On this trip I was not very fortunate when it came to sunset shots.  There just didn't seem to be the best opportunities this year.  Still I did go out a few nights to at least try to get some shots with colour.  

 In spite of being in Scottsdale for close to three weeks we did not get to go out and photograph a great sunset.   We drove  up to South Mountain in Phoenix one night at the end of our stay  to see what we could come up with.  It took us an hour to get there and when we did there were way too many clouds.  

Since the colours were poor, I changed this photo to black and white.  This is overlooking the city of Phoenix from the top of South Mountain.  You can see just how spread out the city of Phoenix is. 

We stayed until it got pretty dark and the lights of Phoenix came on.

I had a little more luck in San Diego although as you can see there were also a lot of clouds. However, for just a couple of minutes there was a beautiful golden glow on the cliffs as the sun was setting.  If you look really closely towards the middle of the shot you can see a glider above the cliff.  

As I was waiting for more colour I took some pictures under the pier.

This is about the best it got.  

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20130401_arizona_roadtrip_0196-Edit-Edit Since the colour wasn't spectacular I turned the  photo into a black and white which I kind of liked.

After leaving San Diego we headed home driving through  Tucson.  We barely made it on time to Gates Pass  which is a beautiful spot for the sunset.  I got the best sunset colours of the trip here.  

The only other place where I took some sunset shots was in Nashville,  Tennessee.  This shot was taken from the Pedestrian bridge in the downtown area as I was waiting for the sun to set.  

Downtown Nashville.  This shot was taken from the pedestrian bridge.  

Cumberland River, Nashville