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August 18, 2004 By: Betty Ramsey Passport Destination: Phoenix Packing Round 1. All of these facts are true of Phoenix except SEAT OF PIMA COUNTY . 2. Phoenix and its adjoining communities are nicknamed the VALLEY OF THE SUN . 3 Phoenix is named after a mythical BIRD . 4. The Heard Museum in central Phoenix specializes in NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE . 5. Phoenix SKY HARBOR International Airport is a major western hub. 6. People who spend their winters in the Valley of the Sun are nicknamed SNOWBIRDS . Picture: open air plaza with canopy Departure Round 1. The Matador Restaurant serves this soup, said to be a certain cure for hangovers. MENUDO 2. Cotton Fitzsimmons, former coach of the Phoenix SUNS , died on July 24. 3. Ray Liotta stars as a Phoenix COP and gambling addict in the 1998 movie "Phoenix". 4. Phoenix sits alongside the SALT River, a major source of irrigation. 5. All of these baseball teams hold their spring training in the Phoenix area except for the CLEVELAND INDIANS . Picture: round building On Tour 1. The building of this Army fort in the mid-1860's led to the town`s 1870 birth. FORT MCDOWELL 2 Rosson House and the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum are located in HERITAGE Square. 3. The best time to visit the Desert Botanical Gardens is blooming season in MARCH-APRIL . 4. Scottsdale vies with Santa Fe, NM, as a/an ARTS center. 5. Tempe is home to this largest institute of higher learning in the southwest. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 6. The large Arizona SCIENCE Complex adjoins Heritage Square in central Phoenix. 7. The 2000-foot-long Desert Storm Roller Coaster is a highlight at this amusement park. CASTLES `N COASTERS Picture: mountain 8. This re-created western town just north of Scottsdale is fun for young and old. RAWHIDE 9. Central Phoenix boasts all of these museums except ROUTE 66 MUSEUM . 10. The "Hall of Flame" opposite Papago Park features exhibits centered on FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT . 11. This Salt River activity draws crowds from mid-April through September. TUBING 12. Heard Museum is well known for its exhibit of KACHINA Dolls. Bonus Question One This interesting edifice was built between 1927 and 1945 by Boyce Luther Gulley. MYSTERY CASTLE Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Arizona is Phoenix found? Area 4 Picture: stone house Slide Show 1. This landmark square is a product of 1990's development efforts in downtown Phoenix. COPPER SQUARE 2. Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University is this architects last building. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 3. Picture-postcard CAMLEBACK Mountain is a backdrop to downtown Phoenix. 4. This place where architect Frank Lloyd Wright lived and taught is a valley landmark. TALIESIN WEST Clues for next destination: North Sea access The Hague Amsterdam |