{"id":1869,"date":"2013-11-02T21:17:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2014-02-14T05:56:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T05:56:54","slug":"some-west-valley-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"West Valley Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of the about six and a half years of photo galleries I&#8217;ve shot and posted on my site, there&#8217;s been maybe three or four that were taken in the west side of the Phoenix Valley. For the majority of the time that I&#8217;ve lived in Arizona, I&#8217;d lived in North Scottsdale and didn&#8217;t venture past the I-17 very often for auto events or much else. However, I felt it was about time I got out and showed a little love to one of the many automotive events that take place in the west valley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1872\" alt=\"gci-01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-01.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-01.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-01-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Saturday morning, the first Saturday of the month, I missed out on one of my very favorite regular events, Scottsdale Cars and Coffee. I had my gear packed up and was heading out the door when something came up and I had to make a quick change of plans. Having missed out on C&amp;C, I had a real desire to get out and shoot something, so I looked up what was going on that night and read about the weekly Glendale Saturday Cruise In, something I&#8217;d driven past coincidentally several times before but had never stopped at.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1870\" alt=\"gci-02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-02.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-02.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-02-300x118.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The turnout was great and, like most automotive things that go on on this side of the valley, just a little weird. But that&#8217;s not a bad thing. I always like seeing things that are a little odd and things you aren&#8217;t likely to see anywhere else. Overall I really enjoyed checking the event out, snapping photos and talking to a few folks and definitely plan on making a stop over there more regularly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1873\" alt=\"gci-03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-03.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-03.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gci-03-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desert-motors.com\/cpg\/thumbnails.php?album=337\">Click HERE to view the FULL GALLERY<\/a><\/strong> (18 Photos)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the about six and a half years of photo galleries I&#8217;ve shot and posted on my site, there&#8217;s been maybe three or four that were taken in the west side of the Phoenix Valley. 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