View of the entrance to our RCI exchange resort: Scottsdale Village Mirage
Entrance to our one room efficiency
The little patio had two chairs and a small table for wining and snacking
The pool and its fountain
The tennis court (one of two)
"The Spa" -- This was the nicest feature of the resort -- nice and hot and with jacuzzi jets as well.
The fountain next to the Jacuzzi
And the barby for cooking out and dining out
On Sunday we visited Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's winter workplace and school for his apprentices.
Joel was a marvelous guide and FLW devotee who took us on a 90 minute tour
We saw several examples of petroglyphs that were scratched on the rocks by Indians eight hundred years ago
Wright acquired this broken "junk" Chinese art and incorporated it into his structures around the property
More petroglyphs
Numerous fountains and sculptures were on the property -- all the walls made from local rock and concrete
There was no glass in the original structures -- the roofs were canvas with innovative internal gutter systems for when it rained
Pool for looks only -- notice the walls
Three FLW principles: favor the horizontal over the verticle, build into the brow, and compress and release (ask me)
There were only 200 people in Scottsdale when FLW bought his square mile for $8000 (his profit from Fallingwater) -- and he had to go into town to make his phone calls
The red sqare is FLW's "signature" that appears on all his architecture
Courtyard outside the living quarters
Living room was roomy -- they rolled up the rug when it rained (remember, no windows)
Office
FLW's desk and daybed (with night bed behind the partition)
His wife's bed (third of three -- third wife, not third bed)
Another fountain
Bell called the apprentices for meals
Dining hall
Sculpture garden (mostly modern, but from the FLW school)
There is a FLW School of Architecture with campuses at Taliesin West and Taliesin (Wisconsin) -- unlike other architecture schools, they are very small and have very few dropouts
On Monday we headed east to Apache Junction and the Superstition Mountains -- we stopped but did not eat at the Mining Camp Restaurant