Upcoming Event: SalsaFest 2008
Salsa music, hot salsa, hot air balloons…It’ll be an alliteration of good times this coming September in southeastern Arizona. Plan now to visit Safford (170 miles southeast of Phoenix, via the Old West Highway) in Graham County the weekend beginning Friday, Sept. 26, or you’ll miss out on the 2nd Annual Salsa Fest.
This year’s event will be combined with the 1st Annual Salsa Trail Balloon Festival that includes an evening glow and early morning tak
e-offs.
Here’s a sample platter of what else is on the menu of fun:
- Salsa-making competition
- Marketplace
- Walk for Kids to benefit Boy’s & Girl’s Club
- Salsa music & dancing
- Food demonstrations
- Chile Roasting
- Piñata bust
- Jalapeño & salsa eating contests
Suggestion: Stay a few extra days and tour the surrounding area. It’s a hotbed for fishing, camping and birding. Plus, you can visit hot springs, sand dunes and the world’s most advanced optical telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory.
EVENT PLANNING
WHAT: 2nd Annual SalsaFest.
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 26 & Saturday, Sept. 27.
WHERE: Safford, Graham County Chamber of Commerce, 1111 Thatcher Blvd. (Hwy 70), Toll Free: 1.888.837.1841.
(Photo credit: Jackie Dishner took the shot while on a tour of the Salsa Trail in Graham County; the photo was taken at the San Simon Chile Company.)
4 Comments
Hi Jackie,
Speaking of telescopes, your readers may be interested in the history of the Hubbell telescope and the near demise of the program: The Universe in Mirror. Saga of the Hubbell Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It.
Jean McFarland, Ph.D.
http://www.FifthDimensionStrategies.com
http://www.BulliesAmongUs.blogspot.com
YUM…!!! I just hope they have lots of ice cold beer on hand.
Ice cold beer AND margaritas, Jon.
By the way, the Salsa Trail makes a fun trip, too. It’s a self-driving tour that takes you to 12 different restaurants where you can taste their hot salsas. I spent a weekend going to all 12, plus a tortilla factory and chile farm. Ate a lot of chips and salsa that weekend. So fun! And the countryside is beautiful. It’s worth the drive alone.
I’ll see if I can find that book, Jean.
Jackie
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