Episode 43: Celebrating Arizona Lisa leads a tour of the Rillito River during a flood before Julie returns to the rich winter grass of her childhood home. Mug: Dunkin' Donuts From Chief Yellowhorse Lives On! by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger When it rains, they run.    Arizona’s rivers and washes soar to life after a rainstorm like someone added water to concentrated crystals to create mega-mondo floods.  Not just water casually filling the dry washes and low, dusty riverbeds.  Not

Episode 42: Celebrating AZ Guests Jethro Toth and Lindsay Schnebly were disc jockeys in Tucson radio years before they ascended in the podcast universe, and, between episodes of The Shallow End, dropped in to talk about that and memories of Tucson. Mug: No readings on this show

Episode 41: Celebrating AZ Lisa describes her mother getting a gift in Winslow from her mother in Heaven before Julie takes us to a special parade of children being angels in Tucson. Mug: Standin' on the Corner, Winslow, AZ From “Feathers Brush My Heart” By Lee Schnebly Read by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger One night when he was hospitalized with pneumonia, I dreamed of Mama.  I saw her dressed in a beautiful lilac dress with a cowl neck, like she sewed for herself many times. She

Episode 40: Celebrating AZ Julie takes us to the White Dove in the Desert, San Xavier del Bac, and explores the power of prayers tied to candles; Lisa goes back in time to watch her father and a friend get a fright by going where they didn’t belong at Canyon de Chelly. Mug: Cliff Dwellers Lodge "Canyon de Chelly" From Arizona: 100 Years Grand by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger   Talk about melding cultures. Canyon de Chelly occupies a unique status.  Create as a National Monument I 1

Episode 39: Celebrating Arizona Julie visits a solitary remnant of pioneer life in the Arizona desert thinking about who came before, then Lisa visits a Prescott haunted hotel, and in return may have gotten a visitor who wasn’t really there. Mug: Prescott Frontier Days   She Never Checked Out (Abbie Hotel Vendome) From Chief Yellowhorse Loves On! by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger   “An earlier owner described to me some of the actions the staff attributed to Abbie.  The call bell be

Episode 38: Celebrating AZ Special guest Teresa Welborn hits Arizona roads with a deep bench of stories as ADOT deputy director, as well as stories about one of her favorite podcasts. Mug: Arizona Inn From Grand Canyon first draft for Arizona Daily Star, August 2025 by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger   Silding down the waterfall at Shinamo was even more fun with daughter Sedona.  Her tent was near the one Teresa Welborn and I shared (although Teresa would want to make sure all her Ar

Episode 37: Celebrating AZ Julie doubles back to a Jimmy Buffet concert because he’s the prompt for the best poem ever, then Lisa learns...

Episode 36: Celebrating AZ First Lisa takes us back in time in early Tucson to see if Civil War ever stages a chapter here; then Julie...

Episode 35 Celebrating AZ Julie introduces us to her favorite aspects of Lockett Meadow, and then Lisa takes us back 30 years and through...

Episode 34: Celebrating AZ Julie introduces us to “Arizona’s Best Export,” Make-A-Wish, then Lisa takes us on Schnebly Hill Road in a way...

Episode 33: Celebrating AZ First guest interview with announcer Dana Cooper about the trip of a lifetime down the Colorado River through...

Episode 32: Celebrating AZ Lisa recalls a trip on the Verde Canyon Railway, the Julie drops into Liberty Wildlife in South Phoenix. Mug:...

Episode 31: Celebrating AZ Julie drops us in on a round-the-clock truck stop haven, then Lisa takes us to Canyon de Chelly and other...

Celebrating AZ: Episode 30 First Julie shares an unforgettable night sky at the Higley landing strip, then Lisa takes us to Hart Prairie...

Episode 29: Celebrating Arizona Lisa walks us through the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott before Julie shares her reaction to watching...

Episode 28: Celebrating AZ Julie and Lisa revisit their road trip to the South Rim in the Arizona Friendtrips book with stories not...

Episode 27: Celebrating Arizona Julie takes us back to the Salt River flood of 1980, then Lisa up to a trading post run by a...

Episode 26: Celebrating AZ Julie explores a canyon next to her favorite in Tucson, then Lisa travels over Mingus Mountain to remember her...

Episode 25: Celebrating AZ Lisa makes a stop at Picacho Peak she thought she’d never enjoy, but did, then Julie shares friendship and...

Episode 24: Celebrating AZ Lisa turns a gas stop into a mid-trip happy place, with a throwback rest story for dessert, and Julie gives us...