Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Mini Vacay - 1st Stop Phoenix

With grad school mostly done, I took a mini vacay to AZ and CA to visit friends and family. While a blizzard was pounding the east coast, I was in my rental convertible driving around with the top down!
I stayed with my friend Maria in Ahwatukee, here's her tree:We went on a hike at my old stomping ground, South Mountain Park:
(AZ sunset...looking north toward Camelback Mountain)Also, climbed "A" Mountain. Hard to get a good view of the yellow ASU "A" while on the mountain:
View of downtown Phoenix from the top:Camelback and Papago:ASU Sun Devil Stadium:
Tempe, with its new really tall buildings:
Besides the three wise men (see next post), and a star, there was also a menorah on A Mtn:Abandoned grainery near downtown Tempe:
New parking garage on Tempe Town Lake:
weird, Mystery Castle-esque garden at a house in Scottsdale:
(yes, that's a buddha...there were a bunch of them)

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