On your Arizona Vacation explore the Cowboy Poetry and Music of Sierra Vista

Discover hundreds of things to do in southeastern Arizona. From Tombstone to Tucson, there are a wide variety of natural wonders and historic treasures to make your Arizona vacation a trip to remember. Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum for a modern tribute to technology and its role in the great aircraft of our nation or visit natural wonders such as the Coronado National Forest. Here are just a few of the destinations waiting for you here in Arizona: PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM - Tucson Arizona. Pima is a small Arizona town of approximately 2,000 residents located just 88 miles from Tucson, Arizona, and noted primarily for being the home of the Arizona Airspace Foundations Pima Air and Space Museum. The museum is home to one of the world’s largest and most unique collections of aircraft, missiles and related equipment in the world. Among the many aircraft on exhibit are the Super Guppy: The Super Guppy is actually a huge cargo transport plane specifically built for carrying large but light loads such as the Apollo Program’s Saturn Rocket. An original WW II U.S. Air Force barracks is located on the museum grounds. THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST - Cochise County Arizona. Five Coronado National Forest ranges surround the city of Safford, Arizona; Pinaleno, Gallura, Santa Teresa, Winchester and the Greenwood Mountains, of which the highest point is Mount Graham. Mountain ranges throughout the forest average from 3,000 to 10,720 feet. North and west of Nogales, Arizona are four Coronado Forest mountain ranges; The Santa Rita, Tumacacon, Pajarito and San Luis Mountains. Three mountain ranges north and east of Douglas, Arizona are the Chiricahua, Dragoon and Peloncillo Mountains, a portion of which extends into New Mexico. The mountain ranges of the Coronado National Forest offer numerous hiking trails, breathtaking scenic vistas for photographers and some of the world’s best bird watching. ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM - Tucson Arizona. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum was established in 1952 to showcase the plants and animals native to this region, and the Museum is a must-see for anyone planning to visit Tucson, Arizona where the Museum is located. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is much more than a place to view preserved specimens, it is actually a combination museum, botanical garden and zoo. In 2005, the Museum’s faculty created a Center for Sonoran Desert study. The Museum is a wonderful place to visit, housing realistic creations of the Sonoran Desert region, exhibits of more than 300 animal species, and some 1400 types of desert plant life. The Museum is located in Tucson, Arizona at 2021 North Kinney Road – Telephone: 520-883-2702. Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering - Sierra Vista, Arizona. This weekend poetry gathering of talented poets and musicians continue the historical tradition of the honoring of the old west through poetry, music, readings, and traditional story telling. The organizations free Saturday poetry programs often enthrall the visiting audience with a wide variety of old Western stories, songs and poems. A family affair, you will often find over five thousand people attending this annual event ranging from young children beginning their first poetry experience to amateurs and professionals who love the west and the poetry it inspires. Join the folks at Sierra Vista for a wonderful weekend at this annual event. Or check out the Hot Tamale Festival on Nov. 2 a date to remember --Connoisseurs of tamales can begin preparing their taste buds and stomachs for a fill of the holiday food while organizers gear up for the 2nd Annual Casino del Sol Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival. The tasty event is Dec. 2 at the casino's Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road. People who want to sell tamales need to preregister now. "Historically, food has been a tool to bring cultures and civilizations together," said Jose Merino, editor of La Estrella de Tucson, which is presenting the event. "I hope the second annual tamal festival will do just that for our community." Can you imagine a bridge that is a crooked as a crumpled straw? That’s what you will see if you visit Tucson, Arizona. Today there's a brand spanking new pedestrian/bicycle bridge across six lanes of traffic in downtown Tucson made to look like a giant diamondback rattlesnake. One end of the bridge has the snake's head, where users enter between the snake's fangs. officially the Broadway Diamondback Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge, it is better known as the Rattlesnack Bridge. Tucson residents are (of course) divided over the snake. Others hate it and think it makes downtown Tucson look like a miniature golf course. Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block. The Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block encompass an entire city block of historic downtown. The five historic properties that are under the care of the museum are La Casa Cordova, Romero House, Edward Nye Fish House, Stevens/Duffield House and the Corbett House. The Tucson Museum of Art has over 7,000 pieces which have been collected for more than 25 years. The collections are truly stunning whether they are from the American West collection or the pre-Columbian Art you will be exposed to some of the great art of the world at this museum. It is the home of the Art of the Americas collection of pre-Columbian, Mexican folk art and colonial works.

Go with Penelope SanMateo while she explores the wonderful things to see and do in Arizona while on an Arizona vacation. Here you will find arizona vacation ideas that will make you wonder what took you so long to visit this amazing part of the country. From the northern borders of Arizona to the southern borders along Mexico, you will be amazed at the different Arizona attractions just waiting to win your heart.