Nov
21
2009

Papago Park

PhotosSaturday, November 21, 2009 - 06:04:18 pm
(Posted Under: Lust For The Dust, Photography, This Desert Life This Desert Life)
Photobox ImageOn a whim we took a trip out to Papago Park this afternoon, which was awesome. While there are many things we could have done around the house, we were both up for doing something in the desert, particularly since other than the Desert Botanical Gardens we haven't done much in that regard.

I must say that having somewhere so close to home (about 10 or 15 minutes) is really nice. Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Gardens and Phoenix Zoo are all in the same area, smack bang in the middle of Tempe, Phoenix and Scottsdale. We're both looking forward to going out to Tonto, but it's pretty nice that you don't need to leave Phoenix to get the desert experience. It's a great time of year for it too, because while the sun definitely had some kick to it, it was a really comfortable day. Doing the walk we did, which wasn't that long, would definitely require lugging water with us in the height of the Arizona summer.

Photobox ImageWe took a walk and climbed one of the buttes and sat up there for a while, with a reasonably good view of the valley. It was cool to get some good overview shots of Tempe. It also served as a good view to notice that with the exception of Phoenix (obviously), Tempe really is the only high rise area in the valley. Scottsdale, Mesa and looking out to Apache Junction are all reasonably flat, but Tempe really is fairly built up, especially with the development by Tempe Beach Park.

Photobox ImageAs it got later we took a drive around the Papago area, and found a really cool lookout behind the zoo, just as the sun was starting to set, and witnessed a great sunset over the valley from there. It never ceases to amaze me how sunsets here are always awesome. We'll see what it's like over winter, but basically every afternoon we've been out they've been awesome. The lookout was by the tomb of Govenor Hunt tomb, Arizona's first governor.

After the sunset we drove around a little bit more before heading home. We'd half planned to check out the Phoenix Zia's store, but with the rock show tonight quickly approaching, we decided to tackle that another day.

Such a nice afternoon, and a great opportunity for some great photos.

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