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We Trippin'

Mar 31, 2022

Hit the road to these three destinations with your SO, kids, grandma, and whoever else loves a good weekend adventure!

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Eat City
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Road Food Surprise

Aug 24, 2020

Hitting the highway to escape lockdown nerves? There’s great road grub in unexpected places

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See/Hear/Do
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Sunset sounds for a big-sky state of mind

May 10, 2019

The perfect tunes (and tales) for your Arizona road trip

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Bleak Beauty

Nov 26, 2018

The desolately gorgeous Salton Sea attracts visitors who enjoy moody solitude, outsider art, and amenities with a side of quirk.

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Scottsdale’s waterfront canal
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A Lively Mix

Jan 29, 2018

The many sides of Scottsdale — cowboy, hipster, outdoorsy — come together in a downtown filled with food, cocktails, art, and shopping.

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Lafayette Hotel
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Skip the Zoo

Nov 01, 2017

These lesser-known San Diego neighborhoods might offer just the respite you need.

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Tecopa
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Springs to Life

Aug 28, 2017

Once a sleepy stopover known for its hot springs, Tecopa is being remade as a creative oasis and culture-rich escape.

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Mission Accomplished
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Mission accomplished

Jul 27, 2017

Often-overlooked Riverside makes for a getaway full of culture, set amid Mission-style pleasures 

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Pioneer Saloon
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Drunk history

May 01, 2017

Long after their mining boomtowns went bust, these rural bars still serve brews and burgers — and a hair-raising ghost story or two.

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Phoenix
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Don’t nix Phoenix

Feb 01, 2017

A resurgent downtown alive with fine art, excellent food and craft cocktails should keep the Southwest’s largest city atop your destination list.

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Take off

Sep 30, 2016

Where in the world is the Desert Companion staff?

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Cottonwood Cove at Lake Mead
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You be tripping

Jul 08, 2016

These family-friendly road trips offer fun for all ages — not just in the summer, but all year.

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Street smarts: What we learned on our Great Big Road Trip

Apr 04, 2016

First rule of road trip: Don’t skip that bathroom break, or What We Learned on #DCRoadTrip2016

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Shoshone Cedars
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The spirits in the trees

Mar 28, 2016

This is the Shoshone Cedars, an area that is sacred to Ely Shoshone and their fellow Great Basin Shoshone, who are known among themselves as Newe.

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Pride and history: the murals of Ely

Mar 27, 2016

Some of the most compelling murals in Ely aren't just visually striking, but they reflect something about the community's history, and the communitiy's aspirations.

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Jerky review: E.T. Fresh Jerky in Crystal Springs

Mar 26, 2016

I had high hopes as I unzipped the golden bag of their “Area 51 Classified Teriyaki Time Travel” beef jerky ... 

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Mingus Mountain
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Arizona highways

Jul 24, 2015

There’s still time for one more summer adventure — make it a road trip to Prescott, Arizona and beyond

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Stone age: Arizona's Petrified Forest
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Planes, trains and jeeps

Apr 23, 2015

… and a splash of rafts. Where do you find such an array of adventure options? In your rebranded backyard now known as the Grand Circle.

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High alert

Feb 01, 2015

Heidi Kyser’s December story about the mental and emotional fallout that cops deal with continued to garner interest and comment.

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Cottage industry

Oct 01, 2014

A rehab passion project in Ely grew into a community showcase of the town’s history, artistry and unlikely diversity

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A hop, skip and a flight

Oct 01, 2013

Amid rising travel costs, one unsung airline offers a surprising array of quick, affordable trips from Las Vegas to — well, where do you want to go?

October is the single best time of year for hitting the highway in the United States, and Las Vegas is a world-class road trip hub. Not only can road warriors drive to a wide array of great destinations, they can multiply their possibilities almost endlessly by catching a flight on Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air.

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We're not in Utah anymore

Sep 01, 2013

With its bars, boutiques and galleries, Springdale is a cozy and cosmopolitan gateway to Zion Nestled below the towering cliffs at the entrance to Zion National Park, Springdale is probably the most cosmopolitan small town in America — but most tourists seem blissfully unaware of that fact. Most of Zion’s 3 million annual visitors see the town as just a place to park to catch the shuttle in to Zion, and Springdale is fine with that.

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Standin' on the corner in Winslow, Ariz.

Aug 01, 2013

Once on the brink of fading away, quaint Winslow, Arizona has made a historic comeback

With its quiet storefronts and sleepy vibe, the town of Winslow, Arizona may seem like a placid hamlet on Route 66, but don’t be fooled. It’s situated at a crossroads of several exciting historic developments: the advent of modern-day hotels, the explosive popularity of that American ritual of “hitting the road,” and major advancements in aviation.

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A family affair

May 01, 2013

Strap in the brood and load up the car. These family-friendly trips have something for kids of all ages (and your inner kid, too)

Like dinosaurs had a mosh pit

Nearly 200 million years ago, dinosaurs trod the earth around the shores of an ancient lake in southern Utah, and, in 2000, the first of thousands of tracks made by these dinosaurs and other animals was discovered.

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Screen test

Apr 01, 2013

A silent film star once fled to a remote Searchlight ranch for a respite from Hollywood. Can the storied Walking Box Ranch become a hub for history and education?

All these years later, silent film star Clara Bow still doesn’t need words.

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