The View From Here

This month my work team and I move over to the Corporate Building in Downtown Tempe. This will be the fourth building I have worked at for the Airline and it will be a big change.

That will be my cubicle in the red circle on the 5th floor. Yep, still a cubicle. But I can't help to think how far I have come from being the nerdy kid on old Amelia Avenue, to sitting here in the corner looking out over the Valley of the Sun.

This is the view East toward Tempe.

In the foreground is one of my all time favorite restaurants,  Monte's La Casa Vieja, and across Mill Avenue you can see Hayden Flour Mill and A Mountain. Just west of A Mountain is Sun Devil Stadium where I enjoyed so many great Football games. ASU was a big part of my life as both student and employee. Sometimes I think part of my heart is still there with the maroon and gold.

And this will be the view from my cube looking north.

In the foreground is Tempe Beach Park and Tempe Town Lake. Further north is Papago Park, and farther in the distance are the dry humps of beautiful Camelback Mountain. So much of the stomping grounds of my life can be seen from my little desk now.

I often reflect on where I have come from, this wild crazy life. From here I can visually see much of that. I don't know what paths the remainder of my life will lead. I have no fear. Bring it on!

Cheers, nca