Papago Park, the home of the Spring Training Oakland A's, is a wonderful place to go in Phoenix. It is truly a park within the city and you feel like you can get away from it all for a day or so. One thing Phoenix doesn't have much of is good parks. You can get up early in the morning, before the heat takes over, and walk the hills and mountains. The rocks are just beautiful, maybe the most beautiful in all of the area.\n\nIf you get up early, you can watch the sunrise and if you go late, you can watch the sunset (only in the winter, it's too hot in the summer to take the hill). In winter, I love this place because of all of the blooming cactus and wildflowers and smells of the dirt and rocks. Nothing like the desert smell, you never forget it. I grew up here and found many gemstone rocks, crawdads in the water drains, ate tons of grapefruit, even a lizard or three found my net. Plus i learned to ride a bike in our sand driveway, I can still remember my dad running along side me, then letting me go. isn't that how life is, a series of training then letting go? \n\nSo come to Papago, it's really interesting, fun and a break from the buildings and streets of the city. It's also near the Zoo and Botanical Gardens for added fun and experiences.