Sedona is an easy drive from Phoenix, and supposed to be beautiful. Slide Rock park is close by - slide down a natural water slide! On the East side you've got the superstitions. You can drive out Apache Trail to Tortilla Flats and eat cactus ice cream. Downtown Mesa has a ton of life-size sculptures lining the streets and some quaint shops. Downtown Tempe has a good Greek restaurant (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) - which is probably a chain, but it was tasty and huge portions. There are a ton of chain places on Mill Avenue through downtown Tempe. The Heard museum ( http://www.heard.org/) is supposed to be excellent, though we've not been. (We have been to the Mesa children's museum, and that's good if you're bringing kiddos.)
Skip the ghost town train at Goldfield, if you drive out to Tortilla Flats. I haven't done the mine tour, but the train is pretty weak. There are some boat tours up in the lakes in the Superstitions that I've wanted to go on, but haven't. On 3/31/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My wife and I will be in the Phoenix area next month (april 11- 17) and > are looking for things to do. We will be staying in Suprise, so we would > prefer stuff on the western side, but ware are real easy. We plan on a trip > to Nogales one day and to visit a few Elks lodges but the rest of the trip > is in the air. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202443 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
