Often the morning light makes for spectacular views. Some days one cannot even see the top of the Papago Buttes from here. This is a great section because you are removed from the traffic. But exercise caution once pastt he entrance to the Phoenix Zoo, because just ahead is the traffic light for Van Burean, a main east-west road into downtown Phoenix. It looks nice, but compared to the natural desert, it is pretty damn sterile.
Next light is Washington.
Love those Presidental boulevards. Here we need to cross with the traffic lights over to the southwest corner, then follow the sidewalk as it climbs the bridge over the Salt River. It also crosses a whole network of freeway ramps, leading to the Red Mountain freeway, the Hohokam freeway, the the airport. The planes that take off and leave from Phoenix Sky Harbor airport follow a trajectory directly over the Salt River. In the morning, it seems like they are coming and going every 30 seconds.