http://www.getoutaz.com/section/ Get Out - Travel © Copyright East Valley Tribune 2008. All Rights Reserved. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss 05/17/08, 17 50 2008 03:%i:1211021414 %O http://www.getoutaz.com/ web@aztrib.com http://www.getoutaz.com/images/go_masthead_tiny.jpg http://www.getoutaz.com/ 88 33 Get Out: Travel http://www.getoutaz.com/story/3008 http://www.getoutaz.com/story/2899 We've all seen the bumper sticker that says "A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work," so as the weather begins to cool off, it's time to play hooky from the daily grind and put that axiom to the test. Here are the best fishing spots within a short drive of the Valley. http://www.getoutaz.com/story/2248 Solange Whitehead swore she'd never do it again. She flipped over the handlebars of her bike during last year's Whiskey Off-Road, an endurance mountain bike race in the Prescott National Forest. Whitehead endured the 25-mile ride, which featured an punishing uphill climb and an extremely intense downhill. http://www.getoutaz.com/story/2122 Even those of us who believe that regular viewings of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" are necessary to a full and profound understanding of human life might feel wary of Eric Idle's musical stage adaptation, "Monty Python's Spamalot." The idea of watching lesser actors work through the unforgettable routines of the 1975 Arthurian spoof could give rise to grim visions of a new "Beatlemania." http://www.getoutaz.com/story/2029 The town that gave us Wonder Woman (actress Lynda Carter) and the first female governor of Arizona (Rose Mofford) rarely gets more than a passing mention in travel guides. http://www.getoutaz.com/story/1399 It's a certain kind of Arizona heresy to admit, but Western history doesn't do anything for me. I didn't grow up in the shadow of John Wayne movies or harbor secret "Lone Ranger" fantasies. There's no room for cowboys and Indians in a game of laser tag. When the wee me played dress-up, it was sliding a tennis racket cover on my head and pretending I was a Conehead. You know, from "Saturday Night Live." http://www.getoutaz.com/story/546 I love pie, everything about it, and so, years ago, when I got into a lengthy discussion of the joys of the tasty pastry with a former co-worker, he told me of a little place, the Rock Springs Cafe, located in the desert off Interstate 17 on the way to Prescott, that had the best pies he'd ever had.