Nice pics!!
I spent a week in AZ, and a week roaming around getting there and back.
There's something to be said for getting the heck out of the gray/dreary/rain every other day nonsense of the PNW and spending some time in the sun and warmth
Once I dropped out of the mtns in NORCAL going down, I was in shorts the rest of the time, until I returned to NORCAL on the return trip.