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ROAD TRIPS

Arizona the Way It Was

History runs deep in Southeast Arizona, but you don't have to dig to find it
By Laurie Kuntz, February 2004 issue |

Lodging

  • Shady Dell 1 Douglas Rd., 520/432-3567, theshadydell.com, $35-$75

    • Food

  • Longhorn Restaurant 501 E. Allen St., 520/457-3405, burger $6

  • Harlequin Restaurant 1 Howell Ave., 520/432-1832, entrée $16.95

    • Attractions

  • Queen Mine Tours off Hwy. 80, 866/432-2071, $13

  • Bisbee Mining Museum Copper Queen Plaza, 520/432-7071, $4

  • John & Sandy's Rattlesnake Crafts Gleeson Rd., 520/642-9207

    • Day three

    We're off after a late breakfast at Dot's Diner--a 1957, 10-stool wonder, itself worth a trip to the Shady Dell. By late morning we're in Patagonia, another boom-and-bust mining town that has found new life as a mecca for tourists and weekenders from Tucson.

    The Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve has over two miles of trail paralleling Sonoita Creek. It's a nice, flat walk under a canopy of trees--a bird-watcher's paradise. More than 300 species have been identified here.

    Note: This story was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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