No Trace PHOTOGRAPH BY DAWN KISH GET MORE ONLINE For some people, hiking into the Canyon and hot-air-ballooning over Center for Outdoor Ethics and forest rangers everywhere 52 SCENIC DRIVE www.arizonahighways.com Sedona rank as adrenaline-inducing adventures. And then there are are working to instill the principles in the outdoors-loving Woody Mountain Road: It’s not hard to find a scenic drive in the extremists — the rock-climbing, whitewater-running risk takers public. In Arizona, Fossil Creek has become ground zero for Visit our website for details on weekend getaways, Northern Arizona. Snowbowl Road, Lake Mary Road, Woody hiking, lodging, dining, photography workshops, who defy physics and go beyond mortal comprehension. They’re a rare showing the importance of those principles, and for study- Mountain Road ... they’re everywhere. slideshows and more. breed, and fortunately for us, some of them have high-tech cameras. ing what happens when people trash the environment. www.arizonahighways.wordpress.com A PORTFOLIO EDITED BY JEFF KIDA BY KELLY VAUGHN KRAMER PHOTOGRAPHS BY NICK BEREZENKO 54 HIKE OF THE MONTH Check out our blog for regular posts on just Kaibab Plateau Trail: Despite its proximity to one of the about anything having to do with travel in Arizona, including Q&A’s with writers and pho- world’s seven natural wonders, the highlight of this hike is tographers, special events, bonus photos, sneak the combination of evergreens, aspens and meadows. 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For more information, call 866-962-1191. www.arizonahighways.com 1 editor’s letter contributors JOSHUA LOTT Joshua Lott was working at the front desk of a hotel when he That Was Way Too Easy met a photographer who gave him advice on how to get into the JUNE 2014 VOL. 90, NO. 6 profession. He bought a Nikon N80 camera, and “it all snow- 800-543-5432 www.arizonahighways.com here’s no shame in taking the easy rie. He was traveling Cizmar writes in balled from there,” he says. This month’s issue features Lott’s PUBLISHER Win Holden firstArizona Highways contribution: Going With the Grain (see route every once in a while. One through uncharted You Can Call Him EDITOR Robert Stieve T of the best hikes of my life was a territory near Wil- Cosmic Ray. MANAGING EDITOR Kelly Vaughn Kramer page 48), about a Yuma farm that produces kosher-certified short walk I took with my dad. It was liams, in search of a As you’ll see in our SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kathy Ritchie wheat for a group of Hasidic rabbis in Brooklyn. As Kelly Vaughn ASSOCIATE EDITOR Noah Austin a few years ago. We were up in Zion, new migration route story, Ray’s books Kramer writes, several factors determine whether wheat can be EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Nikki Kimbel and we “hiked” a small trail along the that would stretch reflect his off-the-grid PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Jeff Kida certified kosher and used to make matzo. One of those factors is PALMER KELLEY PALMER Virgin River. I took another memorable from Arkansas to the personality. “I’m try- CREATIVE DIRECTOR Barbara Glynn Denney that it can’t touch the ground, which meant Lott had to make his walk last summer. It was with my mom. Colorado River. Based ing to change the way ART DIRECTOR Keith Whitney photographs without stepping on any wheat — something he says the rabbis were quick DESIGN PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Diana Benzel-Rice She wanted to see the Canyon from a on his journal, Beale people look at the MAP DESIGNER Kevin Kibsey to remind him about. Lott is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Reuters. quiet place, so I took her out to Shoshone liked what he saw in world,” he says. “Our PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Michael Bianchi Point. Neither of those routes is more Northern Arizona: bodies were meant to WEBMASTER Victoria J. Snow DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING Kelly Mero than a mile or two, but that’s the thing “The view was so be something other CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Nicole Bowman ANNETTE McGIVNEY about hiking, miles don’t matter. It’s grand and extensive than what we are. FINANCE DIRECTOR Bob Allen A sign in Flagstaff’s Buffalo Park features more about who you’re with and what’s that we sat on our We’re all sold cars and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Cindy Bormanis a drawing of Edward Fitzgerald Beale and around, whether you’re climbing a peak, horses for a long time MARKOW PAUL oil to keep it moving, a brief description of the trail he blazed CORPORATE OR TRADE SALES 602-712-2019 strolling a riverbank or making your way in silent admiration.” but we’re supposed to SPONSORSHIP SALES through the Southwest. Annette McGivney REPRESENTATION Kathleen Hennen has been walking her dog in that park for to a natural wonder. Not much has changed since then. be out there moving ourselves.” Hennen Publishing & In Arizona, we have a lot of natural The grassland Beale was admiring in That’s Ray’s way of saying, “Get off Marketing Group more than a decade, but until McGivney 480-664-0541 wonder, and some of it is easy to get to. 1857 is still idyllic today. That’s why the couch and hit the trail.” Even if it’s an began researching On the Wagon Road LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] (see page 38), the information on that sign Shoshone Point is the epitome of that. we sent writer Annette McGivney and easy stroll along the river or a short walk 2039 W. Lewis Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85009 was all she knew about the Beale Wagon DERMOTT Cape Final makes the point, too. Of all photographer Shane McDermott out to to a natural wonder. C the scenic viewpoints on the North Rim, retrace some of Beale’s steps.