@sergey Our first stop was in Albuquerque, NM where we’ve spent day strolling around historical Old Town and museums. Then we’ve gone to Sandia Peak Tramway - longest aerial tram in Americas. Here is view from the top and Albuquerque at the bottom.

@sergey Second stop was Flagstaff, AZ. Central spot to lot’s of places we’ve visited. It was a great house in a neighborhood that’s trying to be a pine forest. Sky was amazing, but only thing I can do is startrails. #astropic

@sergey On our way to Grand Canyon we’ve stopped at Wupatki National Monument and apparently there were some prescribed forest fires, which was quite weird to see.

@sergey Grand Canyon was awesome, magnificent and enormous. Though watch tower is a modern building that “fakes” as one that falling apart. There are a lot of tourists there you can hear almost any language there.

@sergey One other place we’ve gone to while in Flagstaff was Walnut Canyon National Monument. Which is very interesting place, apparently before volcano eruption it was a home for people of Sinagua who used natural cliff walls to built houses. Of course I can’t resist to take a picture of blooming cactus.

@sergey Our third stop was in Tucson, AZ. We’ve rented a house with “million dollar view” and apparently advertisement didn’t lie view was really magnificent. You can sit and relax looking at those mountains covered in cactuses. One day we've got an interesting visitor who performed a little dance for us.

@sergey Lastly while in Tucson we've visited Saguaro National Park and learned a lot about cactuses, apparently first flowers appear around age of 30 years and first branch would grow only at 75 years. That's crazy how old those things are.

@sergey Of course I can't resist and not to take some astropics, since sky was clear. Here are few composite shots, MilkyWay rising from behind the house and mountains under the stars. I still have lot's to learn on how to process those. #astropic