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One of my favorites is the Indian ruins at Wallnut canyon. It's just outside of Flagstaff.
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My suggestion would be to loop three or four areas. For example, the Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson, down to Bisbee, Tombstone, and the Chiricahua National Monument. Near Phoenix the Superstition Mountain area including the string of lakes from Roosevelt to Canyon and the Apache Trail. The Prescott-Sedona-Jerome area would be an interesting trip and you could make a loop in the northeast and take in Meteor Crater, the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest along with the rim country. Your TT is perfect for that trip and you’d have a real busy 30 days to try to take it all in. September’s a good time for that trip. It will be hot in the daytime in the lower elevations but by mid month will begin cooling off at night.
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JohnInAz
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rfryer wrote:My suggestion would be to loop three or four areas. For example, the Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson, down to Bisbee, Tombstone, and the Chiricahua National Monument. Near Phoenix the Superstition Mountain area including the string of lakes from Roosevelt to Canyon and the Apache Trail. The Prescott-Sedona-Jerome area would be an interesting trip and you could make a loop in the northeast and take in Meteor Crater, the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest along with the rim country. Your TT is perfect for that trip and you’d have a real busy 30 days to try to take it all in. September’s a good time for that trip. It will be hot in the daytime in the lower elevations but by mid month will begin cooling off at night.
I think this is a very good approach to planning your trip, but I would schedule the trip for October-November as it's still pretty hot around here in the early fall. It would also increase you seeing fall colors in the Sedona area and the sky islands in southeast Az (Cochise county).
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Good info and definitely an area we want to see.
We like the heat...that's why we want to go South when it cools into the 80's in the fall here in Reno.
Craving the heat is part of our age group. 
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Boy the list will go on forever there ain't enough days to see everything of interest. copper mines, search for Apache Tears near Globe. take Apache Leap trail
take Apache Trail stop for a beer at Tortilla Flats, pan for gold, see old ruins,visit Sedona, visit Snowflake,Tombstone,Tucson,Quartzite,Colorado River, We've done it all and will do it again, you picked the right place to start.on edit also the Salt River Canyon
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GET OUT AND WALK
If you want a true Arizona experience you have to do a hike in the desert, short or long you have to experience it first hand.
The Phoenix area is cris-crossed with hiking trails. They don't call it the green desert for nothing.
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Missle silo near Grass Valley--that's all I can remember about the location.
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We lived in Payson, AZ for five years and stayed at various campgrounds there. If you would like recommendations for RV campgrounds I'd like to highlight three we really liked. Our all time favorite would be CAtalina State Park on the north side of Tucson. This park is in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mts. and is drop dead georgous! Lots of trails if you enjoy hiking.
Another awesome park is Buckskin Mountain State Park located between Parker and Lake Havasu City. This park is located right on a bend in the Colorado River and is very scenic.
In Cottonwood, AZ we stayed at Dead Horse Ranch State Park several times. This is also a nice park with a number of hiking trails. We would highly recommend any of these parks - we don't think you'd be disappointed. Enjoy your stay in AZ!
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If you want to just get out and use the kayaks, Lake Saguaro has a boat in campsite that is approximately 2 miles of calm water paddling to get to through a gorgeous river/lake canyon. We have never had a human camping neighbor at this campground even on Memorial and Labor Day weekends. We have had visits from neighborhood skunks at night though. There is an emergency beacon and developed outhouses on the site. Bring your own water or purify the lake water.
You can also kayak on the Salt River but we have never tried it. We have taken the tubing ride and it is very pretty although sometimes crowded by young partiers, when the lower Salt is running.
I've never visited the wildlife areas near the Colorado river either but would love to get there someday. There is kayaking allowed there too--some from the California side.
Actually you can camp next to the Roosevelt Lake and take the kayaks out also. Go to the undeveloped campground north of the lake to get next to the lake. Get a camping tag for $6 (well until they raise the prices) at the marina I think or at a ranger station. If you have the $15 Tonto forest sticker in addition to your national park pass, this campground is free. No generators rules here, at least they are not followed, so you will hear them all night especially if it is warm. Take white noise and watch a movie at night.
There is so much to do that even in 30 days you will run out of time!
We're hooked!
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St Anthony's Greek Monastery is truly fabulous. Be sure to read the visitor's guide for appropriate attire. They will provide women with pull-on skirts and scarves.
http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/
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