a good night's sleep

Main Street & Alma School Road, near downtown Mesa

Unlike Phoenix, Mesa (a suburb of Phoenix) has kept much of it's original businesses in tact, at least for now. Time is suspended in the many old neon signs remaining from the decades past when Mesa's Main Street was a primary throughfare for travelers coming from the east.

Many of those motels are now empty or have become low-rate apartment rentals. Only the signage alludes to better days, provoking daydreams of northern vistors in plaid shorts and wide-brimmed hats, sipping margaritas by the pool.

taken 04/16/2007