Dennis Smith wrote:

So we went through and made a list of interesting places everyone recommended. We have seen everything north on I40 so didn't list much up in the north country. I will spend the next couple of weeks with my map and mark all of these places, and then see if we can tie them together. I now know that 30 days will not be enough, And we only have 48 more states to do this for. Not taking the RV to Hawaii so don't need to list it. Again thanks everyone for all the ideas, I think we will have some fun...I know a list like this would never be completed but you can't do it all in 30 days.

1. Meteorite crater
2. Lost Dutchman State Park
3. spache lake is great for kayaks
4. Tombstone and the OK corral
5. Chiricahua Mountains east of Tucson
6. Phoenix, Botanical Gardens and to the Natural science Museum
7. Bisbee and see the mine and the old town
8. Kartchner Caverns
9. Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River south of Page & have your kayak towed to the base of Glen Canyon Dam & spend a day floating back down the river.
10. Sonora Desert Museum
11. Old Tucson movie location in Tucson
12. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum west of Tucson
13. Indian ruins at Walnut canyon
14. string of lakes from Roosevelt to Canyon
15. Chiricahua National Monument near Wilcox
16. Titan Missile silo in green valley,
17. south of Cottonwood, AZ we stayed at Dead Horse Ranch State Park
18. Lake Saguaro
19. kayak on the Salt River
20. Roosevelt Lake and take the kayaks out
21. St Anthony's Greek Monastery
22. Cave Creek - Carefree area
23. Yuma territorial prison state historic park
24. Walnut Canyon National Monument just east of Flagstaff
25. Montezuma Castle National Monument
26. Wupatki NM
27. Mongollon Rim Country
28. Highway 89A and the Vermillion Cliffs
29. Painted Desert
30. Verde Canyon Railroad

Dennis Smith wrote:

So we went through and made a list of interesting places everyone recommended. We have seen everything north on I40 so didn't list much up in the north country. I will spend the next couple of weeks with my map and mark all of these places, and then see if we can tie them together. I now know that 30 days will not be enough, And we only have 48 more states to do this for. Not taking the RV to Hawaii so don't need to list it. Again thanks everyone for all the ideas, I think we will have some fun...I know a list like this would never be completed but you can't do it all in 30 days.

1. Meteorite crater
2. Lost Dutchman State Park
3. spache lake is great for kayaks
4. Tombstone and the OK corral
5. Chiricahua Mountains east of Tucson
6. Phoenix, Botanical Gardens and to the Natural science Museum
7. Bisbee and see the mine and the old town
8. Kartchner Caverns
9. Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River south of Page & have your kayak towed to the base of Glen Canyon Dam & spend a day floating back down the river.
10. Sonora Desert Museum
11. Old Tucson movie location in Tucson
12. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum west of Tucson
13. Indian ruins at Walnut canyon
14. string of lakes from Roosevelt to Canyon
15. Chiricahua National Monument near Wilcox
16. Titan Missile silo in green valley,
17. south of Cottonwood, AZ we stayed at Dead Horse Ranch State Park
18. Lake Saguaro
19. kayak on the Salt River
20. Roosevelt Lake and take the kayaks out
21. St Anthony's Greek Monastery
22. Cave Creek - Carefree area
23. Yuma territorial prison state historic park
24. Walnut Canyon National Monument just east of Flagstaff
25. Montezuma Castle National Monument
26. Wupatki NM
27. Mongollon Rim Country
28. Highway 89A and the Vermillion Cliffs
29. Painted Desert
30. Verde Canyon Railroad

pkunk wrote:

Plan on a couple of days to see Kartchner caverns to take in both tours. The campground there is very nice at $25 a night.

Lady Fitzgerald wrote:



If you make tour reservations in advance, you can do both tours in one day easily. A friend and I did that a year or two ago. We drove down from Tempe to Benson, had breakfast, then went to the cavern. We ate lunch at the cavern between tours. Afterward, we drove back to Tucson to spend the night then spent the next day at the AZ Sonora Desert Museum before heading back to Tempe.