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Of Our Favorite Things TALON AGENTS: THE MAJESTIC ARTIST ROBERT SHIELDS: AUGUST 1909: WILDLIFE ECOLOGY BIRDS OF CAVE CREEK CANYON NOPE. HE’S NOT ALL MIME IS BORN IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AUGUST 2009 ESCAPE. EXPLORE. EXPERIENCE BEST ofAZ of our favorite things 100featuring BRANDON WEBB & ROGER CLYNE plus DIERKS BENTLEY: The Coolest Dude in Country Music and A Pulitzer Winner and a Camera Went Into the Catalinas … contents 08.09 features 14 BEST OF AZ Our first-ever guide to the best of everything in Arizona, from eco-friendly accommodations to secret hide- aways and margaritas. The latter, by the way, come courtesy of Roger Clyne, the Tempe-based rock star. Cy Young Award-winner Brandon Webb pitched in on this piece as well, and so did NFL referee Ed Hochuli. Grand Canyon Some of the choices you’ll agree with. Others, prob - National Park ably not. Either way, this is our take on the “Best of Flagstaff Arizona.” EDITED BY KELLY KRAMER Sedona Springerville 36 A PULITZER WINNER AND A Camp Verde Globe CAMERA WENT INTO THE CATALINAS ... PHOENIX It sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? It’s not. We just wrote departments that to get your attention. When it comes to photography, 2 EDITOR’S LETTER 3 CONTRIBUTORS 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Santa Catalina Jack Dykinga is dead serious. That’s why he has a Pulitzer Mountains sitting on his mantel. Or maybe it’s shoved in a drawer — 5 THE JOURNAL www.arizonahighways.com People, places and things from around the state, that’s more Jack’s style. Like other great artists, Jack’s not POINTS OF INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE TALK TO US: This month we feature our first-ever “Best of Arizona” issue • motivated by medals and trophies. He’s motivated by great including old-school lodging (literally) in Globe, the 100th anniversary of Aldo Leopold’s historic trek through (see page 14). It’s a lengthy piece, but it’s not comprehensive. There are photography, which is what he delivers in this month’s plenty of other great things about Arizona. Tell us about some of your the White Mountains and Sedona artist Robert Shields favorites. We can be reached at [email protected]. portfolio of the Santa Catalina Mountains. — he’s come a long way since Shields and Yarnell. ◗ A sunlit hiker peers through a BY JACK DYKINGA GET MORE ONLINE: 52 SCENIC DRIVE sculpted-sandstone window in At last count, we had subscribers in all 50 states and 120 countries Northern Arizona’s Antelope Canyon. 46 PLEIN AND SIMPLE Stoneman Lake Road: An 8 million-year-old lake, around the world. It’s something we’re very proud of, which is why we’ve PHOTOGRAPH BY DUGALD BREMNER aspens and lush meadows are just a few reasons launched the “Global Snapshots” page on our Web site. Send us a snapshot FRONT COVER A refreshing waterfall It’s a French term, en plein air, and it refers to the process of to hop on this back road to Flagstaff. of someone you know posing with our magazine, and we’ll post it on our flows from a limestone outcrop, creat- painting in the great outdoors. Arizona, with its dramatic site. The shots can be taken in front of an old church in Croatia or an art ing an oasis where maidenhair ferns light and spectacular topography, attracts plein-air artists 54 HIKE OF THE MONTH gallery in Los Angeles. It’s that simple anywhere. Click “Online Extras.” thrive within a side canyon of the Grand Canyon. PHOTOGRAPH BY WES Arizona Trail 87: The Arizona Trail has many from around the world — gifted men and women who are Get details on some of this month’s biggest events, including the TIMMERMAN segments. One of the most scenic runs from “World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo,” in our “Events Calendar.” forced to work quickly and simply to capture the ever- BACK COVER Day’s last light paints a Marshall Lake to Fischer Point near Flagstaff. changing conditions. Want more photography? Check out the 40 finalists in our online pho- rosy hue on Samaniego Peak in the tography contest. Next month, we’ll reveal the winners. Santa Catalina Mountains. BY AMY ABRAMS PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIM KOORS 56 WHERE IS THIS? PHOTOGRAPH BY JACK DYKINGA Photographic Prints Available Prints of some photographs in this issue are available for purchase. To view options, visit www.arizonahighwaysprints.com. For more information, call 866-962-1191. editor’s contrib- letter utors [email protected] Or maybe it’s shoved in a drawer — that’s more AUGUST 2009 VOL. 85, NO. 8 Jack’s style. Like other great artists, Jack’s not 800-543-5432 www.arizonahighways.com motivated by medals and trophies. He’s