>>2475672>Is now ok to go or wait another time when it's cooler out?It's mostly done in the summer as a way to beat the heat. The tubing is very lazy, the river is slow moving and a lot of people drink. Be careful you can very easily get dehydrated and sunburned. You can also get kayaks at some of the lakes.
>is AZ just good for outdoor stuff? Kindof. It's a lot like Florida, things tend to be geared towards the ancient and things that happen in the summer in other parts of the country happen at other times of the year. Diamondbacks games happen after sundown. Everyone in Phoenix or Tucson that can get out of town at least some of the time during the summer does, even if its just Prescott for the day and ASU/UofA which contain the major non-boomer demographic will be on break so places like Scottsdale's District will be less active. Eat good mexican food while you're here though.
>What's the desert museum called? I'll go visitIt's the Arizona Desert Museum I think, everyone will know what you mean.
If you want to see more of the desert in a more natural setting you can go to the Organ Pipe National Park or Saguaro National Park. If you're going to multiple national parks just get an annual pass. It will be very hot, go very early in the morning, i.e. at dawn and plan to be done by 10 AM. You don't really have to go far though, you can just go to the superstition mountains outside Phoenix or even the mountain parks in Phoenix (e.g. South Mountain) and not pay for national park access and still see all the same desert flora. Again, go early.
>Sonoita Sonoita is a shitty little cow town. It's full of injuns mexicans and hicks (like a lot of Arizona desu). I guess they're trying to make wineries a thing there. It might be worth seeing if you've never seen that before.
If you're from the east a lot highways in AZ will go through very interesting scenery.
Navajoland/Monument Valley is also worth a mention.
