The Francisco Grande Hotel & Golf Resort opened in 1961 and quickly became the spring training home of the San Francisco Giants. Located just west of downtown Casa Grande, the resort became a home away from home for John Wayne, who had a farming operation in nearby Stanfield. Willie Mays regularly pulled up to the resort’s […]
It wasn't until February 1978 that Tenen and Tufts told the property owners, James and Lois Kartchner, about their amazing discovery. During the four years of secret exploration, the discover-ers realized that the cave's extraordinary variety of colors and formations must be preserved. The cave's existence became public knowledge in 1988 when its purchase was approved […]
From young songwriter to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer… are you ready to feel the earth move with the incredible true story? Before Carole King became one of the most successful solo artists in popular music, she was Carol Klein, a Brooklyn teenager striving to make it in the record business. By her 20s, King was […]
Join us for the monthly KT Book Club Meeting! We’ll meet in our office in Sun City West for light refreshments and a lively blend of book discussion and social time. With a focus on books set in the American Southwest, we’ll showcase a new book every month that inspires further exploration. Our March title will […]
featuring Temecula Valley Wine Country
& The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
We’re on our way to Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, right here in North Central Phoenix, for the 19th Annual Polish Festival. Once a small neighborhood gathering, this fabulous festival now attracts thousands of visitors. Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to feast on authentic Polish food, including stuffed cabbage rolls, Hunter’s stew, grilled Polish sausage, […]
Lower Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe Bend April 15th-16th, 2024 $449 (Based Upon Double Occupancy) +$51 (Single Supplement) Although they are sections of the same slot canyon, Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon are distinctly different, and nowhere are those differences more pronounced than in the manner of entering and walking through them. Upper Antelope Canyon—famous […]
Once known as the Wickedest Town in the West, Jerome sits near the top of Cleopatra Hill between Prescott and Flagstaff. Founded in 1877, Jerome grew from a tent settlement to a robust mining community—the fourth largest city in Arizona, with a population that peaked around 15,000 in the 1920’s. Jerome’s economy—completely dependent upon the mining […]
Dress comfortably, lunch is included. That’s all we’re gonna say! Depart: TBA Northwest Valley: Sundome Plaza 13547 W. Camino Del Sol Sun City West, AZ 85375 Located in the heart of Sun City West at the Sundome Plaza Shopping Center. Scottsdale: La Quinta Inn & Suites 8888 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale, AZ 85260 The Scottsdale pickup […]
Join us for an incredible springtime ride on the seventy-six-mile Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Byway, following Highway 288 from Globe to the tiny town of Young, Arizona. This area, known by cowboys as “the high lonesome,” was made famous by the Pleasant Valley War of the 1880’s—an Arizona sheep war between two feuding families—the cattle-herding […]
The Chiricahuas —A Wonderland of Rocks! April 25-26, 2024 $439(Double Occupancy) +$64 (Single Supplement) In the far southeastern corner of Arizona are the impressive Chiricahua Mountains, one of several sky island mountain ranges surrounded by expansive desert grasslands. The Chiricahua Mountains are an inactive volcanic range twenty miles wide and forty miles long. It forms part […]
The Verde Canyon Railroad offers us a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Verde Canyon from the comfort of a fully restored, slow-rolling vintage FP7 locomotive—one of only 10 remaining in North America. This four-hour excursion takes us on a 20-mile journey through 100 years of history. We’ll view ancient Sinagua Indian ruins in towering […]
We’re off to explore Arizona’s Forest Road 300—The Old Rim Road. Our journey kicks off in Payson, where we’ll enjoy some fantastic Mexican food, on self, at El Rancho Mexican Restaurant—a great favorite, not only with the locals but also with Ari-zona Highways who named El Rancho one of the top 25 restaurants in the state. […]
With the first hint of summer, we’re ready to travel the Sky Island Scenic Byway—Mount Lemmon Highway to the town of Summer-Haven, Arizona! This breathtaking 25-mile paved road takes us along one of Arizona’s most scenic byways, and winds us up a trail that ascends 9,157 feet through the rugged Santa Catalina Mountains into a much […]
The Organ Pipe Cactus is common in Mexico, but very rare in the United States. They cannot tolerate cold weather and will be found on the south-facing hills in Organ Pipe National Monument. The monument was created to preserve a representative area of the beautiful and unspoiled Sonoran Desert. We’ll travel the 21-mile—mostly gravel—Ajo Mountain Drive. […]
Celebrate MYSTERY MADNESS this May with 4 distinctly different one-day tours to ‘secret’ destinations. Super-affordable, these wildly popular trips even include lunch. Sign up for all 4 May Mystery Tours at the same time to receive a $20 future travel credit upon completion. Dress comfortably, lunch is included. That’s all we’re gonna say! Depart: TBA Northwest […]