I wheeled by Century City, one of many of the glitzy, gleaming conglomerations of corporate towers that had mushroomed all over the sprawling megalopolis. Then

The collected travelogues of William C. Early: architect, artist, traveler, and observer. Bill’s artwork is shown.
An Odyssey Into
The Wild And Wonderful West,
Or,
If You Can’t Stand The Heat,
Get Outta’ Dallas
I wheeled by Century City, one of many of the glitzy, gleaming conglomerations of corporate towers that had mushroomed all over the sprawling megalopolis. Then
My first stop was the Chamber of Commerce where I picked up a complimentary city map. I really got absorbed in my new cartographic creation,
Between Yuma and El Centro, the highway ran perilously close to the Mexican border, coming within a mile at one point. I envisioned a gang
I found Taliesin West still in a remote desert setting, in spite of the encroaching suburban sprawl. Fortunately, the school’s foundation had purchased an ample
I exited off I-17 at Van Buren Street, and “hooked a left”. Indeed, that was a play on words, as I discovered a few blocks
I had in my path-finding repertory an assortment of taped and tattered state road maps, some dating prehistorically back to my 1963 odyssey to San