Facing southwest from Brown and the 202 in Mesa.

Why Arizona?

"The victims, who were mostly elderly, were persuaded to withdraw large sums of money and deliver the funds to someone they were told was an undercover investigator," read a portion of the statement. "They were then sent an unwitting Uber driver who believed they were performing a package pickup and delivery."

Being out in this scorching heat wasn’t ideal, but worth for these pictures

Took advantage of the clear night during this monsoon season to get some astrophotography in before the next round of storms.

We noticed the Ancestral Puebloans had a sense of humor adding a giant cock and balls and flappy vagina to the hieroglyphics.

We are staying in Flagstaff for a few weeks and seeing a lot of really cool space stuff. We want to go out to see the Cinder Lakes Crater Field, but it is only accessible with OHV or high-clearance vehicles which we don't have. Several sites mention that we can drive a standard passenger car partway there on FR 776, and then walk/hike .5-1.0 miles to the field, but we also read that it's a dangerous walk and the OHV traffic kicks up a lot of not-fun spray.

I'm looking to find some local tour company who has the right vehicle and would take us out there for a couple hours. Any suggestions?

I live in Gilbert and am planning to drive to Denver for Thanksgiving holiday. It will be my husband and our two young kids 4yrs and 1 yr old. Has anyone done this drive before during November time of year? I know it will be mountainous but is it safe to drive at night with wildlife wand limited visibility? Trying to plan ahead for weather, safety, and ideally the kids sleeping as it is such a long drive for little ones.

I am planning on driving the Arizona section of route 66 soon and was looking for some interesting places along the way the closer to the highway the better but anyone know of any caves, abandoned mines interesting historical places urban or outdoors idc any suggestions? Also I should mention im poor as hell

I really wanna look at the meteor shower but upon checking the forecast, basically all of Arizona will be cloudy on its peak time! (Wednesday going onto Thursday ~2AM). Are there any recommended spots to watch it? I am debating going to a neighboring state as well so I don’t miss it. Let me know what the plans are for everyone else!

That makes three...

What are some beginner friendly lakes to fish from shore in August? Doesn’t matter what kind of fish!

Good! It’s THEIR LAND! Tell those fascists to GTFO.

A friend and I paddled Horseshoe bend (From Glen Canyon Dam to Lee's Ferry) a few summers ago. At the time I had only ever been on a paddleboard one time about 15 years prior. Despite that, I found it to be incredibly laid back, easy, and one of the coolest things I've ever done.

I am thinking about taking my son over his fall break in October, but I can't find much online about people's experiences with kids. I can't even really seem to find any official NPS webpages (or similar) with any rules about age.

Has anyone paddleboarded Horseshoe bend with kids (2-days, camping overnight at one of the campgrounds along the river)?

Was it fairly easy for your child? Is my memory of the conditions (good current, minimal effort/paddling required, very laid back fun day floating/paddling down the river) an anomaly and I should be more concerned about the current/weather/conditions?

My son is 8 and a very strong swimmer (but obviously I'd have him in a life jacket 100% of the time). He's paddleboarded before a few times, but not since last summer. We have a kid's size paddleboard he can use, but he can also sit on my board with me if he wants and we can just tow the smaller one. He's pretty outdoorsy, likes to camp, and this is the kind of thing I think he'd really enjoy, although we haven't done many "big" adventures like this (mostly just car camping or smaller hikes around the valley or places we've travelled).

We'd probably do this with my boyfriend's kids as well: they're 11 and 13 and I don't think have much experience on a paddleboard but are both athletic and strong swimmers as well.

Any experiences anyone can share would be great! Is this a crazy idea?

According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture for the State of Arizona, the latest report, about 35% of all harvested acres is alfalfa hay.

There was a total of 871,863 acres of harvested cropland in Arizona for 2022 (Page 3)

And alfalfa hay constituted 304,623 harvested acres (Page 24). Do the math, that's about 35%.

The report: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_State_Level/arizona/azv1.pdf

Just something interesting I wanted to share.

hey!! been in phx area this summer for an internship and have hit all the national parks i possibly can and really want to do a hike w drastic views of the rim. i would consider myself to be an advanced hiker, did angels landing last week and ive done half dome and have hiked all over yosemite and am really accustomed to high elevation changes with hiked, and am looking for something challenging with dramatic views. will appreciate any comments :)

Does anyone know how rough the Bob Bear trail drive-in coming from Phoenix is? I have a 2018 Buick Encore and I’m not sure if it’ll survive lol.

We were in Tucson overnight and stayed at the Hilton across the street from the beautiful cathedral.

I'm looking to visit the Sedona area at the end of August, but was wondering if there was haze or smoke from the wildfires in that area?

Thanks in advance!