Our Day Trip on the Light Rail from Mesa to Phoenix

Our day trip on the Light Rail from Mesa to Phoenix and Back was such a kick! On November 11, Veterans’ Day,

Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa Light Rail

we boarded the Light Rail in Mesa at Dobson and Main. I love to take day trips to better appreciate the beautiful Phoenix Valley. I wanted to stop by the Tempe Farmer’s Market, walk along Mill Avenue in Tempe, and enjoy the

Tempe Farmers' Market

sights all of the way to the end of the line and back.

The price of an all-day ticket is so reasonable. We purchased them at Safeway in East Mesa. There were very few people traveling today, and we witnessed ongoing Veterans’ Day parades in Tempe and in Central Phoenix. It was so cool! The trip took about 30-40 minutes to the end of the line at the Metro Center – 19th Avenue. We changed trains and headed back!

Since I grew up in Phoenix, I loved traveling through downtown Phoenix and being able to see how “modern” Phoenix has become. The Light Rail route is so nicely designed and maintained, there is a feeling that I could get off at any of the stations and feel “safe.” We passed by the Westward Ho, a skyscraper hotel located on Central Avenue built in 1928 that was famous in the “day” and the tallest building in Phoenix until the year 1960. Anyone who has seen Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Pschyo, will remember that it was filmed in Phoenix in 1960. As a child, my mom would drop us off in downtown Phoenix to watch movies, and we got in for a quarter.

Then, there’s my high school, Phoenix Union – no longer standing - it has been torn down, but the memories are still there of the “good old days!” Very nostalgic for me. The City has certainly “grown” up.

There is more to this story – I’ll share photos of Mill Avenue, where we ate, and more photos in another post.

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