Blog by Becky ReyesScott and I have really been enjoying our ride to and from the Santa Cruz Valley. On occasion, when conditions are right, we take our time traveling our favorite "Sunday drive" home. This isn't our normal route - we usually go "straight" home (down to Nogales, east on 82 then south on 90), but if you are into Sunday drives, maybe you might have a little vintage red corvette named, oh say, Sweet Caroline just sitting in your garage wanting to hum along a beautiful highway, you might consider taking the road less traveled. There are wide open spaces all along highway 83 (I think it's a county road) to Sonoita, a shrine in Patagonia, wineries in Elgin, eateries, galleries, and the drive is breath-taking.
Here are the directions from Tubac (and back again): we take 19 north to Sahuarita Road where we go east (right). We travel Sahuarita Road east for about a half hour (it gets prettier and prettier) and we turn south (right) on highway 83. Here the road starts to [...]
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Here are the directions from Tubac (and back again): we take 19 north to Sahuarita Road where we go east (right). We travel Sahuarita Road east for about a half hour (it gets prettier and prettier) and we turn south (right) on highway 83. Here the road starts to [...]