Arizona: The Land of Hotness

We're on a road trip from Texas to California for this year's Epic Bay Area Project. On our way, we stopped for a few days in Arizona. The reasoning behind this, of course, is that whenever you find yourself on a multi-day road trip through the harshest temperature zones in the country, you should always stop and stay a few days at the absolute hottest places. It only makes sense that way because you aren't really vacationing until you face the threat of severe heat exhaustion. The Phoenix/Scottsdale area hit temperature highs of 115 while we were there. Overall, it was great to see some of the sights and I mean that sincerely. I'd never ventured out to this part of the country before. Three of the highlights were:

The Grand Canyon: awe-inspiring in scale, beautiful in the most striking vistas, and humbling in what it says about God...that He could simply speak and wonders such as this would come to pass. The second picture is taken from Hopi Point, right before sunset.




The Red Rocks of Sedona: very interesting sight, those red rock formations jutting out from an otherwise brown desert...a little bit too overrun by tourists and new-age hippies touting the virtues of crystal energy cleansing, though.



Taliesin West, the winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright: historically significant work from perhaps the most influential architect in American history. No better place to see Wright's vision for various design principles, including Organic Architecture, Building for Democracy, and Deconstructing the Box. The first picture is a view of Wright's office (where he would sit at that desk and meet with clients) and the second is of the back of the home.