The Grand Canyon and the new Grand Canyon Skywalk.

http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com/update.html

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...nd%20canyon;#1199767

Stay at a nice place in Tempe or Scottsdale with a good pool and that will make everybody happy. Post race, Sedona is a must-see. If you hit the Grand Canyon you can keep heading north into Utah for Bryce Canyon (amazing) or Zion National Park. Would also suggest Las Vegas and maybe a jaunt over to Southern California if you feel like driving that much.

I second the Sedona trip. It is beautiful up there. Also someone on slowtwitch, I believe it is Zipp, has a bed and breakfast there. Sedona is absolutely beautiful.

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~Jeff Good

check distances...things like the grand canyon are pretty far away...might as well hop a flight to san fran as drive to many of the suggestions...unless it is a car trip you are looking for, then that is cool, but the distances in that part of the country are pretty big and you will be spending a lot of time in the car.

Just a thought, but you could do a big loop drive that would allow you to see a few things....Drive from Phoenix/Temp to Palm Springs, CA which would be a good place to recover for a few days after the race. That's about a 4 hour drive. From there you could drive to San Diego (~3 hours), then up to Los Angeles (~2 hours), then out to Las Vegas (not sure exactly but not more than a few hours), then on to the Grand Canyon.

Each of those drives would be reasonable on their own, and it would give you a good taste of the region. If you are travelling with younger kids, there would be lots to do in San Diego.

In an around Phoenix - everyone mentioned Sedona, which is very nice. Grand Canyon is worth the drive IF you can do something like hike in, etc.