Hiking the Go John Trail at Maricopa County’s Cave Creek Regional Park
On Saturday, we hiked the Go John Trail in Maricopa County’s Cave Creek Regional Park. The Cave Creek Regional Park is located just off the Carefree Highway (the one that Gordon Lightfoot sang about) in Cave Creek, Arizona, which is just north of Scottsdale. The Go John Trail is a 5.8 mile long loop, rated [...]
Visiting the Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona Renaissance Festival – We have never been to a Renaissance Festival, and therefore had no idea what to expect. Several of our friends inquired as to whether we were going to dress up for the event. That comment made we wonder what I might be getting myself into. Nonetheless, the photographer in me saw [...]
A Visit to the Phoenix Art Museum
The Phoenix Art Museum is a wonderful place to spend the day, and in our view, one of the top ten attractions in the Greater Phoenix Area. The Phoenix Art Museum is: “The Southwest’s premier 203,000- square foot destination for world-class visual arts. Here you will be immersed in culture while viewing popular exhibitions that [...]
A Visit to the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show
We made our first visit to the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show last year, and we had no idea how beautiful these Arabian horses were. As we were watching this year’s show, the announcer was instructing us that the Arabian horse is known for it distinctive head shape (it looks like a sea horse to me), its long flowing, high tail carriage, their high spirit, and their marble-hard bone structure.
A Visit to The Phoenix Symphony
When this first piece finished, I was left with a stunning example of the professionalism, and the certain skill of these musicians. I was very impressed with the clarity, and oneness of sound during some of the lighting fast arpeggios displayed in the string section. A lesser orchestra would have made certain mud of these sections. Bravo!
The 2010 Scottsdale Barrett Jackson Collector Car Auction
We just returned home from our first visit to Scottsdale’s 2010 Barrett Jackson Collector Car Auction. What a blast! This 39th annual event draws massive numbers of people each year. In fact, we started our adventure in a remote parking lot where a luxury bus shuttled us to the actual event. You could tell that [...]
Driving Arizona’s Scenic Apache Trail
To help you enjoy your drive on the Apache Trail, I have prepared for you a custom Google Map, complete with turn by turn instructions, and helpful tips. Depending on how often you stop to gawk at the scenery, you should plan on 7-10 hours to complete this trip.
Hiking Maricopa County’s Go John Trail
The Go John Trail is a moderate 5.8 mile loop that will take you roughly three hours to complete. With this trail, you can expect a few hearty, heart pounding inclines, on well groomed trails, with rewarding long range views of the valley, and the nearby Tonto National Forest.
The Annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Farm Tour
We visited the tour today, and found our hosts very friendly. They greeted us at the gate with free Bloody Marys, the air was filled with the aroma of a mesquite bonfire, there were free hors d’ oeuvres, and the crowd was consistently providing oohs and aahs as a constant parade of Arabian horses were paraded for the crowd to see.
