“Out of Africa” comes to life at Camp Verde wildlife park

“Out of Africa” comes to life at Camp Verde wildlife park

The Tiger Splash show is a sure way to draw exclamations of delight from the pre-teen visitors at the Out of Africa Wildlife Park in Camp Verde. “He will love that one!” 4-year-old Taylor exclaimed when park staff brought out a huge parrot head balloon on a long stick...
Pickin’ in the Pines Festival is just the right vibe

Pickin’ in the Pines Festival is just the right vibe

By Joanna Dodder Nellans If Goldilocks is a bluegrass and acoustic music fan, she surely would choose the annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival in Flagstaff. The comparison may sound trite, but Pickin’ in the Pines truly has evolved into...
Save the Dells

Save the Dells

Continuing the Work of Prescott’s Brave Women … Preserving the Spaces that Define Us By Amber Fields The Granite Dells. They’re one of the things that really define Prescott; a wild and free landscape like our city’s grandmothers found when they came here a century...
Spectacular Red Rock Crossing offers cool respite from heat

Spectacular Red Rock Crossing offers cool respite from heat

By Joanna Dodder Nellans About the time that June’s scorching sunrays hit Prescott each year, locals are longing for a plunge into nature’s cool waters. But what to do, since the creeks are too low and officials from the City of Prescott and Prescott National Forest...