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Category: Sports around Tucson

Cyclists packed Treat for the Spring Cyclovia
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson

Cyclists packed Treat for the Spring Cyclovia

by carollightwoodApril 7, 2025April 16, 2025

Tucson’s Cyclovia on a sunny April Sunday seemed much busier, but a lot less fun than previous ones. Treat Avenue, an official bicycle street year …

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Tucson Cyclovia rides again!
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson

Tucson Cyclovia rides again!

by carollightwoodOctober 28, 2024January 21, 2025

For a while it seemed as if riding bicycles along the streets of Tucson, sans cars, aka Cyclovia, was not going to happen, but it …

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Fishing, birds and beautiful scenery
Nature in Tucson / Sports around Tucson / wildlife aroundTucson

Fishing, birds and beautiful scenery

by carollightwoodJanuary 26, 2024January 21, 2025

Since that raging fire at Agua Caliente Park on the far eastside of Tucson two years ago, I haven’t been back to that palm-tree encircled …

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Shady path and reporting your new tree
Nature in Tucson / Sports around Tucson / Tucson / wildlife aroundTucson

Shady path and reporting your new tree

by carollightwoodJanuary 4, 2024January 21, 2025

If you are among the Tucsonans who have taken advantage of the TEP $5 trees and planted one or more in your yard, the time …

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It’s time for ice-skating-in-the-desert
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson

It’s time for ice-skating-in-the-desert

by carollightwoodDecember 7, 2023January 21, 2025

Christmas trees are lined up beside the ice skating rink against the backdrop of the St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson in the photo at …

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Even Swifties pedaled slowly at Cyclovia
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson / Tucson

Even Swifties pedaled slowly at Cyclovia

by carollightwoodOctober 30, 2023March 28, 2024

Lightning fast cycling wasn’t the rule at the Tucson Cyclovia open streets event on Sunday. Even Taylor Swift fans, like the one in the photo …

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What to wear to Tour de Tucson prelim
Sports around Tucson / Tucson

What to wear to Tour de Tucson prelim

by carollightwoodSeptember 24, 2023January 21, 2025

El Tour de Tucson — which is becoming one of the premier U.S. cycling events — is on November 18th, 2023. Leading up to it …

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40 places for pickleball and one downtown
Sports around Tucson

40 places for pickleball and one downtown

by carollightwoodSeptember 19, 2023January 21, 2025

According to Google, there are 40 places to play pickleball around Tucson. And, of these, only 7 are public courts with no fee charged to …

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Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson / Tucson

Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog

by carollightwoodDecember 19, 2022January 21, 2025

Outdoor ice skating is back in Tucson and this year the weather co-operated. It’s been chilly and below freezing at night, unlike previous years when …

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Finally the ice rink downtown froze
Sports around Tucson

Finally the ice rink downtown froze

by carollightwoodNovember 29, 2021November 8, 2023

November 2021 has been the second warmest November on record here in Tucson and when the Holiday on Ice people flooded their outdoor rink a …

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