Arizona contrasts

Within a 24-hour time period we experienced all the night-and-day contrasts of southern and northern Arizona. The differences have always amazed me. After strolling around warm Old Town Scottsdale (below), dining in the open air and swimming to our hearts' content, we hopped in the car and took the highway to Flagstaff, where the vibe was more about warm food in a cozy restaurant on a chilly day (in our case it was a Thai place called Pato). The final leg of the journey was the long drive past the snow-capped San Franscisco Peaks (above) to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. While these separate segments are wildly different, I find that I like all of them, thus making Arizona one of my favorite states.