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In September my parents came over from Sweden to visit us in Arizona. The first few days we showed them around the area, looked at the views from Dobbins Lookout on South Mountain, did some shopping at the Chandler Mall, had drinks at the Hyatt in downtown Phoenix and drove the Apache Trail.<\/p>\n

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Apache Trail<\/span><\/div>\n

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Goldfield Ghost town along the Apache Trail <\/span><\/div>\n
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As usual the weather was sunny and a bit warmer than we had expected at this time of year. It has been around 40 degrees Celsius in Phoenix during this time. My parents had not ever experienced that kind of heat which required some getting used to.<\/p><\/div>\n


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After the sight seeing in the Phoenix area we did a 5 day tour featuring Prescott \/ Sedona, Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Lake Havasu. It was a fair way to go and we had to spend quite a lot of time in the car. But it was a nice trip with a good mix of things to do. We did some hiking, shopping and sight seeing.<\/p>\n

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Grand Canyon<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the Narrows in Zi<\/span>on National park<\/span>

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My parents at Luxor <\/span><\/div>\n

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The Elvis fan<\/span><\/div>\n

When we got back to Phoenix we had a rest day where we slept in and just went shopping in Scottsdale. In the evening we had a barbecue at the pool.<\/p>\n

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Tombstone down town<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The last outing was a day trip down to Tombstone where we walked around the historic little down town, ate at one of the old saloons and watched the Shoot out show at OK Corral, featuring Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday.<\/p>\n

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At Crystal Palace where we had lunch<\/span><\/div>\n
Thanks for visiting. We had a great time!<\/div>\n
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