Phoenix, Arizona

Woke up in The Valley of the Sun today and I am feeling every degree! I can't complain though because I love the desert and this dry heat!

We were on the road from El Paso by 9a, blazed through Las Cruces, and all of New Mexico, actually, enough to cross into Arizona and take a quick jaunt off the beaten path to visit Tombstone, Arizona. We walked around, took in a gunfight show (only in 'murica!) and then had lunch at Big Nose Kate's Saloon. A few hours later we were in Phoenix and checked into a great Hilton property with water slides and pools. We were able to swim before getting dinner and collapsing in the room.

Crossed into the Land of Enchantment

Such a friendly welcome from a friendly state!

Arizona/New Mexico State Line off the Interstate 10 West

Arizona was the first state I saw whose welcome center didn't have a "Welcome to ______" sign! So depressing! Good thing my dad was able to get the picture out the window of the state line!

Downtown Tombstone, Arizona

Looks like the Wells Fargo mascot to me! In Tombstone

Gunfight!

Gunfight in Tombstone

Inside Big Nose Kate's Saloon... she was Doc Holliday's girlfriend... (?)

Beautiful desert view out in Arizona

The view from our hotel room

Beautiful sky and sunset in Phoenix!

And now, this is it! The home stretch, Game of Roads coming to a close, bringin' her on home... but I don't want the adventure to end!