2 Arizona Itineraries from Phoenix

Phoenix & North

• Papago Park - hike, Hole in the Rock
• Cleveland Guardians spring training game
• Apache Trail - rough drive.  Be sure to from west to east on the trail. That way you are on the inside of the road that has no guard rails and is almost one lane at times. 
• Organ Stop Pizza

Sedona

• Chapel of the Holy Cross
• Airport Vista – great for sunset
• Airport Summit View
• Fay Canyon
• Coffee Pot Rock hike

 

Flagstaff – good central location for Grand Canyon & Petrified Forest/Painted Desert

• Buffalo Park
• Lowell Observatory

Grand Canyon NP

• Overlooks
• South Kaibab Trail
• Desert View

 

Route 66 - Winslow

 

Petrified Forest NP

• Agate Bridge
• Blue Mesa
• Pueblo

 

Painted Desert NP

Overlooks

 

South of Phoenix - Tucson

Pinal Airpark – commercial airplane “boneyard”

Saguaro NP West Entrance - Bajada Loop Drive, Valley View overlook, Signal Hill Trail, Petroglyphs

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum – animals, botanicals

Saguaro NP East Entrance – drive & short hikes

Tanque Verde Falls Trail

Drive up Mt Lemmon – giant cookie

Garden of Gethsemane

Historical Tucson walking tour

Sentinel Peak – Hike to the A

San Xavier Del Bac Mission

Titan Mission Museum

Grand Canyon

If you visit in the summer or around Easter, make sure you get there early.  I would suggest doing the western most viewpoints first as those  tend to get the busiest.  I would also recommend packing a lunch.  Sunsets & Sunrises are impressive if you can time it right.

 Hard to believe people think this little river carved this big canyon.

 Rocks change as the sun changes

 Ryan wanted to hike down part of Kaibab trail

 Here's where we stopped, but then we had to go back up to the top.

Grand Canyon By Air

I did a flight from Last Vegas over the Grand Canyon.  It really showed how HUGE it is.