So it’s been awhile. We took a road trip this summer and made a figure-8 through Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and back through Arizona and Nevada. Spent most of our time in Santa Fe, which I will post as its own thread (deservedly so). Just some shots roaming the quiet countryside that I figured might be interesting…
I’m not a huge fan of the California desert, never have been despite being born out there…
Arizona on the other hand…
A state filled with goofy architectural things in the middle of nowhere…
Kingman has two parts, an interesting older part with territorial-esque buildings and roadside kitsch, and a newer blah suburbia part. Guess which side this is?
Nice…
Where is Applebee’s?
Hosers…
Onward east, we find that dinosaurs still roam…
Wilma or Betty?
The San Francisco Peaks loom large over Northern Arizona…
Especially once you get near Flagstaff…
Choose your direction quickly…
mmmm…beer…
Crossing the Little Colorado (wish I had a better picture)…
Off into the beautiful…
Painted…
Erosion magic…
Open skies…
Pink…
Cool hideout…
Guardians of the monuments…
Natural sphinx…
Pinnacle…
Southern Utah is amazing…
Nature's Skyline…
Tower…
Utah’s flag is boring…
Orange…
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
Cliffside perch…
Impressive…
If it were a Yield sign it would be perfect…
“I just felt like runnnning.”
How is this natural?
Totally indescribable…
The Urban Sombrero…
Ironically in front of a bunch of colorless rocks…
Like this flag…
Landmark…
Altar of geography…
Durango, Colorado…
An amazing place to stay…
Presence…
Stone over wood. Odd, but done really well…
Nice…
Choo Choo…
All the right elements…
Chimney…
Rehab potential…
Beautiful…
Red or Green?
In the clouds…
Clean…
Interesting little town…
O’Keefe hangout…
Reservoir…
The road just travelled…
Santa Fe sunrise…
Wake up!
Shades of beige…
Old Capitol Building…
In the light…
Castle…
Where are his antlers?
The day has begun…
Homogeneity…
Love it…
Unexpected…
Run…
Sun…
mmmm…Corten…
Great little building…
Cathedral…
Tricky…
Palace…
Need a trinket?
Great space…
Desert Venetian?
Ass…
Artisan…
Pleasant…
Nice try…
Hollyhock…
Big G incredible…
Damn nice movie theater…
Interesting hats…
Lovely but expensive…
What’s missing here?
Delicious…
Cake decoration…
Moving…
More interesting than expected…
60’s take on a dome…
Random…
Landmark…
Represent…
Modes…
Fire in the sky…
Epic…
What you think all of it will look like…
Festive…
Views from up there aren’t terribly interesting…
The sky enthralls…
Mechanical screen…
Santa Fe…
Blue hour…
Where’s the Aztek?
Searching for Heisenberg…
Clever…
Tickets please…
Good streetscape…
Neon…
The way…
I love terra cotta…
We found him!
Tucson with more trees…
Because you have to…
Entering our 6th state on this expedition…
Oh fuck yes…
Unusual…
An old boss designed this parking garage in the 80’s with DWL. Love how it digs into the mountain…
Half-Mead…
Juxtapose…
730ft tall slide…
You’re so money…
Showing its age…
Lots of opportunity…
Such an odd city…
Blocks out the sky…
Hodgepodge…
Downtown…
As an architect, horrifying and fascinating at the same time…
Such lovely traffic back to Southern California on a Sunday…especially in the rain…
Nice to return…
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