Scottsdale 2010 road trip, part 9

On Sunday morning, we again ate the hotel provided continental breakfast. Then, in the misty morning we headed home. We decided to go through Payson instead of Flagstaff so we could see different things. We drove through Scottsdale and I fell in love with these life sized statues in front of one of the houses.
Here's another kind of horse statue in front of someone else's house. I especially like the old pickup.I thought this was a unique little Chinese restaurant.
Here are some of the really nice homes in Scottsdale.


Here's one of the last saguaros we'd see.


This is the road out of Scottsdale into the mountains.Here is Zane Grey's cabin in Payson.
This was the local museum next to Zane Grey's cabin. It's cute, isn't it?

This statue was a tribute to firefighters.
Here's a front view of the museum. Both the cabin and the museum were right near a little lake and a big park. It was a great area to pull off for a bathroom break for us and the dogs. I wondered if there were any letterboxes around. If not, there should have been.
It was snowing all during our drive through the mountains and the trees were beautiful. There was a white stripe down all the tree trunks. Somehow my camera switched to panorama mode and spliced three photos together in the next two shots.


Isn't it pretty?

To be continued...