Newport Beach sunset

No problem seeing the forest for these trees

Cool trees...

A Joshua Tree and San Gorgonio Mountain

Still a bit of snow at 11,485' on the mountain, but none at the 5,185' of Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park.

The Superstitions, south side

We took advantage of being on the south end of the mountains to go visit the Peralta trailhead, which is set below this wonderful cliff.

Welcome to the Arizona Renaissance

Greeted by a Cavelier...



And a wizard....





Lots of festive dancing and music...



Not to mention birds of prey...



And rides for the kids....



All set in a desert with a wonderful backdrop of mountains...

I didn't take pictures, but there were also lots of vendors for everything from costumes to turkey drumsticks to incense and custom shoes... Belly dancing, comics, archers, jousting, troubadours and balladeers. Lords and ladies, a Fool, pirates, swashbucklers, and on and on...

Montezuma's Castle

It wasn't Montezuma's and it wasn't a castle...

We're climbing where???

These two paused on the way up Schnebly Hill Road....

Bell and Cathedral rocks

Looking south from the road between Oak Creek and Sedona.

Bell Rock in the morning

Looking east toward Sedona

Looking east toward Sedona near sundown.

Panorama from Schnebly Hill

This picture is a merge of four pictures. Pretty festive view...

Boeing sunrise

Things get a bit surreal some mornings. This is looking east toward the Superstitions from the Boeing parking lot.

Sunset

I pulled to the side of the road, hopped out, put the camera at arm's length above my head and pushed the button. Not bad considering how unstable it was... I really like that saguaro. It has character.

Beautiful bird

I love to hear the warbirds rumble, and I'm fortunate enough to live near a Commemorative Air Force base. This beauty lives there and came right over the house last week. Yesterday we saw it again, but I didn't have the camera close to hand. Too bad, as we saw it flying over Red Mountain, and it could have been a great picture...

The mirror...

This giant mirror is mounted inside the Convention Center inside downtown Phoenix. Very cool.