As I was leaving Phoenix a couple of days ago, I stopped by the University of Phoenix Stadium. I like to see these ball parks that I watch on TV all the time. This is an impressive domed one where the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL play. They also had a Super Bowl there once.
Also, I've been seeing these signs on these high-elevation roads in Arizona and New Mexico warning about elk crossings. When I stopped at the gate at the Grand Canyon the other day and paid my park fee, almost as soon as I got up to speed again entering the park, an ELK crossed in front of me about 50-60 yards away. It was kinda like a deer going across the road in front of you, but this animal reminded me more of a HORSE. I didn't see any big horns, so it must have been a young one, or maybe a female (??). You DO NOT want to hit one of these in a Ford Fiesta!
The landscape around the Grand Canyon area is what is called the Colorado Plateau. It's a lot like what I saw in Wyoming, only the little scrubby bushes grow quite a bit taller. This type of environment continues across most of New Mexico, where you cross mesa after mesa until you finally go over the last one and end up in the Texas panhandle. There, it looks a lot like Nebraska--greener with more farms and cattle. This is pretty much what I saw all day...
Spent the night in Amarillo, Texas.
