Live life to the fullest extent. There are only so many summers. ~Anonymous
I have a subscription to Arizona Highways magazine which has wonderful photography and articles promoting all things Arizona. The current issue, May 2009, has an article “A Better View” by Keridwen Cornelius which I found extremely interesting. Cornelius describes her experiences during a six day Southwest Circle Helicopter Adventure from Flying M Air owned and operated by Maria Langer.
The tour starts at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and terminates in Sedona for the first leg. The remaining legs are Sedona to the Grand Canyon, the Grand Canyon to Lake Powell (Page, AZ), Lake Powell to Monument Valley, Monument Valley to Flagstaff and Finally from Flagstaff back to Phoenix. At each stop Cornelius has time to take local tours of interest, sight see, take photographs and relax with the local people. Not only is she able to cover a lot of ground traveling by helicopter, she also gets a very unique view and perspective of the land that you can’t get at ground level. In fact some things can’t be accessed by ground transportation. I would love to see Monument Valley but a chance to see it from the air would be the icing on the cake.
Monument Valley photo courtesy Maria Langer
I highly recommend this article to anyone that has a desire to travel, have unique photo opportunities and have a lot of fun doing it. If you don’t have easy access to the magazine and are interested in this subject Maria Langer has a blog, An Eclectic Mind , in which she is currently writing and posting photos about a six day tour that is in progress. Today will be the fifth leg of the tour which will wrap up tomorrow. I have enjoyed following Maria and her passengers on this trip around Arizona. My bucket list now has a new entry that I hope I get to check off in the near future.
Lettin’ out the clutch, steppin’ on the gas and movin’ a bit further down the highway.
Thanks for the plug. Hope to finish writing up this trip this weekend.
I grew up traveling between Texas and California every summer from 1950 to 1969 with a couple of exceptions. We traveled the northern route (route 66), the middle route, the southern route and sometimes a mixture of the routes so I have seen a lot of the Southwest. It just feels comfy like a favorite pair of jeans and I look forward to more travel through that area in the future. It was my pleasure to write the post in hopes that others will discover the beauty of the Southwest.