Tucson (pronounced too-sonn) is the county seat of Pima County, Arizona and is the home to the University of Arizona. After serving as a Spanish and Mexican outpost, and then as territorial capital for both the United States and Confederate governments, Tucson is a mere sixty miles north of Mexico on the cross-country I-10. Equal parts college town and retirement community, it has become one of the more attractive cities of the Southwest. Tucson is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, which both anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. (Rough Guides and Wikipedia)

Gates Pass is a popular scenic, mountainous route west of Tucson, a shortcut through the Tucson Mountains. Popular for sightseeing, the area well known for sunset viewing with many pullouts and two overlooks. The land was purchased by Thomas Gates—a local pioneer, and saloon and ranch keeper—and road begun in 1883.

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