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Hello from Fountain Hills, AZ!

Fountain Hills is a suburb of Scottsdale, known for its nice lake with a huge fountain in it (I’ll have pictures to share when I get home).  Erika, Jenny, Evan and I have been all over the Phoenix – Tempe area exploring some of the natural wonders… Desert Botanical Garden (including the Chihuly Glass exhibit).  Jenny works there actually and got us day and night access including some of the off limits areas which was great.  I’m not hopefull for my night photo’s of the glass but we’ll see how they come out.

Also today we visited a ‘ghost town/tourist trap near Superstition Mountain which was pretty neat.  The collection of degrading old vehicles near the town was the highlight for me.  Tomorrow we are planning a hike and then getting at least part of the way up to Vegas where we begin phase 3 of the trip!  The original plan called for camping at the Grand Canyon tomorrow night but as the high’s are in the 30deg range and there is a chance of snow we’ve decided to make that a future trip.

Tony & Erika