moti- vated by great photography, which is what he Publisher WIN HOLDEN delivers in A Pulitzer Winner and a Camera Went Into Editor the Catalinas. You’ll see. ROBERT STIEVE Senior Editor Equally impressive is the work of Curt Wal- RANDY SUMMERLIN Managing Editor ters. The difference is that he’s climbed to the top SALLY BENFORD with a paintbrush instead of a camera. Walters, Editorial Administrator obert Frost had a way with words. He also had a knack for finding Mother if you don’t know the name, is a plein-air artist, NIKKI KIMBEL Director of Photography Nature’s simple beauty, whether it was two roads in a yellow wood or a satu- and he’s among the most famous living paint- PETER ENSENBERGER TIM KOORS rated meadow, sun-shaped and jewel-small. As a New Englander, most of his ers of the Grand Canyon — his work hangs in Photography Editor Photographer Tim Koors says that shooting Sedona’s r JEFF KIDA inspiration came from places like Vermont and New Hampshire. Had he spent a the homes of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Kareem Art Director Plein Air Festival (see page 46) was a real treat. “Being little time in Arizona, he would have found a similar muse. Abdul-Jabbar, among others. BARBARA GLYNN DENNEY surrounded by some of the best, most creative artists Deputy Art Director Cathedral Rock, Hannagan Meadow, the Tumacacori Highlands ... all he had to In Plein and Simple by Amy Abrams, you’ll learn SONDA ANDERSSON PAPPAN in the country and watching them interpret the light Design Production Assistant do was throw his fountain pen at a map, hop on a train and head to our neck of the more about Walters and four of his local col- DIANA BENZEL-RICE and colors of Jerome and the banks of Oak Creek was woods. Simple beauty is a common denominator in Arizona, and perhaps no place leagues, as well as the art form itself, which is Map Designer fascinating,” he says. “The artists’ diverse personalities KEVIN KIBSEY is more beautiful than Point Sublime. This little sanctuary on the North Rim of named for a French term that refers to the pro- and styles motivated me to try to capture that through Production Director the Grand Canyon offers 270-degree views of the world’s Seventh Natural Wonder. cess of painting in the great outdoors. As you’ll MICHAEL BIANCHI the camera lens.” A Tempe resident and former photog- Webmaster Whichever direction you look, the panoramas are breathtaking. Literally. That’s why see, Arizona, with its dramatic light and spec- VICTORIA J. SNOW rapher for The Phoenix Gazette and The Arizona Republic, we’ve named it the “Best Place to Have Your Awe Inspired.” tacular topography, attracts plein-air artists from Director of Sales & Marketing Koors has been working as a freelance photographer for KELLY MERO It’s one of 100 people, places and things in our first-ever “Best of Arizona” issue. around the world. And why not? If you’re looking the past three years. Circulation Director KELLY KRAMER Cathedral Rock is on the list, too (“Best Place to Take a Photograph That’ll Impress to have your awe inspired, there’s no place more NICOLE BOWMAN When it comes to “bests,” Finance Director Your Friends in East Lansing”), and so are Hannagan Meadow (“Best Place to Sleep impressive than the Grand Canyon State, which BOB ALLEN Arizona Highways contribu- in an Open Meadow”) and the Tumacacori Highlands (“Best Way to Get Edward is home to a little sanctuary called Point Sublime. Information Technology tor Kelly Kramer has a list CINDY BORM ANIS Abbey’s Perspective”). They’re all scenic, but we go beyond Mother Nature. We’ll Robert Frost would have loved it. all her own. Don’t even get Corporate or Trade Sales also tell you about the “Best Eco-Friendly Accommodations,” the “Best Farm With- 602-712-2019 her started on the best ice out Any Cows” and the “Best Place to Picnic Under a Pecan Tree.” We’ll even tell you SOMETHING’S A-TWITTER Sponsorship Sales Representation cream, the best cheese- ERNIE MULHOLLAND about the best restroom in the state. When Arizona Highways published its first EMM MEDIA SERVICES LLC burger or the best Roger Of course, this is just the beginning of what makes Arizona so unique. It’s impos- issue in 1925, photos were made on film 602-971-6260 Clyne album. So, when it [email protected] sible to condense everything to a single compilation, which is why every issue of Ari- and stories were written on typewriters. Manual came to researching this Letters to the Editor zona Highways is a “best of,” of sorts. Everything we cover, from landscapes to history to typewriters. Now, we’ve entered into the world [email protected] month’s cover story (Best culture, is something special.
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