AZ Airfare and Adventures

AZ Airfare and Your Vacation

The state of Arizona has so a lot to offer and now with AZ airfares being affordable in the shoulder and off-peak seasons we really should come and explore the state.  You may want to visit the Grand Canyon with the beauty of nature showing you just how patience and time can change something into a true thing of wonder.  Or you could want to tour some of the outstanding museums the state has to offer with the rich history of the Native Americans, Hispanic culture and western culture all available in different locations.

The Heard Museum in Central Arizona is a must see for everyone interested in the history of the region. Here you will be exposed to some of the best in traditional and contemporary American Indian art.  There are 10 exhibition galleries that include five long-term and five rotating exhibitions with two different locations for you to visit. 

While you are visiting the Phoenix area you may want to tour Pueblo Grande Museum which is an archaeological site museum and repository. The purpose of the museum is developing the knowledge of prehistory, history, and ethnology of inhabitants of the Southwest.  The museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins.  You can see reproductions of the prehistoric Hohokam homesteads when walking along the ruin trail.  At the site is also one of the last surviving intact Hohokam irrigation canals. This is a fantastic piece of Hohokam history.

Head on down to Tombstone where you can relive the Old West.  Tombstone was known as “The Town Too Tough To Die,” and is the most famous of Arizona’s old mining camps.  This area produced millions of dollars of gold and silver throughout a 7 year period.  When you are visiting Tombstone you will have the opportunity to see Boothill Graveyard, the old Tombstone Courthouse and watch many of the residents dressed in period style. 

Outside of Tucson you may want to visit the Titan Missile Museum which was home to one of the Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.  There were 18 Titan II missile sites located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.  The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact; all the others were destroyed.  You can take a guided tour that takes you into the launch control room with a simulated launch and then go on through the 200 ft tunnel for a close up look at the Titan II missile.  It’s an incredible tour, be sure to make time to visit.

Travel on over to Yuma and visit the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.  There you will be able to visit the prison that housed 3,069 prisoners, 29 of whom were women.  The prison was last opeartional in 1909 when the prisoners were moved to a new prison.  Today you can visit the prison and look at the front gate that is so familiar to anyone that has watched western movies.