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I Learned How to Sleep on Vacation
There’s an art to relaxation. And napping is a skill.
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Coolest Job Ever: I Am a Tequila Goddess
One person who will definitely be working hard this New Year’s Eve is Katie Schnurr, the new “tequila goddess” at the Fairmont Scottsdale’s La Hacienda restaurant.
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Officials Monitoring Rodents for the Plague at Grand Canyon
Prairie dogs can have the plague. Summertime in Arizona’s higher terrain means an increased risk of residents and tourists coming into contact with rodents that carry the plague. Health officials spend the warmer months monitoring squirrels, mice and prairie dogs for the rare but sometimes fatal disease.
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#Daydream: Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona
We know how it is. You’re stuck at your desk and the day seems to be going on forever. Your mind starts to wander — at first to “anywhere but here,” but then to exotic, faraway lands where your everyday problems and stress melt in the presence of true paradise. You want to go to there, and we want to go with you. Every day at 3 p.m. Eastern, we’ll send you a picture of the place we at Yahoo Travel are daydreaming about so we can all take that mental vacation together. Let’s go to…
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Tribal Encounters: Best Places to Travel to Experience Native American Culture
Encompassing large tracts of northeast Arizona, and pieces of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, Navajo Nation is a must-visit destination not only for the cultural experience, but for the spectacular scenery.
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A Mall in the Grand Canyon? Activists Trying to Stop Billion-Dollar Development
It almost sounds like a joke — a mall in the Grand Canyon? Called the Grand Canyon Escalade, the developers refer to the project as a “tourism destination development” that will include shopping, an IMAX theater, multiple hotels, and an RV park. An action group called Sum Of Us is having none of it and has started an online petition to fight the development, which has reached 90,000 supporters — 10,000 people away from its 100,000 goal.
