Nature drawing for Tiny Tots at Flagstaff's Montoya Center

Desert Cottontail by Zack

This week a new session of "nature drawing for tiny tots" kicks off at the Joe C Montoya Community Center (245 N. Thorpe Rd). The classes aimed at kiddos 3 to 6 years old start this Thursday Feb 2, then repeat Feb 9th and 23rd - all from 10-11am. Cost is $10 per class. Wildlife artist and naturalist Zack Zdinak leads the courses. You can per-register or just walk in. More info at lifedraw.com/education.

Free Family Fun: Centennial Skate Celebration in Flagstaff

Arizona marks its 100th year of statehood on February 14, 2012. To celebrate, Jay Lively Ice Center is having a free ice skating celebration session. On Feb. 14th, from 2:30-4pm, everyone can go ice skating for free and get free skate rentals. Plus they'll have cake and hot cocoa!

Verde Canyon Railroad named "Best Railroad of the West"

Verde Canyon Railroad, about an hour south of Flagstaff, has been named the best railroad of the west by True West Magazine.This is a fun ride for kids of all ages to enjoy a quick choo choo trip (there are even special holiday trips available).
True West says about the VCR:
This 20-mile ride is not only majestic, with its spectacular earthy canyons, Indian ruins and Bald Eagle sightings on the river side, it is also extremely viewer friendly, with its open gondola cars. Plus, you get to see remnants of Perkinsville, featured in How the West Was Won (which you can now watch in its remastered Blu-ray glory). Our residential train expert, Jim Clark, cites the Verde Canyon Railroad in Clarkdale, Arizona, as a “well run railroad” with “well maintained rolling stock and streamliner locomotives.”
True West Magazine also let readers vote on their favorite railroad of the west. The winner was the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Durango, CO.