Hey Ladies and Gents-
I'm planning a cross-country road trip of anywhere between 4-8 weeks, leaving some time in mid-late April.
One of the states I'm going to be visiting is Arizona.
So far, I have the following on the list of things to *potentially* see in your state. I'm not sure I'll get to all of them, but I want to solicit suggestions about things I should see or avoid.
I'm particularly interested in stuff that people might not know about or remember that has historic significance. For instance, in Louisiana I'm visiting the site where Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down. In that case, it's just a small monument on a dirt road, but it's an interesting part of history.
- Sedona
- Tombstone (OK Corral)
- Monument Valley
- Jerome mining town?
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Bisbee?
- Antelope Canyon?
- Devil's Bridge?
- Commemorative Air Force Museum
I have family in the Scottsdale area and plan on spending a few days with them. I plan on spending up to a week in AZ total, so I'd really like to explore it. I've been to Flagstaff before to see the crater, so I won't be going there again I don't think (even though some of the things I'd like to see are in the same area). I won't make it to all of the things on the list above.
I have some sort of fantasies about driving through canyons with the 4runner, camping in awesome locations (Sedona maybe) in secluded camp sites, and seeing some awesome sunrises and sunsets. I don't know what the rules are as far as camping in some of these areas, or if there are some amazing camp sites that people can recommend. I'm hoping someone on the ground can be my guide here and give me some advice on that stuff. I'd be happy to link up with a group one day and explore some of the areas I'm talking about.
Arizona is really one of those places I'd really like to get out in nature and see, and spend time in. Camp fires in the desert with cactuses, mesas/rock monuments, sunsets and sunrises, etc. I just don't know how to make that sort of stuff happen.
Any advice at all is welcome. Things to see, places to avoid, roads to use and not use, trails for off-roading, camp sites, etc.
One thing I won't be doing is shooting, and I don't really intend on visiting FFLs or anything like that. I have a limited amount of time for certain states and can't waste that in gun shops.
I plan on sleeping in the back of the car for 2-3 days, then getting a hotel for the night, then going back in the car. As a result, I'll need recommendations for cool camp sites with views, etc.
Any information about Covid restrictions is also helpful with regard to closures of parks or businesses.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.