Early Morning Sunrise

I am gradually settling into my new home here in Glendale.  One of the things I have had to adjust to here in Arizona is the very early time at which the sun rises here.  Because Arizona does not change times back and forth throughout the year for daylight savings time, the sun rises around 4:45 AM at the peak of summer and sets by 8PM...  Here is what the view looked like while looking northeast from my patio at 4:50AM on Wednesday.

Cross-Country Driving

Well I have finally made it to Arizona...  

If you ever want to know just how big this country is try driving across it through the vast nothingness of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona...  But it was a very scenic trip and often the views were quite breathtaking...

The final stats of my journey were:

Miles Travelled:   2158.7 miles

Average Miles Per Gallon Achieved in a fully-loaded Prius:   51.3 MPG

States Travelled Through:  8 (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona)

Thunderstorms encountered while driving:  1 (in the Texas Panhandle)

McDonald's Drive-Thru stops:  3 (Plus one KFC in Albuquerque, New Mexico and one Sonic Drive-In outside of Winslow, Arizona.)

Most interesting town name passed by:  Bumble Bee, Arizona (Somewhere between Flagstaff and Phoenix off of I-17.)

So I have spent the last six days trying to unpack and get my apartment set up...  But I wanted to share some of the photos I took of the scenes from my journey.  They can be viewed on my flickr album by clicking on THIS LINK.