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Shelly Spence

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Joseph J. Airdo

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Meaghan Mitchell

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Francine Coles

Rebecca L. Rhoades

Shannon Severson

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According to a recent online survey, nearly 85% of Americans intend to travel this summer. In fact, 100 million of them are planning to embark on a road trip of at least 250 miles.

A separate study found that Arizona — with its five National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads that offer archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic qualities — is home to the absolute best road trips of any state in the entire U.S.

In celebration of that, we have designed this special summer edition of Images Arizona as the ultimate guide to the many amazing drives and destinations around our spectacular state. It is our hope that these pages inspire you to explore Arizona in ways that you may have not considered before.

Summer is all about having fun and making memories with friends and family; and I cannot think of a better or more exciting way to do that than to hit the road in search of adventure — especially here in Arizona, where there is a seemingly endless variety of fascinating, beautiful and truly remarkable things to see and experience.

Whether you head out with a particular destination in mind or decide to simply get behind the wheel and see where the road takes you, remember to take plenty of pictures of what you find and send them to images@imagesaz.com or tag #imagesaz on Instagram for possible publication in an upcoming issue of Images Arizona.

Travel safe!

Shelly Spence

Publisher, Images Arizona magazine shelly@imagesaz.com

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“About seven miles down the dirt road, we were greeted with incredible wildflowers,” Dusel says. “We parked our car, crossed the road and wandered up a wash into the scene captured in this photograph. In celebration, we drove to Horseshoe Lake, uncorked a bottle of wine and witnessed a bald eagle soaring over the reservoir.” instagram.com/tom_dusel

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