AZ Airfare and Adventures

December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Airline Flight Insurance

The state of Arizona has so a lot to offer and with AZ airfare being so cheap in the shoulder and off-peak seasons you really should come and explore the state.  You certainly want to tour the Grand Canyon with the wonder of nature showing you just how patience and time can erode something into a true thing of beauty.  Or you may want to tour some of the outstanding galleries the state has to offer with the rich heritage of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.

This is a great way to discover your Arizona Attractions.  The Heard Museum in Central Arizona is a must “visit” for anyone interested in the history of the region. Here you will be exposed to some of the best in traditional and contemporary American Indian art.  There are 10 exhibition galleries that include five long-term and 5 rotating exhibitions with two different locations for you to visit. 

While you are visiting the Central Arizona area you may wish to visit Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The goal of the museum is enhancing the understanding of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest.  The museum is positioned at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins.  You can see reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homesteads when walking along the ruin trail.  At the site is also some of the last surviving intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a fantastic piece of Hohokam history.

A few hours to the southeast, you will find wonderful Southeast Arizona tourism.  Travel on down to Tombstone where you can relive the Old West.  Tombstone is known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most famous of Arizona’s historic mining camps.  This area produced millions of dollars of gold and silver during a seven year run.  When you are visiting Tombstone you will discover the chance to see Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and see many of the residents dressed in period style. 

Near Tucson you may want to visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.  There were 18 Titan II missile sites located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.  The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed.  You can take a guided tour that includes the launch control room with a simulated launch and then travel on through the 200 ft tunnel for a close up look at the Titan II missile.  It’s an incredible tour, be sure to make time to visit.

Travel on over to Yuma and visit the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.  There you will be able to tour the prison that housed 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were female.  The prison was last used in 1909 before the prisoners were relocated to a new facility.  Today you can tour the prison and see the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.