Tag: Arizona

I headed to Picacho Peak State Park on my first morning in Arizona.

At first, I didn’t think I would get any good photos of the peak because it was a rainy, cloudy morning.

After I spent a little time rolling down a backroad alongside the park, the sun broke through just in time.

Official site: azstateparks.com/picacho

I was passing through on a day when the weather alternated between rain, clouds and sunshine.

Not far away are downtown Phoenix, Arizona State University in Tempe, Scottsdale and Sky Harbor Airport.

Papago Park is located in Phoenix, Arizona, near Tempe and not far from Sky Harbor Airport.

I was hoping to get some good photos and hadn’t counted on a rain storm in the desert. There were a few breaks in the clouds just after sunrise.

It is located off Interstate 17 about 90 miles north of Phoenix.

If you are driving north from Phoenix toward Sedona or the Grand Canyon, this is an easy stop along the way.

National Park Service: Montezuma Castle

This area used to be under a shallow sea. The red color in the rocks comes from iron mixed in with the limestone and sandstone.

It is supposed to be about a two-hour drive from Phoenix to Sedona. It took me more like three, but I stopped a few times along the way.