TONTO RUINS
Utilizing a large natural cave littered with stones is what Salado Indians found for constructing their homes. In a protected place overlooking the Salt River Valley, these Indians lived in thick-walled cliff apartment villages nearly 700 years ago.

SEDONA
With fresh snow adorning junipers for the season, Teapot Rock radiates a warm glow at sunset. Most of the red rock formations were named by Abraham James, an early white settler to this area in the late 1800's. By 1902, Carl Schnebly and his wife arrived and named the community after his beloved wife, Sedona.

CANYONLANDS
Experienced from Shafer Basin, this sculptured landscape serves as an entrance to a timeless maze of winding river canyons, scoured mesas and towering spires. It captures the imagination and heightens awareness of how erosional forces have exposed millions of years of geologic history. Carved by the Green and Colorado Rivers, Canyonlands spans over 500 square miles.

THE SUPERSTITIONS
Late afternoon sun accentuates the green desert foothills of the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine, a gold mine is hidden somewhere in the rugged mountains. Prospectors still search for gold... over the ridge, around the next bend, in a canyon or near the pointed peak called Weaver's Needle...

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
Sunsets in Arches can be spectacular with the dust particles in the air and the incredible expanse of the skyline. Hiking to the Window Section of the park on the right day, one might be lucky enough to capture the sun setting through the west side of Turrent Arch framed on the East by the North Window.

PRICKLY PEAR BLOOMS
A hardy desert plant found on dry, rocky slopes, the prickly pear cactus creates a showy spring display. Lemon-yellow blossoms decorate these plants after spring rain. A succulent without leaves, the prickly pear has large flattened stems or pads that are covered with barbed spines and fine bristles.

PECOS PUEBLO
Thunder clouds build over an ancient Puebloan ruin on a hillside near the Pecos River. Accessible by a long ladder, an Indian kiva was and still is used as a subterranean ceremonial chamber. When Pecos Valley Indians settled this region around 1450, they constructed multistoried adobe pueblos that contained over 660 rooms.

DEATH VALLEY
Prospectors came to Death Valley during that "boom or bust era" around 1849. They were seeking gold nuggets hidden in rocks, but instead they discovered temperatures of 120¡F in the shade, a little over one inch of rainfall a year and a maze of salt ridges strewn across the parched desert floor.

GRAND CANYON
An old twisted juniper enhances the dramatic vista of the Upper Granite Gorge at Maricopa Point. As shadows unfold throughout the day, depths of the canyon buttes, cliffs and temples become showcased. A 5-mile trail that traverses the edge of the South Rim is accessible from Maricopa Point. It exposes numerous vantage points from which to experience the Canyon.

OAK CREEK
Oak Creek Canyon is charmed with secret and mysterious places -especially during the fall season. At every turn of the creek, there are new and exciting waterfalls and deep pools to discover. Some of these pools seem to be so still that even the whisper of a bird's wing would cause this serene forest reflection to disappear forever.

CHIRICAHUAS
Gracefully arched golden sycamore leaves decorate Cave Creek with autumn brilliance. When the fall season arrives in the Chiricahua Mountains, trees and undergrowth glow in an array of colors. Located in southeastern Arizona, the rushing waters of Cave Creek provide a perfect setting for exploring this mountain hideaway.

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK
Travelers may have passed this way years ago, but now it's a memory sifted into time just as the prevailing southwesterly winds continuously sweep the dunes. These extensive dune fields are an unexpected surprise banked against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Great Sand Dunes contains some of the tallest dunes in the world.

MONUMENT VALLEY
The unique beauty of this Navajo parkland has made it a much sought-after movie set. It was no accident that John Ford filmed so many of his classic Western movies in Monument Valley. These brilliant red sandstone pillars were sets for Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and many more.