Places we like to visit:

CATALINA STATE PARK (hiking + picnicking, esp. Sutherland + Romero Canyon trails)

THE LOFT (independent cinema)

KARTCHNER CAVERNS (living cave system, tours) / PEPPERSAUCE CAVE (diy spelunking)

THE DESERT MUSEUM (Sonoran wildlife preserve + botanical garden)

OLD TUCSON (classic western movie lot-cum-theme park)

BIOSPHERE 2 (human-made, enclosed ecosystem experiment + research facility)

SABINO CANYON (accessible hiking w/ tram)

MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC (Spanish colonial mission, Tohono O’odham Nation Indian Reservation)

COWTOWN KEEYLOCKO (sadly no longer, but do look it up)

MOUNT LEMMON (Hoodoo Vista, Windy Point, Summerhaven, Marshall Gulch)

GATES PASS (sunset peeping)

MERCADO SAN AGUSTINE / MSA ANNEX (shops + restaurants)

PATAGONIA, ARIZONA (tiny town in the high desert w/ excellent birding + biking)

NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO (border town day trip, don’t forget your passport)

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