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www.cottageplace.com). Classes here are quite broad in scope (Mediterranean, smoking
and grilling, seafood), cost $50, and last 3
1
/
2
hours.
VOLUNTEER & WORKING TRIPS
Sierra Club Outings
(
&
415/977-5522;
www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/service.
asp) organizes working vacations all over the world, with some work to the Southwest.
The Sierra Club also offers hiking, camping, and other adventure trips to various destina-
tions in Arizona.
Global Citizens Network
offers volunteer vacations to worldwide
destinations as well, including, at times, to the Southwest. To check their schedule, con-
tact (
&
800/644-9292;
www.globalcitizens.org).
You can also join a work crew organized by the
Arizona Trail Association
(
&
602/
252-4794;
www.aztrail.org). These crews spend 1 to 2 days building and maintaining
various portions of the Arizona Trail, which will eventually stretch from the Utah state
line to the Mexico border.
Another type of service trip is offered by the National Park Service. It accepts volun-
teers to pick up garbage left by thoughtless visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation
Area. In exchange for picking up trash, you'll get to spend 5 or 7 days on a houseboat
called the Trash Tracker, cruising through the gorgeous canyonlands of Lake Powell,
Arizona. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and in good physical condition, and
must provide their own food, sleeping bag, and transportation to the marina. For infor-
mation, contact
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area,
Attn: Trash Tracker, P.O. Box
1507, Page, AZ 86040 (
&
928/608-6350;
www.nps.gov/glca/supportyourpark/trash
tracker.htm).
Finally, if you're interested in architecture or the ecology of urban design, you may
want to help out on the continued construction of
Arcosanti,
the slow realization of
Paolo Soleri's dream of a city that merges architecture and ecology. Located 70 miles
north of Phoenix, Arcosanti offers 5-week learning-by-doing workshops ($1,350 per
person) and 1-week seminars ($485 per person). Contact Arcosanti Workshop Coordina-
tor (
&
928/632-6233;
www.arcosanti.org).
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ESCORTED GENERAL
INTEREST TOURS
Some reliable tours for those with broader interests include
Gray Line Tours Phoenix
(
&
800/777-3484
or 602/437-3484; www.graylinephoenix.com), which offers a 3-day
tour to the Grand Canyon by way of Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon.
Maupintour
(
&
800/255-4266;
www.maupintour.com), one of the largest tour operators in the
world, offers an 8-day Arizona itinerary that covers the Grand Canyon, the Four Corners
region, Phoenix, and Scottsdale.
Open Road Tours
(
&
800/766-7117;
www.openroad
tours.com) offers a variety of 2- to 5-day tours around Arizona. Most of these focus on
the Grand Canyon.
Detours
(
&
866/438-6877;
www.detoursaz.com) specializes in small-group tours
throughout Arizona and other parts of the Southwest. One of its tours,
Hillerman
Country,
is a 5-day journey through northern Arizona with a focus on spots that have
been mentioned in Tony Hillerman novels about Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee
and Joe Leaphorn.
The British tour company
Trek America
(
&
800/TREK-USA
[873-5872]; www.
trekamerica.com) specializes in off-the-beaten-path, small-group adventure travel and
