70 Years Later: An Arizona Excursion

A Curiously Literary Journey Through the Grand Canyon State

70 Years Later: An Arizona Excursion

Last June, I hit the road with my good friend Chandler Fritz for a roving 1,200-mile loop across Arizona, producing a travel story for PHOENIX Magazine. In just five days, we collected more stories and photographs than any editor could reasonably stomach. Here are a few of favorites from the trip.

Copper Mine - Morenci, Arizona

Dinosaurs - Holbrook, Arizona

Gas Pump - Three Way, Arizona

Vacant Motel - Toltec, Arizona

U.S. Route 80 Southbound

Butterfly Specimens - Grand Canyon Museum Collection

Cattle - Portal, Arizona

Ted Troller - Portal, Arizona

Derelict Strip Mall - Casa Grande, Arizona

Distribution Center - Casa Grande, Arizona

Conveyor Belt - Morenci, Arizona

Broken Windshield - Holbrook, Arizona

Man With Chair - Alpine, Arizona

Wigwam Motel - Holbrook, Arizona

Raul Campos - Eagar, Arizona

Kolb Studio - Grand Canyon National Park

Ted in the Barn - Portal, Arizona

Nabokov Home - Portal, Arizona

Hummingbird Feeder - Portal, Arizona

Bright Angel Trail - Grand Canyon National Park

Oak Creek, Arizona

Woman Midair - Oak Creek, Arizona

Bob Kittredge - Oak Creek, Arizona

Soaptree Yucca - Portal, Arizona

U.S. Route 191 Northbound