Last winter my wife and I tried snowbirding for the first time. We spent the winter using Scottsdale, Arizona, as a base and traveled extensively for purposes of photography. We both loved the state and would like to return next winter. In that my main interest is photography, I'm wondering what notable places we may have missed and whether there are a sufficient number of them to occupy our time in the months of February and March.
Any suggestions for photo opps from those more familiar with the state would be most appreciated. Following is a list of the places we visited and photographed last year.

Apache Trail, Sedona, Verde Valley Canyon Railroad trip, Monument Valley, Canyon De Chelly, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Horseshoe Bend, Upper & Lower Antelope Canyon, Sonoran Desert Museum, Desert Botanical Gardens, Jerome, Glen Canyon Dam, South Rim Grand Canyon.

Last winter my wife and I tried snowbirding for the first time. We spent the winter using Scottsdale, Arizona, as a base and traveled extensively for purposes of photography. We both loved the state and would like to return next winter. In that my main interest is photography, I'm wondering what notable places we may have missed and whether there are a sufficient number of them to occupy our time in the months of February and March.
Any suggestions for photo opps from those more familiar with the state would be most appreciated. Following is a list of the places we visited and photographed last year.

Apache Trail, Sedona, Verde Valley Canyon Railroad trip, Monument Valley, Canyon De Chelly, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, Horseshoe Bend, Upper & Lower Antelope Canyon, Sonoran Desert Museum, Desert Botanical Gardens, Jerome, Glen Canyon Dam, South Rim Grand Canyon.

I'm sure you could find lots to photograph for two months. Here are a few places not on your list.

- Chiricahua National Monument for geological wonders. If you like birds, then Chiricahua Mountains in general and the Portal area, on the east side of the mountains.
- Tombstone
- For hummingbirds and other wildlife, stay in Ramsey Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains.
- Bisbee and the Queen Mine tour
- Kartchner Caverns State Park - Great cave but check on policy about photos underground, especially use of tripod/monopod since light levels are low
- Kitt Peak, lots of telescopes to photograph during the day
- Saguaro National Park, both east and west sections
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Sabino Canyon and the drive to the top of Mt Lemmon. There's another telescope on top.
- Biosphere 2
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park (MUCH more interesting than it sounds!)
- Saguaro Lake and the lower Salt River riparian areas
- Walk around the Arizona State University Tempe campus, Mill Avenue, Tempe Town Lake. Lots of activity always going on.
- Downtown Phoenix, and especially the area around the state capitol.
- Take tour of Cardinals stadium in Glendale, Diamondbacks stadium in downtown Phoenix. Go to spring training games, 15 teams and 10 new stadiums.
- There's lots of public art in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix, which you could search out and photograph (one of my furture projects)
- Musical Instrument Museum in north Scottsdale (a must see which nobody has heard of)
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, many volcanos and lava flows
- Wupatki National Monument, well preserved prehistoric Indian ruins
- Meteor Crater