AZ, UT, NM Road Trip
(Day One: July 27,2007)

Welcome to another Web Tour. This is one of the best and most memorable trips I have ever taken, and a I don’t think I will every be able to duplicate the awes and wonders seen during this five day four night trip covering the States of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Because of the routed trip, I will again see some favorite areas in Southern Utah again along with the city of Phoenix, Arizona, which is an awesome launch location for Southwestern Road Trips. I would bore you in spouting off all of the locations ahead of time, so just follow the web series.

I along with two friends arrived in Phoenix in the mid morning of July 27, 2007. Once we achieved the rental car, we hit the road. First passing through the streets of downtown Phoenix where we grabbed an early lunch at an all you could eat Mexican restaurant on or near Indian Church Road. From there we continued on to the Squaw Peak neighborhoods for some city and mountain pictures. Belly filled, Phoenix memories rewritten we hit the road heading North on Highway 51, then heading West on the Pima Freeway (Loop 101), to catch I-17 North out of town. The pictures on this page were taken in Phoenix, heading north on I-17 and from a rest area. (See Map for all of Day 1's Events, This Page's Route is in Red)

One Special Note: When we all left the all you can eat restaurant while starting the car, we noticed a large amount of helicopters flying above and Bill commented: “That helicopter is not flying at a normal angel.” Not much was thought beyond that point. Leaving the restaurant traffic all of a sudden stopped heading Left, so we turned Right. Seconds later I looked out my rear view mirror and saw a large plum of smoke. Not putting the events together, a news helicopter had crashed less than a mile away as we were getting in the car. All the copters were following a robbery suspect. This helicopter crash made national news and we heard news reports of the incident just outside of Phoenix while flipping radio stations. Scary!
Helicopter Crash News Article

Have Fun!!

Paul J. Lossner