Where to Start
The Arizona Office of Tourism site,
https://www.visitarizona.com/, leads
you to many corners of the state in its online guide and events calendar. Although based in the Phoenix area, the Arizona Republic site,
https://www.azcentral.com/, has excellent
statewide coverage of news, weather, sports, business, entertainment, and travel.
Arizona Highways at https://www.arizonahighways.com/
offers some of the same beautiful photos, travel information, hike descriptions,
and entertaining stories found in its magazine pages. If you’re interested in learning
about the desert, check DesertUSA at https://www.desertusa.com/
for information on places to visit and the plants and animals you might meet there.
South-Central Arizona
Visit Phoenix at
https://www.visitphoenix.com/ offers
extensive information on sights, events, and services in and around Arizona’s largest
city.
Southern Arizona
Visit Tucson at
https://www.visittucson.org/ has the
latest on travel in and around the ‘Old Pueblo.’
Grand Canyon and North-Central
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park has so many things to see and do that it’s
well worth visiting the official site,
https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm.
The unofficial Grand Canyon Explorer is a good source at
www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/. The commercial sites
https://grandcanyon.com/ and
https://www.thecanyon.com/ and
https://www.allgrandcanyon.com/ offer
an introduction to the park and links to Grand Canyon hotels, tours, and surrounding
towns. Over at Page and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area,
https://www.visitpageaz.com/
lets you know about things to do in town and out on Lake Powell. In north-central
Arizona, the Flagstaff Flagstaff Visitor Center,
https://www.flagstaffarizona.org/
will fill you in on the sights and services there. Sedona Visitor Information Center
at https://visitsedona.com/ takes you to
the magical Red Rock Country south of Flagstaff.
My dad, Gordon Weir, tells his story of flying in WW II as a navigator in B-17s and B-24s.
Could there be TWO travelers named ‘William Weir’ who are both cyclists and filled with wanderlust? Yes, the other is Willie Weir and he has tales to tell.
Cyclist Peter Gostelow has ridden an incredibly adventurous ride across Asia in A Long Ride Home. He tells some great stories illustrated by awesome photos. We met in the southeastern corner of China in March 2006. Since then he has cycled extensively in Africa and beyond.
English cyclists Colin Champion and Tracy Maund describe their 2003 bicycle ride of Lahaul, Spiti, and Kinnaur on which we met twice. They have also ridden many other challenging routes, including to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh in 2009.
Moon Travel Guides has titles and articles by my fellow authors.
Veteran author David Stanley takes you to many exotic places. He has seen every country in the world!
Michael Buckley is especially fond of Tibetan culture and has written the Bradt Tibet guidebook and produced documentaries about the region.
Visit the Thailand author Joe Cummings, whom the Leonard DiCaprio’s character in The Beach threatened to ‘punch his lights out’!
Julian Smith writes about many things, including science and travel.
Joshua Berman ‘The Tranquilo Traveler’ writes about Latin America, his native Colorado, and round-the-world adventures.
Erin Van Rheenen’s writings describe her world travels including Costa Rica.
Ready to hit the open road? Then swing by Jamie Jensen’s Road Trip USA.
Travel the world with advice from Edward Hasbrouck’s The Practical Nomad.
Senior Citizens will find an online magazine Travel With a Challenge just for them at Alison Gardner’s site.