String Instruments

 

Inside one of the galleries at the Musical Instrument Museum.

Phoenix Arizona 

Architectural Gem

 

A view of the Grady Gammage Auditorium on the campus of Arizona State University.  A Frank Lloyd Wright designed building.

Tempe Arizona

Storm Brewing

 

A summer storm forming over a southern Arizona cattle ranch.

Near Sonoita Arizona 

A Hotel No More

 

The ruins of an old hotel found in a mining town in northern Arizona.

Superior Arizona

Otero Ranch

 

Once a land-grant property used for ranching in southern Arizona, the property is now part of the Tubac Golf Resort.  It's a beautiful property with a lot of historic buildings dating back to the 1700's.  

Tubac Arizona

Tovrea Castle

 

Tovrea Castle is a historical landmark in Phoenix Arizona.  The structure known as the "wedding cake" castle was built between 1929 and 1931 by Alessio Carraro.

Phoenix Arizona

Taliesin West

Frank Lloyd Wright's desk inside his studio at Taliesin West. 

Scottsdale Arizona

 

The Grand Canyon

 

A view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Arizona 

Historic Church

 

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church was built in a mission revival style in 1912.  The church itself was established in 1870. It is one of many historic buildings in the western town of Florence.

Florence Arizona

Ranching at the Border

 

Ranching scene very near the border with Mexico.

Sonoita Arizona

Fountain Hills

 

This fountain dates back to 1970 and it holds the title fourth tallest operating fountain in the world and is the tallest in Arizona.  There is a webcam site available to see the fountain here.  It only operates for 15 minutes every hour on the hour.

Fountain Hills Arizona

The Town Too Tough To Die

 

Main Street in Tombstone.  Founded in 1879 and still going strong.

Tombstone Arizona

Famous for Pie

 

Rock Springs Cafe is famous in Arizona for it selection of delicious pies.  I can vouch for the pecan and the lemon meringue and I believe I've also had the apple.  It is located north of the Phoenix metropolitan area in a town called Black Canyon City.

Black Canyon City Arizona

Apacheland

 

Where an old movie set used to be, is now the Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum.  There are several buildings and items left on the site from the old movie set called Apacheland.  One of those items is this old stagecoach waiting for riders. 

Apache Junction Arizona

America's Road

 

Everywhere you go in Williams Arizona you see tributes to Route 66 which was one of the first of the numbered roads in the U.S.  The highway ran from Chicago to Santa Monica California and many travelers drove that route over the past 100 years.  Williams Arizona was the last town to be bypassed Interstate 40 when it was built.  Williams has been celebrating its Route 66 history ever since.

Williams Arizona

An Adorable Creature

 

Meerkats are such fascinating creatures.  I love watching them as the sit up like this and observe everything around them. This is one of many that reside at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park.

Litchfield Park, Arizona

Honoring Walter Cronkite

 

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications honors the memory of that veteran broadcast journalist.  The school is part of Arizona State University and the building houses television studios for the local Public Television station.

Phoenix, Arizona

Native American Stormtrooper

 

A Native American stormtrooper painted by artist Rod Velarde.  It was part of an exhibition at the Museum of Northern Arizona.  It is hand painted using acrylic paints.

Flagstaff Arizona

Setting the Scene

 

A diorama at the entrance to Bearizona Wildlife Park, the drive-through park located on historic Route 66 in northern Arizona. Cars drive through the park to see bears and buffalo and lots of other northern Arizona animals.

Near Williams Arizona

Copper Queen

 

The lobby of the historic Copper Queen Hotel.

Bisbee Arizona