So you're on I-17...
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Snowy day on an I-17 scene overlook. It's a rite of passage, literally and figuratively, I suppose. Enjoying the natural beauty of a good chunk of northern Arizona almost inevitably involves an hour or two of transit on I-17. The drive is certainly beautiful, but after enough trips even the biggest tree-hugger can find the scenery a bit mundane and then you're just driving through various desert landscapes. Here are a few of my favorite ways to make the trip itself an adventure. 1. Play the license plate game. Try to be the first person in your car to spot a license plate from a different state. Each first-spotting gets 2 points. Deduct 1 point for repeating a previously spotted state. KIDDING, oh man, I really had you going there for a second, huh? Here are the three stops I almost always make. 1. Kid Chilleen's (there might be an updated name...they used to be Kid Chilleen's Bad-Ass BBQ, but changed the name to import family-friendliness). Regardle