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Road Trip: Arizona Hot Springs

To say that finding the Arizona hot springs past Boulder is difficult might be the understatement of the century. It’s a pleasant hike with terrific views of canyons and the Colorado, but the National Park Service is wasting absolutely no signage on this hike. The biggest problem with this is that a lot of other [...]

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Road Trip: Utah’s Scenic Highway 12

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If you’re like me, you love desert living but long for fall foliage like clockwork every year. While many people flock to Zion this time of year, far fewer continue on to Bryce Canyon National Park to the Northeast. In fact, Bryce is just one of many natural wonders along Utah’s Highway 12, a scenic [...]

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Local Hikes: Sloan Canyon Petroglyphs

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We’ve been meaning to hike Sloan Canyon ever since reading Deborah Walls’ book, Base Camp Las Vegas. This hidden gem is actually closer than we thought, and has been called “Sistine Chapel of Native American rock art” due to it’s 300 rock art panels. Having seen many great petroglyphs at Valley of Fire, we decided to [...]

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Local Hikes: Ice Box Canyon Trail

A spur of the moment hike to Red Rock at this time of year can be the best decision you’ve made in a long time. It’s the blooming season, so the desert is offering up colors you might only normally see in the tropics: bright orange, yellows, pinks, and purples. We decided to check out [...]

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Fresh52 Farmers’ Market at Tivoli Village

Tivoli Village is an odd bird. When it opened last year it seemed, like CityCenter before it, to be an immediate anachronism, a reminder of the go-go days of Las Vegas when someone actually thought opening a faux Italian village in Summerlin sounded like a good idea. However, improbably, unlike the many other prefab walkable [...]

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Local Hikes: Calico Tanks

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My sister and I head up to Red Rock Canyon about once a week to enjoy some fresh air, sublime views, and good old fashioned exercise. Our favorite hike is Calico Tanks which begins at the Sandstone quarry. The entrance to this hike is off of the Scenic Loop so there is a small fee [...]

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Date Night Las Vegas: Under $25

We all know the tradition, plan a lovely evening of dinner and a movie! Make it barely in time for the preview, regret the 3 hours you just spent wasting $11 and then hurry to make the reservations that grant you access to a dinner that runs you $40+ a plate. Of course the evening [...]

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Local Hikes: First Finger Trail

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This is the first in a series of local hikes in and around the valley. Like a lot of you, we’re weekend warriors. So when planning a Sunday afternoon hike in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, we generally prefer to steer clear of the scenic loop (and as a bonus, any fees). There [...]

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Snowbird Ski Getaway

Snowbird Ski Getaway

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We got the chance to escape  for a few days during the Thanksgiving holiday, forgoing shopping madness for some quiet time in the mountains. I was looking to do some skiing, but also stay relatively close to minimize travel time. A quick check of ski resorts in Utah revealed that Snowbird expected to open on [...]

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Night Hikes @ Spring Mountain. Ranch

Night Hikes @ Spring Mountain. Ranch

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While the term “hike” may be a misnomer in describing thirty strangers walking single file, downhill through the desert, the night hikes at Spring Mountain Ranch are actually a lot of fun. On the hike you get to see the desert in a new way, spotting things you wouldn’t normally glimpse, like glow-in-the dark scorpions [...]

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