Eclectic 3.0: The Roads Less Traveled from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

Check out this in-FREAKING-credible video.  The time-lapse photography is mind-blowing and the whole viewing experience is so neat, I just had to share it.  Definitely hit the view full screen icon and turn up the volume on your speakers… the music is great and the film is available in HD.

Big ups of course go to Ross Ching, the photographer/filmmaker. See him and read his excellent description and added photos and map at his site: rossching.com/eclectic30. And another shout-out to Maria Langer and her website/blog… I stumbled upon Maria Langer when searching for other Arizona bloggers and I can barely peel myself away from her posts.

In its story about Tough Times for the Travel Industry today, the TODAY Show on NBC featured the Westin Kierland Resort, right here in our own Scottsdale backyard.

While canceled meetings and scaled-back corporate events may be hurting this and other local Scottsdale resorts and hotels, the silver lining message for locals is that more hotel room inventory and the normally slower summer season here (Christmas has come early!) – which translates to super-great deals on backyard resort getaways and “staycations” that we Scottsdale locals have taken advantage of for years.

Support our Arizona hospitality industry and book your spring and summer “staycation” today.  Check out sites like our scottsdalephoenix.net for a terrific list of luxurious Scottsdale and Phoenix resorts that you can experience for sometimes less than half of their high-season rates.