Photos: Best of the West

Chris Snyder, with United Production, works on the Fiesta Bowl float, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at the SRP Pera Club in Tempe, Ariz. The float will be part of the Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade for the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game between Kansas State and Oregon on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in Glendale. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES