The other day while cycling with friends in Saguaro National Park, I saw a family at the picnic grounds sitting quietly as the sun sank in the west. They had food spread out on the concrete...
Category - Outdoors
They’ll See You Before You See Them
By Alisha Brewer If you are one of the few people to have spotted a mountain lion, consider yourself lucky! I know some people...
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AZ Adventures Outdoors: Sabino Canyon Crawler
By Rob Samuelsen For thousands of years, people have flocked to Sabino Canyon to use and enjoy the water because water is the...
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Highways & Byways for June 2021
By Tom Howard Houghton/I-10 InterchangeCrews have completed the switch of all the on and off ramps. Work continues the bridge...
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Looking Up – Tucson Mountain Ranges
By Rob Hallberg The Tucson area mountains are spectacular and very few US cities can boast they are “surrounded” by them. You can...
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The National Sharing the Sky Foundation
Although much of my observing over many years has been devoted to the search for comets, recently Wendee and I have become more active in encouraging other people to enjoy the sky as much...
Skyward with David H. Levy
On December 17, 2015, I reached the milestone of 50 years searching for comets. When I started searching for comets and exploding stars called novae, at 10 minutes before midnight on the...
A New Era for Colossal Cave Mountain Park
The Pima County Board of Supervisors ushered in a new era for Colossal Cave Mountain Park (CCMP) on Monday, August 17th with the awarding of a 10 year operating agreement to Ortega Family...
Ojo Blanco Fire on Mt. Fagan
Well, it’s been quite a traumatic past few days for this born-and-raised southern girl. My husband and I moved to the tranquility of semi-rural Corona de Tucson eight years ago from the...
Skyward With David H. Levy: Flyby of Pluto
On Bastille Day, July 14, 1789, the great Parisian prison was set ablaze as a mob, enraged into a fury, lit the spark that set off the French Revolution. Two and a quarter centuries later...
10 Summer Lovin’ Road Trips From Vail AZ
Summer is here! The kids are out of school and it’s time for you to burn off some of that vacation time at work. As you start planning your next family trip, you might get a shock – sticker...
Where to Get Wet: Swimming Pools Near Vail
The dog days of summer are just about here! If you’re looking for the best place to cool off poolside, get some laps in, or splash around with the kids, we’ve got you covered...
Rita Ranch Garden Tour Offers Landscaping Inspiration
Are you a Pinterest fanatic? Do you browse catalogs and magazines trying to find inspiration from others? Then you won’t want to miss this in-person event where you get to peer into...
Take the Highway to Our ‘Sky Island’
Rising from a sea of deserts and grasslands, Tucson’s Santa Catalina Mountains are what scientists call a sky island, one of 65 such isolated ranges north and south of the Mexican border...