First, we have Sun Devil Stadium and Tempe Town Lake. Sorry about the blur, I took the pic out the rear window doing 65MPH! The stadium used to be Sun Devil Stadium, then it was home to the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, and is once again home to the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Tempe Town Lake, in the foreground, is a recreational area resulting from a small dam across the Salt River. Yes, we have rivers in Arizona. Some of them even have water in them!
Arizona still has more dirt roads than paved roads. We're slowly making our way out of the 19th Century in the more populous areas. This isn't one of them. This is East Bloody Basin Road leading into the Agua Fria National Monument. There's not much water in the Agua Fria river. Not much else out there either, except creosote and cactus...oh, yeah, and lots of clear blue sky!
Speaking of cactus, here are a few varieties of cactus growing alongside the trail to the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona. Here you see several varieties of cholla cactus, including teddy bear and chain-fruit, 2 varieties of prickly pear cactus, and some yucca (or agave) plants.
These are the accomodations I had originally picked out for y'all while at the Grand Canyon, but the owner forgot to mention they'd been some weathered between the time the travel brocure photo had been taken and the present. I'm glad we took NY Texan's advice on where to stay while in Sedona!
Okay, then! Lunchtime is over, it's time to head back to work. See y'all this evening some time!