Make Arizona Your Next Vacation and Discover a Cool Desert
If you're looking for an adventure to last you a lifetime of
memories, Arizona is a place for just that. From roughing it to
living the life VIP-style, Arizona is a place of endless
possibilities, and once you start exploring this lovely state,
you'll instantly realize that Arizona is more than just the
Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam. There are definitely other
interesting sights to see and things to do.
Arizona is representative of the desert, what with so many
people connecting the name to the Grand Canyon, the most famous
natural attraction in the United States. There's also the Canyon
de Chelly which has walls that reach up to 1000 feet. Portions
of the cliff are covered with ancient pictographs. Canyon de
Chelly is where the Pueblo built their homes many years ago and
is still inhabited by the Navajo indians today.
Just as Arizona has many bustling cities representative of urban
life and development, this state has many insights into history
to offer you. There are several museums in Arizona, such as the
Navajo Nation museum (for more on the life and times of the
Navajo people), the Arizona Historical Society Museum, Fort Yuma
Quechan Indian Museum, and the Heard Museum, just to name a few.
Arizona is definitely an educational powerhouse to visit.
Another famous attraction in Arizona is the Petrified forest. It
features stone log fragments scattered across the Arizona
desert, displaying unusually bright colours.
One of the many sights in Arizona is a meteor crater large
enough to fit twenty football fields and is 600 feet deep. It
crashed to the earth some 49,000 years ago and is said to be the
best-preserved crater on earth. Tours are held every hour on the
hour.
In Arizona you can get a feel of how the wild, wild west was
truly like. Whiskey Row or Cortez St. in Prescott was once known
for its rough saloons and pleasure houses, though it is now a
more subdued area. Or visit the ghost town Jerome which from a
population of 15,000 has shrunk down to 100. Jerome was once a
popular copper camp. Though there's not much action to be found
in a ghost town, a visit to Jerome will definitely be an
interesting history lesson with plenty of beautiful sights. It's
not all sun and sand and cacti in Arizona. While it is a desert
state, Arizona is also one popular skiing destination to many
people. A popular haunt would be Sunrise Park Resort, the most
packed resort in all of Arizona's White Mountains, covered with
nothing but fine, powdery snow. There is also the Arizona
snowbowl, which, while filled with anxious skiiers in the
winter, is a place where you can get breathtaking views of just
a small area of Arizona equaling 70 miles.
Arizona is also a biological sanctuary, a place to visit and
marvel at the diverse flaura and fauna of life. While there,
head on down to the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona's
sanctuary for various creatures. Many people just come here for
watching birds and their lovely plumes. Then there's the
Biosphere 2, located just north of Oro Valley in Southern
Arizona. It is an engineering wonder being one of the largest
living laboratories in the world. It's an airtight greenhouse
with an expanse of over three acres, being used by researchers
to discover more on the earth's ecosystem.
Arizona is not just a spot rich in heritage, natural resources,
and wonders. There are many things that make it a familiar word
to many but its real treasures are the ones you take home after
an exciting adventure, the memories and the experiences. So why
don't you book your next trip in Arizona. And discover it for
yourself.