Nonetheless, we can accommodate you. Traditionalists can use the municipal pool or heated pools in local resorts and spas, while the more adventurous will enjoy getting wet and rock sliding in Oak Creek Canyon's Slide Rock State Park. Expect to encounter nature lovers, yuppies, hippies, mountain men, hard scrabble types, people in varying stages of dress and undress, exhibitionists, nudists, gun lovers, and the well tattooed. Stocked ponds virtually guarantee a catch which can then be grilled for dinner. Perhaps you'd like to hike to a large arch in a quiet canyon or visit Native American petroglyphs or pictographs.
Guidebooks provide particulars for a hundred hikes.
A nice way to begin is with the two hour hike around Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock which begins one-half mile from The Penrose. Bikes can be rented nearby. Be a Hawg for a day. Combination trips use jeeps to get to and from back country horseback riding areas. The air's there.