Outdoors & Rec

With the first days of fall just behind us, October brings with it breezes, changing foliage, and a great reason to go outside. Grab your shoes, because we’re going outside on purpose. To get you started, we’ve compiled a list of five great outdoor events going on this October. Tour…

Here in Arizona, we may not have many seasons, but one of our most anticipated is monsoon season. Named for a weather pattern caused by a shift in wind and increasing precipitation, monsoons bring with them the slow build of massive clouds, often brief and sudden downpours, and a delightful…

Now, while August may be hailed as the number-one month for traveling, staycations have become a great way to enjoy and explore your own city with new perspective. And for those of you looking to bring a little outdoor adventure to the beginning of the end of summer, then look…

Not only are we celebrating our independence as a country this July, but we’re also rejoicing at the anniversary of the invention of the air conditioner in 1902 — bless you, Willis Carrier. Regardless of the season, we Phoenicians have a knack for enjoying the outdoor beauty that surrounds us…

John Muir once wrote, “The mountains are calling and I must go…” It’s a partial line taken from a letter to his sister Sarah Muir Galloway in which he discussed the intense research he undertook as a naturalist in hopes of contributing to the realm of science. And while it would…