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| Cactus, cactus everywhere! |
Some friends from home were visiting Phoenix for a few days, so we jumped on a cheap flight from
Allegiant Airlines and stayed with them. Allegiant is one of those airlines with very few frills, rush seating, $2.00 soft drinks, but enjoys the added bonus of using a smaller airport in Phoenix, which is a relief when you're new somewhere!
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All cacti are succulents,
but not all succulents are cacti! |
The first thing we did, upon arriving, was visit the
Desert Botanical Garden. A little expensive, I thought, (free if you're in the military though, at least on Remembrance Day [Veteran's day here]) but it turned out to be huge. There are many different kinds of cactus, by the way.
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| Cactus skeleton |
After viewing the cacti, I saw my very first live NHL game, for $20. This included a free drink!
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| Petroglyphs, department store Chinese Murals, Frank was a man of many inspirations. |
The next day, we visited one of Frank Lloyd Wright's estates,
Taliesin West, (Tally-essin) where we enjoyed the 1-hour panorama tour. What did we learn? Frank's summer home was not a very polished place. It was made in the late 30's, out of whatever building materials he could find cheaply, by him and his students, as a testing ground for his ideas.
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Can't find work? Start your own school, train architects,
and have them build you a home, just like Frank did! |
For all of that, it was still a very impressive site!
