Word: arizona
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Just as we were setting out on the family vacation, the reality of what I'd done began to hit me. Six months earlier, in a burst of frustration over a long winter in New Jersey, I'd booked a houseboat on a lake somewhere in the Arizona wilderness. My cousin had taken a similar vacation and raved about it. Up to then, my nautical experience consisted of rowing a 12-ft. boat in New York City's Central Park. Awaiting us in Arizona, though, was not a modest little craft. Nope, I'd be piloting...
Vacationing by houseboat was largely unheard of 30 years ago. But in the past decade, houseboat rentals have surged to the point where reservations are often booked a year in advance. At our destination of Lake Powell--a serpentine waterway straddling Arizona and Utah--fewer than two dozen houseboats were available for rent 30 years ago; today there are 400. One reason for their popularity is that houseboating offers a novel way to see some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. Plus, houseboats offer family and friends an opportunity to be under way while under one roof...
...archaeologists because it submerged ancient homes, wall writings and burial grounds of the ancient Puebloans. It took 17 years for the Colorado River and other tributaries to fill the gorges and turn Lake Powell into the nation's second largest man-made lake. (Only Lake Mead, which borders Arizona and Nevada, is bigger...
KIDS LOVE: The exhibit "We Are! Arizona's First People," which focuses on the 21 federally recognized Indian communities in Arizona. Activities in-clude making a fabric- scrap doll and creating a section of a cape necklace as well as fashioning a paper canoe...
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES: "Cradles, Corn and Lizards," an interactive experience that lets you explore the cultures, landscape and wildlife of Arizona. "We don't call it a kids' gallery," says Gina Laczko, educational-services manager, "but the hands-on gallery." If your kids are older, Laczko suggests a guided tour of the Native Peoples of the Southwest Gallery. Through February, you can get physical with a sculpture exhibit that's 100% touchable. www.heard.org...