Phoenix

In Phoenix we visited Taliesin West, the winter workshop of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is not a home, but rather a sort of camp where he would bring students to escape the winters in Chicago.

Taliesin West

Outside the drafting room

Shaded walkway outside the dining hall

The drafting room with a central display for designs

The meeting room where the students met

The Biltmore Hotel in Scottsdale is Frank Lloyd Wrights most famous design in the Phoenix area

We strolled around downtown Phoenix and had lunch at Pizzeria Bianco

The Rosson House at Heritage Square

Pizzeria Bianco at Heritage Square

The wood fired oven at Pizzeria Bianco

Our pizza with homemade mozzarella

Saint Mary's Basilica

We stopped at the Desert Botanical Garden.  They have a huge variety of cacti and other desert plants.

Phoenix is in the north eastern part of the Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran desert is home to the Saguaro cactus

Barrel Cactus

Bunny Ears Prickly Pear

Uh, I don't know, but I like it.

The purple prickly pear is positively pointy

We partook of the local food, which is heavily based on Mexican food.

Everyone likes tacos.  We are no different.

Mexican Pizza