Fancy houses and crappy air
Valentine dinner with a Camelback Mountain back ground. Great spot!!
The boss is back. No more slacking. We’re getting ready to head to Yuma on Monday. Until then, I’m told we have to discover every corner of the Valley of the Sun!
Readers who have attained a certain age will remember that, years ago, anyone with asthma or respiratory problems was told to move to Arizona for the dry, pollution free air. That was then. This is now. Currently, residents of “the Valley” are launching major initiatives to curb the rapidly escalating problems of air pollution, smog and dust. It is a very real problem. While taking pictures of hill-top and hill-side homes surrounding Phoenix, we captured a shot with downtown in the distance and the buildings enveloped in “mucky air”. You may have to double click the picture in order to see the detail but, trust me, it’s there! Hold your breath!!
We were up in the hills on our way to a romantic Valentine Day, sunset dinner at an out-of-the way restaurant, located in an historic adobe hacienda ranch house, overlooking Camelback Mountain. By the way, this is the brownie point item!! The restaurant, Lon’s, was once a home built by Alonso (Lon) Megargee, a painter known for having captured the cowboy history of Arizona. We ate on a beautifully landscaped, outdoor courtyard, surrounded with fountains, gardens and numerous fireplaces roaring with mesquite fires. I wonder where that smog comes from?? The aroma of mesquite was everywhere, even in the indoor bar. Wonderful! Chef Michael Rusconi, did a masterful job, justifying, at least to us, his reputation as one of the better chefs in the valley. And, in the “timing is everything” department; after dinner, we finished the last drop in our bottle of wine when we felt the first drop of the advancing rain storm!!! Dessert inside in the bar and ….home (you know the tin can home!). Perfect. Glad we didn’t have the late dinner sitting!!
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