Of the places most people begin their vacations, Phoenix is a common port of entry to fly in to.  The city of Phoenix is what most people consider to be the west;…

Mary Colter is a prominent historic figure of, not only the Grand Canyon, but of the south west.  I often say the Mary Colter bracketed the National Park, having designed the western…

Some ninety percent of visitors reach only the south rim of the Grand Canyon, but with 277 river miles, and some one million and a quarter square miles of park, there’s plenty to…

Hermit’s Rest is a historic rest house constructed in 1914 by Mary Colter.  Originally set up with one room on each wing, it was quickly over burdened by the influx of visitors,…

The Grand Canyon boast amazing diversity, with five of the seven major life zones found on Earth being represented in and around it’s walls.  With three hundred fifty-five resident bird species, over…

My husband and I just celebrated our anniversary, which not only marked 13 years of happy matrimony but also 13 years of being a Northern Arizona resident and “professional tourist”. In all these years,…

This weekend my husband and I decided to sneak away for the weekend for our anniversary to Page, Arizona to do Antelope Canyon. With our Saturday adventure taken care of, it left Sunday open…

Sunsets in the Southwest are unrivaled, especially at the Grand Canyon National Park. In 2016, the park had a visitor count of over 6 million people. Even with the large number of…

Do you believe in ghosts? Would you spend the night in a historic, said to be haunted, hotel… alone? The name of the individual involved in the following story has been changed…