The Arizona Republic has been running a series in its local editions of “Ultimate Bucket List Things To Do” in various cities in Maricopa County. Here’s our’s for Pinal County.
- Check with the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce to find out how you can see a bedroom of a home in the city where a scene from “50 Shades of Grey” was filmed.
- See the empty immigrant detention cells at the Pinal County Jail.
- Take in Picacho Peak, where Navy Seal snipers train.
- Travel to the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine with some mining equipment, then tell your friends you dug up some nuggets.
- Take photos of a cigarette butt in the Pinal County Historical Museum in Florence flipped away by movie star James Garner during the filming of “Murphy’s Romance.”
- 9. Visit the proposed site of the Union Pacific Red Rock railyard and listen to the crickets.
- Attend county supervisor meetings to hear Sheriff Babeu tell the sups they’re full of i
- Check out the drone farm at Pinal Air Park.
- Visit the cotton field near Casa Grande which is growing red and navy blue plants used for U of A football uniforms.
- See the Casa Grande Ruins and ask the tour guide if Brian Williams was there during construction.
