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Photos from my trip to Arizona. These were taken at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort. More details about the trip to follow.

The resort is located in Scottsdale, Arizona -- a swanky affluent community just outside of Phoenix. There are an incredible number of golf courses and resorts out there which is somewhat incongruous with the oppressive heat of the desert. Temps were around 100F during the day but cooled to a very lovely 70F at night.

The Fairmont resort has a very Southwestern theme to it -- lots of stucco and clay type design to the buildings. There are also an abundance of water fountains and swimming pools. From what I hear the pools are open 24 hours which is somewhat surprising to me -- you'd think at a resort people want some peace and quiet at night, not some loud drunken cannonballers at 4AM.

This Southwestern homage to Princess Leia made me laugh -- well maybe George Lucas spent some time in the Southwest before making Star Wars.





The food at the resort was pretty good for the most part -- the last night there we had dinner at La Hacienda, purportedly one of the best Mexican restaurants in Arizona. The appetizer and entrees were quite good. Check out the size of that shrimp!

There was a fair amount of wine and alcohol provided as well. Let's just say I drank plenty, but others drank even more.






Dessert was pretty cool -- "Three-Milk Bread Pudding with Ice Cream and spun sugar". The spun sugar coil was a nice touch.