From Phoenix, Arizona to Tucson, Arizona

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Expected Date of Travel: Friday April 13, 2001

Departing from: Phoenix, Arizona

Arriving at: Tucson, Arizona

Expected Mileage: 139.4 miles or 224.5 kilometers traveled in 3 hours 50 minutes. Planned route of travel is 26% on Interstate Highway, 10% on non-Interstate highways, 64% on state highways or minor roads and 0% on city streets. (Travel time does not include gas stops, food stops or any sightseeing).

Average Rate of Travel: 36.4 miles per hour or 58.6 ilometers per hour

Route Overview:

Depart Phoenix southbound on Interstate 17 and then eastbuond on Interstate 10 finally onto US Route 60.

I will stay on US Route 60 passing Apache Junction. At about this point the Rand McNally indicates that we are on a scenic stretch.

We turn off of US Route 60 onto Arizona Route 79.

At Oracle Junction Arizona Route 79 joins Arizona Route 77.

Arrive Tucson.

Comments

This is one of the shorter segments of this ride. Partly to allow me to linger in Phoenix, take my time poking around in the foothills and also do some sightseeing in Tucson.

Time for some sight seeing in and about Tucson. Dinner with a friend as well.

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State of Arizona CalTrans Highway Information Page

Historical Weather Data	Record Low	Average Low	Mean	Average High	Record High	Precip
Phoenix, AZ ()	39F	48F	66F	83F	96F	None
Florence AZ ()	32F	47F	65F	83F	103F	Low
Tucson AZ ()	32F	51F	67F	81F	97F	Low

Source: www.weather.com look for the Records and Averages area of the site.

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Phoenix Art Museum may be worth a look. Of particular note for the future is a 2002 Dale Chihuly installation.

Fodors Phoenix Page

AZ.gay, information for gays and lesbians in Arizona.

Today we pass through Florence Arizona . OK so Sedona had some wacky entries, but this one is interesting way. And you really have to ask, particularly in light of George W's ascension to the Presidency, to whom was this visit compassionate? Observation: Compassionate will pass out of popular usage by mid-2001.

Here we have a mainstream web-reference to Florence.

Biosphere 2 is located at Oracle, slightly off today's route.

AZcentral.com is a good resource for information about central Arizona. My favorite link within is under travel and outdoors and look for the great drives section. The suggestion for Back Road to Tucson is the fun part of today's ride.

Saguaro National Park office National Park Services website

One of the great heritage items left by the Spanish colonialism of the Southwest are the missions. San Xavier del Bac is the oldest Spanish mission in the United States and if not the most handsome definitely it is one of the best.

What about a trip down missile memory lane: Titan II Missile Museum.

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