February 25, 2011

Friday 25~~~~Kent has been studying on the computer all the things we should do while we are in this area. We picked up Mel and Linda about 10AM and we drove to see the Mystery Castle, we got there and it was closed so we went to the next place on his list, the "Heard Museum". We didn't go through the museum as it was quite expensive to go into. The Heard Museum collects and exhibits American Indian art from centuries-old drawings and pottery to contemporary paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photography and jewelry. They have more than 40,000 objects, the Heard is nationally and internationally recognized for the quality of its exhibits. There were Indian sculptures from the various tribes around this area all over the large court yards at the museum. We enjoyed the sculptures that were all over outside, I took a few pictures of some of the neat ones that I liked for the blog. There was one Indian tribe that we have never heard of, called the "Dine" Indians, which are a part of the Navajo tribe. (pictures) From here we went to a unique Taco place we found on the droid, it had seating inside and out. We chose to eat outside in the beautiful sunshine, there were a lot of locals who worked at the Vet's Hospital near by and others who said they eat there a lot. Kent and I ordered a Mexican sandwich (torta) what the regulars ate and it was so good, especially the bread. Next we drove t Next we drove to look at one of "Frank Lloyd Wright's houses that is here in Scottsdale, Arizona named Taliesin West. We have gone through a couple of his houses in other states and they are beautiful, very unusual with every inch of the house usable with all kinds of built ins, you don't need much furniture. He was way ahead of his time with his designs and ideas, his homes are very interesting, very plain, but very elaborate. (picture) Certainly not my style of architecture. We finished up our day in Fountain Hills where we watched the second largest water fountain in the world It used to run all day, but they now have it on every hour on the hour and it runs for 15 minutes. The water shoots 560 feet in the air, it was getting dark when we dropped off my cousin and when we arrived at our place, I took a pretty picture of the sunset. We sure find a lot of things to go to with Kent in care of entertainment.