Travel & Adventure
Sometimes you have to get out of town.
Spectacular Red Rock Crossing offers cool respite from heat
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 ban swimming in all the surrounding lakes?
Live local horse racing is back on track
With horses once again galloping around the oval track in the northeast PV grasslands, the century-old tradition of horse racing has returned to the Prescott area after a nine-year hiatus.
Arizona Downs opened its doors on Memorial Day Weekend, with horse racing continuing there through Labor Day Weekend. If you’re looking for something unusual to do this summer, you might not realize that a trip to the track offers something for all ages. Special events and promotions are planned every weekend.
Annual Fun Run promises Route 66 nostalgia
The 32nd annual Fun Run starts in Seligman Friday, May 3 and winds 140 miles to the Colorado River by Sunday, May 5. It’s the longest remaining continuous stretch of Old Route 66, and travelers are sure to feel a blast from the past at every stop.“We get people from all over the world,” relates the “Angel of Route 66,” Angel Delgadillo. “They know the American Dream is alive and well.”
Home Away from Home
The Prescott Residence Inn by Marriott offers perks for long-term guests By Margo Christensen, Ponderosa Hotel Management Services, LLC Although the majority of Prescott Woman magazine’s readers are area residents who may not have the need for a local hotel, many of...
Seeing the World and LOVING It
Prescott woman shares the joy of traveling—and offers her best tips for embracing the adventure By Molly Fernow I love stepping off a plane, feeling a slight breeze and smelling the new scent of a foreign country. No matter where I have been I have had this...
Day Trip Adventure: Black Canyon City
Black Canyon City offers much more than pies By Joanna Dodder Nellans You may be among the thousands of annual Interstate 17 travelers who make a quick stop for a slice of pie at the Rock Springs Café on the way to and from the Phoenix area. But have you ever checked...
Recover your spark with Thailand trip for women
By Joanna Dodder Nellans Have you ever taken a vacation to escape your busy life, only to spend much of your vacation time taking care of others instead of relaxing and refueling? This especially tends to happen to women, as they traditionally fulfill the role of the...
Get your Spooks in Jerome
By Joanna Dodder Nellans There’s no better way to get into the Halloween spirit than a spooky tour, and there’s no better place to do it than Jerome, where century-old buildings echo with Old West spirits. Labeled the “Wickedest Town in the West” by a New York...