A 5-YEAR-OLD PHOTOGRAPHS ARIZONA 2015 HAWKEYE HUEY: WITH HIS FUJIFILM INSTAX WIDE 300 OCTOBER ESCAPE • EXPLORE • EXPERIENCE OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO SEE FALL COLOR Autumn in Arizona — F. SCOTTF. FITZGERALD — WHY LESSER LONG-NOSED BATS WILL NOT SUCK YOUR BLOOD “Life starts again over when all gets it crisp in the fall.” Lookout Canyon, Kaibab Plateau plus: FOREST ROAD 38: THE BACK WAY TO MOUNT LEMMON • WATER DOGS CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT • RAY MANLEY • HOUSTON BROTHERS TRAIL 10.15 CONTENTS Grand Canyon National Park 2 EDITOR’S LETTER 3 CONTRIBUTORS 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 56 WHERE IS THIS? > > > Flagstaff Williams Sedona 5 THE JOURNAL People, places and things from around the state, including a look back 50 STARTING FROM SCRATCH at iconic photographer Ray Manley, Chiricahua National Monument, There’s irony in the fact that one of Arizona’s most renowned PHOENIX water dogs and bigtooth maples. Mount Lemmon custom-bicycle makers is partially paralyzed from the waist down. Chiricahua National Monument “It bears mentioning,” Steve Garro says. “At the same time, I don’t Tucson 16 FALL COLOR let it define who I am.” Madera Canyon Our annual portfolio of oaks, aspens, maples and more. BY MOLLY BILKER EDITED BY JEFF KIDA PHOTOGRAPH BY DAWN KISH POINTS OF INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE 32 HAWKEYE HUEY WAS HERE 52 SCENIC DRIVE At age 5, Hawkeye Huey is the youngest contributor to National Geo- Bill Williams Mountain Loop: This scenic drive in Northern Arizona graphic Creative, and when he’s not being a typical kid, he travels the cuts through a beautiful ponderosa-pine forest and past Coleman country — including Northern Arizona — with his parents, shooting Lake as it loops around the area’s tallest mountain. photos of the people, places and things he encounters with his Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 camera. 54 HIKE OF THE MONTH EDITED BY KELLY VAUGHN Houston Brothers Trail: Dense forests, lush meadows, a spring-fed PHOTOGRAPHS BY HAWKEYE HUEY stream ... there are many things to like about this trail. And this time of year, the autumn leaves make it even better. 38 THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT Vampire bats get most of the attention this time of year. Admittedly, they’re pretty cool, but we don’t have any in Arizona. We do, however, have 28 other bat species, including lesser long-nosed bats, which are one of only two species in Arizona that rely primarily on nectar and pollen. They won’t suck your blood on Halloween, but they might drain your hummingbird feeder. BY MATT JAFFE PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRUCE D. TAUBERT 42 THERE IS ANOTHER WAY GET MORE ONLINE To the millions of travelers who make the drive to Summerhaven every www.arizonahighways.com year, the Catalina Highway is the way to go. There was a time, however, when the only way up was on Forest Road 38. That old mountain road /azhighways is still an option, but it takes time and a high-clearance vehicle. @azhighways BY ANNETTE McGIVNEY PHOTOGRAPHS BY RANDY PRENTICE @arizonahighways ◗ A burrowing owl ponders its next move on the outskirts of Coolidge, southeast of Phoenix. | EIRINI PAJAK CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MARK II; SHUTTER: 1/500 SEC; APERTURE: F/4; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 600 MM FRONT COVER Golden aspens line a dirt road through Lookout Canyon, located northwest of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. | CLAIRE CURRAN CAMERA: CANON EOS-1DS MARK III; SHUTTER: 1/10 SEC; APERTURE: F/18; ISO: 100; FOCAL LENGTH: 111 MM BACK COVER An autumn-hued cot- tonwood is bathed in evening light at the Granite Dells of Watson Lake near Prescott. | CLAIRE CURRAN CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MARK III; SHUTTER: 1/40 SEC; APERTURE: F/18; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 200 MM PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Prints of some photographs in this issue are available for purchase. To view options, visit www.arizona highwaysprints.com. For more information, call 866-962-1191. www.arizonahighways.com 1 editor’s letter contributors JACKI MIELER Sweatshirt Weather When we asked Jacki Mieler what she most enjoyed about visiting Flagstaff’s Criollo Latin Kitchen (see 0CTOBER 2015 VOL. 91, NO. 10 have an old maroon sweatshirt. It’s a “fall” in the headline eye’s father, Aaron, The Journal, page 5), she had a hard time choosing. 