I still haven't finished unpacking -- never mind downloading the pictures from my camera -- so I thought I'd share the pictures from my phone.

I love places with character -- places that look like nowhere else on earth. Arizona didn't disappoint; it looked exactly as I'd hoped.

<a title="Big by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5709735133/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/5709735133_66332cddce.jpg" alt="Big" width="500" height="500" /></a>

Big skies, rugged mountains.

<a title="Room by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5710298172/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/5710298172_03a2cc964c.jpg" alt="Room" width="500" height="500" /></a>

Rugged but civilized.

<a title="Pool by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5709740953/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/5709740953_8d620ebc93.jpg" alt="Pool" width="500" height="500" /></a>

A respite from the desert.

<a title="Mai tai by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5709740427/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/5709740427_8c13906cc8.jpg" alt="Mai tai" width="500" height="500" /></a>

A little random, but I had to take a picture of my first Mai Tai. Not bad!

<a title="Swimming by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5710300582/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/5710300582_68356d6f71.jpg" alt="Swimming" width="500" height="500" /></a>

Spoiled horses swimming in their very own pools. Ah, the rich -- they're nothing like us!

<a title="Cinco de mayo by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5710301916/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/5710301916_161efbfb6e.jpg" alt="Cinco de mayo" width="500" height="500" /></a>

Cinco de guess what?

<a title="Cactus by R. S. M., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/5710299400/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/5710299400_d1f1355dbe.jpg" alt="Cactus" width="500" height="500" /></a>

And cactus. Lots and lots of cactus.

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