Grandsons Joey and Danny have been coming to the Phoenix area for Spring break for a couple of years now. Grandma Dianne's sister has a house in Scottsdale and enjoys taking them all site seeing. Last year they went to the campus of Arizona State University and Joey literally fell in love with the school, and insists that is where he will go someday. We told Joe that we would go look at it while we are here in town.
It is literally one of the most beautiful campuses I've seen yet. There were young people walking around in their shorts and sandals, hmmmm, Joey might have more than a good education in mind!!
Then, when in Rome eat what the Romans eat. Lunch at a real burger dive. Yummy!!
No secret where the flavor comes from.
But, we loved them, and I guess we could and will walk an extra mile tomorrow..
Thursday in Sun City West. As we promised ourselves we walked and walked this morning, and there are garage and Estate sales everywhere. We found ourselves in an estate sale at about 9:30, and there wasn't much left. Listening to the ladies and gents in line we realized we must arrive about 5 AM and get in line until 7 to get the good stuff. NOT!! Ha ha ha, there must be some really good stuff in these sales! Oh well, no bargains but a lot of excercise and sunshine.
John searched his phones google app for some information about the University of Phoenix Stadium. Our question was, any tours available?? Years ago we enjoyed the tour of soldier field and it was very interesting, and, yes they have daily tours and, yes we can make it to Glendale for the 12:30. Summer clothes, sunscreen, sun glasses, and we are off for the day.
Time to kill before the tour so in the AZone fan store we goof around a little. This guy is their ACE player right now:
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh, and earned unanimous All-American honors. Wikipedia
- Born: August 31, 1983 (age 31), Minneapolis, MN
- Current team: Arizona Cardinals (#11 / Wide receiver)
I am very impressed by the engineering that went into this stadium. They didn't miss one tiny detail. Example, the red and grey seats in the background, yes there is a reason for that. At certain times of the day when the sun is overhead the grey seats don't reflect the sun and cast a glare on the field.
And yes it is a domed stadium, however the roof is translucent and sunlight is present. Also notice here that the field is missing.
Now there isn't enough sunlight through the dome to maintain the real grass on the field, so they roll the field outside until Friday when there is a home game. The entire field weighs 19,000,000 lbs and rolls in and out of the stadium on railroad tracks.
Friday we walked a lot, along the route we saw some very beautiful desert landscaping. There are so many different Palm trees and just as many varieties of cactus. Every thing is in full bloom, and every yard is very unique.
So, beautiful lawns, gorgeous weather, on vacation with lots of free time, what's not to love? I'm feeling Blessed!!
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