Favorite Summer Bargains

frozen drinks from 7-11

I especially like the orange cream frozen drinks. they sray frozen for a long time (an hour) & are so cold, I get instantly cooled down. Also I sleep outside before it get too hot (in my backyard)

any 7-11

bo

Mud Pies

Me and my two kids get some choclate pudding and we get some gummy worms and other kind of candy that looks like bugs and we sit on the floor and act like we are eating real mud pies you have never seen two kids laugh as hard when you have a choclate worm hanging out of your mouth.

Homemade

Tiffany

apache lake

Well my family is kinda old school! Every summer we would wait for the kids to get out of school pack up our cars with tents and blankets food and stuff to make smores of course, and head out to Apache Lake. It is probably one of the most beautiful places to go in Arizona! Every day is spent in the water to keep cool and the nights you spend with your loved ones laughing and looking at the stars. I know it is not some fancy resort but the time spent with family and the water of course makes it worth the it! Have a great summer.

apache lake arizona

TISHA PAREDES

Lunch at the Cove

Stay indoors with Air Conditioning!! Gelata at Frosts Movies and other Airconditioned treats. Maybe quick trip to San Diego and water?

Smitty

Chilled Watermelon/Cold Swimming Pool/Fireworks

Our four granddaughters, my husband and I will be watching the fireworks from the Hilton from our backyard pool. We spent the 4th of July yearly do this plus the girls make my husband a birthday cake his was born on the 6th.

Push Ridge/Hilton Resort/My backyard

Nana Rosie

Slidewinder

Most often we cool off at home by playing in the sprinkler and eating Otter Pops. Occasionally we cool off at The Westin La Paloma and slide down the waterslide, Slidewinder. The boys love the smoothies and fun pool activities.

Tucson

Mom

Chilling at the Library

This is great and free. I just go to the library to cool off in the air conditioned building and I grab a good book (I travel to exotic places in an armchair) and start reading.

Any of Tucson's Public Libraries

Nancy

having fun and staying cool

My kids are grow but summer time is for family fun. Movies seeing relatives and just getting together and seeing my grandson every weekend and during lunch or taking him to swim lessons.

tucson

bonnie

Bliss at home in the desert

I grew up in Imperial Valley, CA so I am from the desert. I absolutely love the high desert and the Tucson area. I wake up every morning and say, " I love ARIZONA!" But I love walking outside my house and taking pictures of the summer sunsets. I have so many beautiful pictures and they take my breath away. My facebook has one on there because the sunsets here are undescribale. So taking pictures is a low cost way to look and enjoy ARIZONA! :)

Sahuarita, AZ

Cyd

Park, Movies, Icecream, Reading

I like to take a nice long walk. My favorite place is Rancho Sahuarita Lake (although I live 12 miles south of there). I can turn off my cell phone and enjoy the walk. I also like to enjoy icecream and a movie during the heat of the day. I often relax in the evening by reading a novel (Dean Koontz).

Vickie

Frost

Love sharing a lemon gelato at Frost on a hot summer evening with my husband and two kids. If you share just one, it won't break your bank.

Casas Adobes shopping center on Oracle

leen

Going North

I would love to get a cabin in Lakeside, AZ like our family did one time. We took a walk, had french toast at Mama Bear's Country restaurant, watched movies, played board games and enjoyed the thunderstorms. It is a great, cool, get away -almost out of telephone range- so that we don't get bothered by cell phones. :) Stephanie Bilardi

Lakeside AZ

Stephanie

early mornings

An early morning hike on the loop at Catalina State Park especially the day after rain. The desert smells amazing and if there is water in the stream it is great to take off yoru boots and cool your feet for a while!

Catalina State Park

Kim