Canyon & Campfire

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Tag: Arizona camping

  • October Isn’t One Camping Season in Arizona

    “Three Arizona camping scenes show cactus desert, juniper grassland, and high-country forest beneath the article title.”

    You load the car in a T-shirt. A few hours later, you are standing beside a picnic table, wishing the clothes you packed matched the place you drove to.

    October camping in Arizona can mean a desert afternoon that still calls for shade, a cool evening in red-rock country, or a high-country night that requires serious cold-weather preparation. The month alone tells you very little about the weekend ahead.

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