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Adventure rating: 10

Get your party on …


Puerto Penasco, Son. (aka Rocky Point)

This small town has big fun to offer and has become one of Mexico’s newest tourist sensations.

A spring breaker’s paradise, Puerto Penasco offers luxurious resorts and hotels, beautiful golf courses and some of the finest seafood around.

Directions: Take Interstate-8 east to Gila Bend, head south on Highway 85 to U.S.-Mexico border. Take Mexican Highway 8 to Puerto Penasco.


Adventure rating: 5

Walk the dog …

Smucker Park

The park offers playground equipment, picnic areas, fitness equipment, a walking path and ramadas.

Directions: Off Avenue A and 28th Street, east of Kofa High School.

Adventure rating: 6



Get a history lesson …

Yuma Historical Society/Sanguinetti House Museum

The former Century House is one of Yuma's oldest buildings. Once the home of pioneer merchant E.F. Sanguinetti, the museum now exhibits artifacts, photographs and furnishings from Arizona's territorial period.

The museum's Adobe Annex houses a gift shop and research library. Colorful gardens and aviaries with exotic and talking birds are maintained as they were at the turn of the century.

For information on membership, call Karen Roberts at 782-1841. For more information about the museum, call 782-1841.

Fees: Adults are $3; seniors over 60 years of age are $2; youth ages 12-18 are $2, and children under 12 are free. All members of the Historical Societies are free.

Memberships are $40 per year and gives each member free entry into all Arizona historical society parks. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Directions: Take 4th Avenue north, head east on Giss Parkway, and north on Madison Avenue.