Customer Reviews

Explore Arizona! (Arizona and the Southwest)

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For anyone who is tired of the same old "tourist traps", this book is for you. There are a wide variety of treasures to be found in Arizona and Rick Harris has drawn maps for many of them. My friends and I have spent many days exploring the seldom seen sides of Arizona and have seen many things that most travelers will never dream of. Whether it's caves, mines or Indian Ruins; Ghost towns, quartz crystals or cliff dwellings, this is the book for you. I carry this book with me whenever I'm in Arizona because you never know when the fever for a good adventure will hit.

I just received the 1986 version of this book from a friend and I've been having a blast searching google maps for how to find these places 20 + years later (housing developments and street improvements have altered the maps significantly for some areas). The maps in the original book are hand drawn and often don't include street names, just basic directions like make the first right after the wash and drive 2.5 miles lol That's my kind of adventure! Now that I've got some gaps filled in I'll be sure to keep this book in the car for the next time the exploration bug hits! I can't wait!
I docked it 1 star just cuz the maps are so crude in the original, but computers weren't too common then so ya can't be too hard on the guy ;-)