Nestled in the Rincon Mountains of Vail, Colossal Cave Mountain Park is a popular tourist destination that offers cave tours, Western Trail horseback rides, hiking, camping, and picnic facilities. The National Register of Historic Places describes it as a 2400-acre natural resource park that includes the crystal-filled Colossal Cave and the...
Heating and cooling are the largest energy expense in your home and account for nearly half of your home energy use. With this in mind and with the Tucson summer in full swing, we’re sharing our top 5 energy and money saving tips for the summer. Keeping your filters clean and replacing them regularly is one of the easiest ways to save energy on...
Dear Claire, I have a dream I’d like your help with. In the dream, I’m at the zoo with people I work with. Everyone is there, past and present. We’re standing around the elephant enclosure, enjoying the elephant exhibit, and the elephant comes up to me. At first, I think that everything is cool, and that the elephant is friendly and really likes...
As American Citizens, we get the unique opportunity each election year to cast our votes for who we would like to lead our country, as well as our local communities and state. But only 17% of eligible voters actually voted in Arizona’s last primary election. Often, primaries are the deciding vote when it comes to local representation. If we...
Trinity Peters, a Junior at Trinity of Vail, Arizona, was a Delegate of the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders held in in Lowell, MA on June 29th – July 1st, 2016. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). The purpose of this...
Two thousand cheering parade watchers gathered along Colossal Cave Road, their smiling faces told it all. The first annual “A Colossal Fourth-Four Days of Celebrating Community & Country” in Vail was a resounding success. Beginning on July 1st with the Music Under the Terrace musical tribute to Paul McCartney by vocalist Tony Kishman who had...
Thousands of residents live alongside the only 18-hole golf course in Vail. The Del Lago Golf Course property runs throughout multiple communities. The course includes numerous hills, green grass, and even contains 9 large ponds used as water obstacles for players. Over the last month, some local residents have become concerned that these same...
As we know, Tucson is in the midst of monsoon season. Now, while it is safe to say that people enjoy this season very much, the same goes for a few of our pets’ biggest foes. Mosquitoes, Bufo alvarius aka Sonoran Desert toad or Colorado River toad, and noise. Although mosquitoes are a problem all year round, moisture attracts mosquitoes because...
There are many political controversies currently in the news. In a most of them, there seems to be a certain amount of factual “cherry picking” and minimizing of the issues and concerns of those on the other side of the issue. To understand and interpret the news, one must now account for the bias that might be present in the reporting. Of...
Since it is my first Monsoon season in Vail, I enjoyed the article about the Monsoons. I’m glad to be able to identify the smell after the rain. I didn’t know what that was. I also appreciated the article about Honor Flight. My parents retired to North Carolina after living in the Washington, DC area for over 50 years. My father...
