Arizona is about to open its first new state park in eight years. Rockin' River Ranch State Park will open in February 2024 on 209 acres of former ranch land in Camp Verde in central Arizona. The land ...
I stood on the banks of the Verde River amid a grove of cottonwood trees. The river ran fat and sassy, fueled by a recent winter storm, and the water swept by in a gurgling whoosh, like a ghost train.