{"id":762,"date":"2024-02-10T12:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T17:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=762"},"modified":"2024-02-10T12:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T17:40:17","slug":"arizona-february-18-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2024\/02\/10\/arizona-february-18-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona, February 18-25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>February 18, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nLanded in time to see the setting sun:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/sunset\/02-18-23\/0102-18-23.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset, Phoenix, Arizona, February 18, 2023, 6:19 p.m.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 19, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nWorld Championship Hoop Dance Contest was happening at the <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/heardmuseum\/index.htm\">Heard Museum<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/heardmuseum\/3402-19-23.jpg\" alt=\"World Championship Hoop Dance Contest, Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, February 19, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 20, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nBurritos at <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/carolinas\/index.htm\">Carolina&#8217;s Mexican Food<\/a> on Mohave Street:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/carolinas\/0602-20-23.jpg\" alt=\"Carolina's Mexican Food, 1202 East Mohave Street, Phoenix, Arizona, February 20, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/carolinas\/0302-20-23.jpg\" alt=\"Burrito, Carolina's Mexican Food, Phoenix, Arizona, February 20, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 21, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/index.htm\">Echo Canyon Trail<\/a> on Camelback Mountain:  <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/0102-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Trailhead, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/0202-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/0902-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/1402-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/2102-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/2802-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Summit, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/camelback\/02-21-23\/2902-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Summit, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 22, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/mim\/index.htm\">Musical Instrument Museum<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/mim\/0102-22-23.jpg\" alt=\"Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/mim\/2202-22-23.jpg\" alt=\"Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/mim\/2302-22-23.jpg\" alt=\"Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 23, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nDrove down to Tucson and saw <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/biosphere2\/index.htm\">Biosphere 2<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/biosphere2\/0502-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/biosphere2\/1502-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/biosphere2\/2202-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"Coastal Fog Desert, Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/biosphere2\/3402-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean, Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then walked around the <a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/barrio\/index.htm\">Barrio Viejo<\/a> neighborhood in Tucson:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/barrio\/0102-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/barrio\/2102-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, Rosendo S. Perez Park, Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/barrio\/2202-23-23.jpg\" alt=\"El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, Rosendo S. Perez Park, Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 24, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nThe main public transit hub in downtown Tucson is named for Linda Ronstadt:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/ronstadttransitcenter\/0102-24-23.jpg\" alt=\"Ronstadt Transit Center, 215 East Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made a return visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the desert outside Tucson:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/tucson\/sonoradesertmuseum\/0102-24-23.jpg\" alt=\"Desert Around Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Returning to Phoenix, sunset over Interstate 10:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/i-10\/0302-24-23.jpg\" alt=\"Interstate 10 South of Phoenix, Arizona, February 24, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 25, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/lapasadita\/index.htm\">La Pasadita Hot Dogs<\/a> on the west side of Phoenix:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/outoftown\/arizona\/phoenix\/lapasadita\/0202-25-23.jpg\" alt=\"La Pasadita Hot Dogs, 3601 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona, February 25, 2023\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, 2023 Landed in time to see the setting sun: February 19, 2023 World Championship Hoop Dance Contest was happening at the Heard Museum: February 20, 2023 Burritos at Carolina&#8217;s Mexican Food on Mohave Street: February 21, 2023 Echo Canyon Trail on Camelback Mountain: February 22, 2023 Musical Instrument Museum: February 23, 2023 Drove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-out_of_town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}