Trip to Chihuly Exhibit at Desert Botanical Gardens

My wife and I visited the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix on Tuesday, March 17, 2009.  The Chihuly glass exhibit was there and I really wanted to see it.  After several attempts, I was able to get reservations over the internet.
 
We arrived around 3pm.  I wanted to get there late afternoon and early evening because that's the best time for lighting on all the exhibits.  The gardens close at 8pm.  The exhibit was terrific.  The setting sun and the artificial lighting really lit up the glass displays.  The shapes of the glasswork also blended in nicely with the desert landscaping.  Some of the desert flowers were blooming but few of the cactus were in full bloom.
 
We stayed until around 7pm.  When the lighting came on, there were a lot of people around the exhibits and it was more difficult to get good photos.  I've included several of the pictures here.  All in all it was a very nice trip.

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