See Video, Photos & Hike Scottsdale’s Jane Rau Trail
February 14, 2017 Easy, Scenic Trail for All Ages and Ability Levels The Jane Rau Trail is located at the Brown’s Ranch Trailhead area of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in north Scottsdale, Arizona. The trail starts just east of the amphitheater. It’s a half-mile loop trail through a saguaro-studded, boulder-strewn area. The trail is wide, flat and has interpretive signs and shaded benches. The trail was designed for...
Arizona Wild Beauty: Patch’s First Steps Video
By Laurel Strohmeyer Prologue Welcome to the second installment of our our Arizona Wild Beauty…series, an intimate journey into the lives of an Arizona Wild Horse family. The first installment is entitled Arizona Wild Beauty: First Encounter. Photographer/videographer Laurel Strohmeyer has spent the past four years studying many of the bands of wild horses along our Arizona rivers, but one family in particular captured her heart and...
Photos: The Great Horned Owls Behind Our Scottsdale Home
January 2017 By Bob & Roxie Pastore To The Peak, We live in north Scottsdale near Happy Valley Road. We live in a relatively quiet neighborhood. There are no homes behind ours. There is an outcropping of rocks that gives these owls a place that is secluded and mostly safe. We have lived here for nine years. These owls return every year. The male and female owls start nesting in February. The male is ever-present while...
The Peak: Happy Valentine’s Day. It’s a holiday!
From A Peek at the Peak, February 1991 VALENTINE’S DAY A HOLIDAY Valentine’s Day is a state holiday in Arizona. Not because Arizonans are exceptional lovers (most think they are), but because the territory of Arizona was admitted to statehood on Feb. 14, 1912. Moving pictures were made of President William Howard Taft signing the statehood bill. It was the first time a moving-picture record was made of a White House event....
Scottsdale Update Newsletter, Thursday, Feb. 9
Thursday, Feb. 9 HEADLINES Waste Management Phoenix Open sees record crowds. Throughout the week, 655,434 people headed to the Tournament Players Club of Scottsdale, besting last year’s previous record of 618,365. The event also beat its record for Saturday attendance. This year, 204,906 people were on hand. The tournament generates more than $9 million annually for Arizona charities. Police Chief Alan Rodbell named Arizona’s Chief...
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