800-543-5432 “It’s a tossup between the jalapeño margarita and faded Champion. At least 30 years old. of this month’s portfo- is a photographer for www.arizonahighways.com I got it from my mom, who will be sur- lio. Simply titled Fall National Geographic. owners Paul and Laura Moir,” she says. “The jalapeño prised to know it’s still around — it’s Color, the collection With his parents, PUBLISHER Win Holden doesn’t hit you over the head, but it adds that little I EDITOR Robert Stieve one of those things. I can’t remember opens with a shot by Hawkeye travels something that takes the margarita to the next level. why she gave it to me, but I know it Shane McDermott that all over the country ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER, And the Moirs are so passionate about food and this DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING Kelly Mero TANGLED LILAC PHOTOGRAPHY wasn’t because of ASU. At the time, she ranks as one of the posting images on community, it’s hard to not get caught up in all the MANAGING EDITOR Kelly Vaughn had no idea I’d end up at the Cronkite best we’ve ever seen. In stagram. In Hawkeye exciting things they’re doing.” Mieler says she also finds it interesting that the Moirs have ASSOCIATE EDITOR Noah Austin School, and that every Saturday in Octo- Even Photo Editor Jeff Huey Was Here, you’ll now opened successful restaurants in Flagstaff and Tucson, but not in Phoenix. “It’s not EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATOR Nikki Kimbel ber I’d be wearing it to show my bias Kida, who sees tens of see some of his photos typical for restaurateurs to skip over the largest city in the state as they look to expand, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Jeff Kida toward the Sun Devils — thanks, Mom, thousands of images from a recent road trip but I think these towns have the vibe that the Moirs are looking for,” she says. Mieler is a CREATIVE DIRECTOR Barbara Glynn Denney for not getting me navy blue. every year, called me to Northern Arizona. regular contributor to Arizona Highways, and she says if you visit Criollo for breakfast, you College football and old sweatshirts into his office to have By the way, he shoots ART DIRECTOR Keith Whitney can’t go wrong with the blue-corn pancakes. mark the arrival of fall. It’s especially true a look. Claire Cur- with a Fujifilm Instax DESIGN PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Diana Benzel-Rice in places like Minnesota, Massachusetts ran’s photo of Cave MARKOW PAUL Wide 300 camera. MAP DESIGNER Kevin Kibsey and Pennsylvania, but it’s true here, too. Creek Canyon is impressive, too. And so When asked about his son’s style, PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Michael Bianchi HAWKEYE HUEY For us, fall begins in September on the is Derek von Briesen’s shot of Aravaipa Aaron says it’s “a bit crooked; centered. WEBMASTER Victoria J. Snow At age 5, Hawkeye Huey would rather talk about Kaibab Plateau — our cover photo was Canyon. If you think we get bored with I think he’s just trying to get the subject CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Nicole Bowman Legos and Star Wars than photography — at least ac- made in Lookout Canyon, south of Jacob recurring themes, we don’t. And our in the box he’s looking through.” Beyond FINANCE DIRECTOR Bob Allen cording to his dad, National Geographic photographer Lake — and then works its way down. By cover story shows why. There’s a lot of the photography, Hawkeye is a typical OPERATIONS/IT MANAGER Cindy Bormanis Aaron Huey. But that didn’t stop the Huey men from October, the color shows up in the White fall color inside. If you want more, plan 5-year-old. “He likes to draw, have tan- embarking on a 19-day tour of the American West, Mountains, on the Mogollon Rim and in a trip to Mount Lemmon. But instead of trums and demand dessert every night.” CORPORATE OR TRADE SALES 602-712-2019 during which Hawkeye made many images of the the upper reaches of our “sky islands.” taking the usual route, go the back way. He also likes Star Wars and Legos. His SPONSORSHIP SALES people and places of Arizona with his Fujifilm Instax REPRESENTATION On Media Publications It shows up in the pages of Arizona High- Up Forest Road 38. interests, his father says, are more engi- Lesley Bennett Wide 300 camera (see Hawkeye Huey Was Here, ways, too. It’s been that way for almost as “From 1920 until the late 1940s,” neering-based, which is why the parents 602-445-7160 page 32). Those images became part of Hawkeye’s long as we’ve been around. Annette McGivney writes in her travel- expect to retire Hawkeye from his photo Instagram account (@hawkeyehuey) and will soon A few weeks ago, before I started writ- ogue, “FR 38 was the only vehicle route career when he’s 6. Whatever happens, I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] become part of a book documenting the adventure. 2039 W. Lewis Avenue While Hawkeye’s photographic vision is maturing, ing this column, I walked across the hall between the sizzling desert floor and the think he’ll probably hang on to that cam- Phoenix, AZ 85009 to our library and picked up a copy of our cool high country of the Santa Catalina era.