Following up on the previous rant, no matter the length of our trips to Arizona, I never get much independent time for photography. Because it’s all about connecting with lots of family and friends, mostly in the Tucson and Phoenix areas.
But I still try.
Last month, we made our annual-ish family-and-friends visit to Arizona. Although I have a long and varied connection with the state (going back to pre pre-school), I can’t really call it my “home”.1
But I do know Arizona has had one very large problem for long before I first passed through as a kid.
And it’s not their insane politics.
One more post about our recent trip before moving on to other, possibly more important, stuff.
After living in the DC area for thirty years or so, I’ve become very used to having a pretty good public transportation system. It’s in need of many improvements, but would allow me to easily get to almost anywhere in the metro area, even if it took much longer than driving.
That’s not the case in Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the US.1 And Arizona Republicans want to make sure it doesn’t get any better.
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Once a year or so, we make the trip out west to visit and catch up with friends and relatives in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Except during the depth of the pandemic, of course.
And that’s where I am now.