By Robert Samuelsen Many times I’ve driven past a small sign on the north side of the road just outside of Kanab, Utah that said nothing more than Peekaboo Canyon. In the desolation of...
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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Desert Dwellers: Turkey (Vulture) Time!
By Alisha Brewer I was laying on the trampoline with my son the other afternoon watching three turkey vultures fly. With their magnificent 6-foot wingspan they can soar for hours just...
Science of Desert Edibles, Part 2
By K. Nepsa Last month, we explored the wonderful world of desert edibles. More specifically, weeds (flowering herbs) and cacti. What other desert delectables can we harvest...
Fall in Love with Gardening
By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith Now that the weather is finally cooling off, it’s time to tend to our fall gardens. Lots of people here in the desert have much better success with their fall...
Escape to a Lake!
By Rob Halberg Although our 100° days are behind us, temperatures will still average in the mid 80’s, making it an ideal time to enjoy Tucson area lakes. While there are a number of small...
A Terror-ific Trick
By Alisha Brewer Fall is in the air: cool morning breezes, pumpkin spice everything at the store, apple cider doughnuts on the menu, pumpkin patches and orchards anxiously awaiting our...
Help for the Gila
By Robert Samuelsen Starting in the high mountain peaks in New Mexico’s Black Range wilderness, the Gila River travels 654 miles from the continental divide westward as the mother river to...
Science of Desert Edibles
By K. Nepsa Part 1 As a child, I would find fields of wild lemon grass and chew on their tart, lemony stems while enjoying a beautiful day outside. I still love lemon grass to this...
Chiricahua National Park
By Rob Hallberg Madera Canyon and Saguaro National Park are the two spots most cited when discussing hiking in the Tucson area, but the Chiricahua Mountains should not be overlooked. It’s a...
Connection Between Differences
By Alisha Brewer Have you ever wondered down the winding paths of the zoo, eyes peeled, hoping that you would be one of the lucky ones who finds the elusive, yet absolutely beautiful...