Panoramic view of Phoenix
 

Taken from Camelback mountain this afternoon while cycling. Pics a little crappy as the weather wasn't that great.

Yoooooooooooo!!!!!! Great outcrop of rock. I saw a lot of drop dead gorgeous colored outcrops and needle rock on my trip to Scottsdale. What a beautiful area. Just drop dead gorgeous. I got a ride in a limo around the residential areas, including a gated community to look at houses. cool: Many of the gardens just seemed to be desert, self sustaining minimum maintenance desert. With the "old men" cacti. ::D

:lecture: The driver told me that if anyone wanted to move or relocate a cactus they had to get permission (maybe he said permit). Apparently if you misplace the cactus (e.g. put the sun exposed side in the shade) it can die. :eek:

Maybe you should try another pic from the same location on another day when the weather is a bit clearer.

Camelback mountain is where the rich folks live. Everything off the main road that runs up the Phoenix side, is a private road. There are some beautiful and some strange looking modern houses up there.

I sweated enough cycling up there today. You think I want to do it when the suns out?. lol

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What's the flag for?

Its in the front yard of a house. You just cannot see the house because of the steap drive.

Wow is all I can say, what a fantastic neighborhood! :) Stunning picture, keep them coming! Please ;)

Who managed to build right up on the side of that mountain? :D

Here's the view from the other side of town, from the top of South Mountain. That's downtown Phoenix straight ahead and Camelback Mountain just beyond.

I live in Gilbert, near Superstition Mountain, home of the legendary Lost Dutchman's Mine. Here's a pic I took of the mountain (actually a monolith) a couple of years ago.

Here's a nice little home--Frank Lloyd Wright's place in Scottsdale: Taliesin West.

Super pictures!!! :) I (and other members of my family) are big fans of Frank Lloyd Wright. We attended a display of architecture models a few years ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The display included several models of Wrights work, including a sky-scraper concept (mile high building). One of the models was of Falling Waters in PA. I hope to visit Falling Waters in the next year or two.

Last time I was in Pheonix I drove past a building built inside of a rock moutain. I think it is right opposite the university of Pheonix.

If my memory is still good I think it was on route 66, can you post a picture of it?

What a nice place to live.
So how much would this cost? any ideas?