Phoenix, Arizona: The Valley of the Sun. 🌵

Routinely ranked as the hottest city in the United States - during the summertime - Phoenix, Arizona definitely lives up to its claim to fame. It's the state's capital and largest city, with approximately 4.85 million people calling the Valley of the Sun home. Aside from Phoenix, there are numerous surrounding suburb cities, including Tempe, …

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Tom’s Thumb Trail at the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy.

Located in the McDowell Mountains in the upper Sonoran Desert, right outside of Scottsdale, Arizona, sits the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy; an independent, nonprofit conservation. Created in 1991, it’s a massive area of around 30,580-acres, making it the largest urban preserve in the entire United States. The conservancy was birthed in 1990 by 13 preservationists and …

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