The breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, is like nothing else you will ever experience. Within its vast expanse and awesome depth, there is an ever changing panorama or color, from the first light of day until the sun sets on the distant horizon, concluding the melodrama until another day. Created over a millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau, it is located entirely in northern Arizona.

The Grand Canyon National Park encompasses 277 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. ... [read more]

Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, also is its business, cultural, educational, medical, and industrial center. Big, busy, laced with high-speed motorways, and frequently congested, Phoenix is ‘where it happens’ in The Grand Canyon State.

The antithesis of laid-back Tucson, the Phoenix metropolitan area, which includes Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, and Glendale, contains no less than half of the state’s total population. Phoenix itself is one of the country’s 10 largest cities. It’s a great place for those into the outdoors – especially the outdoors condusive to the desert, like biking, trekking and golfing.

But, ... [read more]