2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 92)

DAN SHEWMAKER Rafting with Hualapai River Runners Sunsets over Lake Mohave make for a romantic cruise. HUALAPAI RIVER RUNNERS January, February and March; you pick the veggies, then lunch on the meal a chef prepares using your harvest. At Yuma's Silvas Farms, you can pick tangelos in January (as well as blackberries in May). Yuma's March Lettuce Days Festival features local chefs in cook-offs and demonstrations. For more foodie fun, keep cool with a freshly made date shake at date-grove stops in Yuma and, naturally, Dateland. You can get year-round tastes of awardwinning rums and vodka, plus tours of the Desert Diamond Distillery in Kingman. Stetson Winery, also in Kingman, offers KERRICK JAMES Arizona's West Coast tastings of its wines made from grapes harvested from the adjacent vineyard, the only one in northwestern Arizona. Plenty of community events go on during the cool months of winter. Some of the biggest are the January and February gem and mineral shows that take up acres of outdoor markets in Quartzsite. And, hundreds come to Parker in January (and again in October) to watch offroad racers navigate grueling desert trails full of boulders in Best in the Desert competitions. REFRESHING RETREATS Enjoy water thrills on Lake Havasu. 92 Arizona 2014 Official State Visitor's Guide Water parks provide cool respites from warm temperatures. Waylon's Water World (Yuma) opens its slides, tubes and lazy river from March through November. Lake Havasu City's indoor Aquatic Center is equipped with a wave pool, slide and kids' splash park for play year-round, and the BlueWater Resort & Casino in Parker keeps guests splashing with its two-story indoor water slide. The Colorado River and the manmade lakes Mohave, Mead and Havasu created by dams along the watercourse are open all year for houseboating, fishing, waterskiing, swimming, wakeboarding and riding on motorized and non-motorized watercraft. Hualapai River Runners leads one-day whitewater rafting trips from March to October in the far less crowded western end of the Grand Canyon. Tubing companies in

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide

2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Arizona State Map
Contents
Tribal Land Adventures
The Margarita Menu
The Skies Have It
Presidential Arizona
A State of Culture
Statewide Calendar of Events
Phoenix & Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
• Golf Courses
Tucson & Southern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
• Accommodations
Northern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• RV Parks
• Accommodations
Arizona’s West Coast
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
North Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
Arizona Visitor Centers
Smart Traveler
Arizona Mileage Ironwood Map

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