There was an Outdoor Expo advertised on the TV that was being held for two days at the Game and Fish location and the Ben Avery Shooting facility off of Carefree Highway not too far from us. We decided to check it out and get some exercise while walking around the Expo. It was free admission, and was a fun activity for us.
We arrived at the Expo at around 10:30 and there was traffic backed up in both directions at the entrance:
This is the first time that we have been back into this area off the highway and were initially surprised at the size of this complex. The parking lot was filling up and there were already hundreds, maybe thousands, of people going into this event:
There was everything from desert fauna to animals and birds and we got some pictures of them, including this one of a turtle:
He could care less about all the attention he was getting from the crowd.
They had tents for just about every outdoor activity you can imagine, and there were boats, fishing demonstrations and even shooting opportunities on the ranges at the Ben Avery Shooting Range that was part of this Expo area. There were also food courts where you could buy everything from dogs and brats to ice cream and kettle corn. We stopped at one of these and had some lunch:
It was a perfect day and a good decision to go. We picked up lots of information on locations within Arizona that we wanted to explore, including detailed information on the Arizona Trail that goes from The Mexican border to the south, and to Utah in the north.
As were leaving the Expo at around 1 PM, we got a shot of all the tents and the area that we could see from the Carefree Highway:
It made for a fun activity on a beautiful day. We would like to squeeze in more activities like this one before we leave in May...
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