Category Archives: Arizona

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Up, up, and up

Across Route 188 a dirt track curls its way for nine miles into the Four Peaks mountains that are visible from the lake.

We took the Jeep and wound our way up and out of the hot weather into temperatures 20 degrees cooler at 5500 feet. The views of the lake became more expansive at each turn as if switching to a wide-angle lens, and the valleys below opened up defining the shapes of the hills and mountains. Evidence of the forest fire from several years ago that threatened the homes around and near the lake was still very visible.

Ffly enjoyed her daily dip upon returning to the lake .

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Geo-caching, 4-wheeling and exploration in Arizona desertscape

Friday was a full-day with a long walk with Lucy to a geocache site – and she all dressed up in her “little black dress”!!

While we were out walking, Jack and DaNeil prepped the 4-wheelers and packed a picnic. Off we went on a 25 mile ride up into the Sierra Ancha mountains with our end destination being a huge cave and site of an Indian village. It was a fun and exhilarating and bumpy day!!

… And then on the way back down, we spotted a snake in the road. It’s head was crushed and rattlers removed, but it was still wriggling – obviously some kind of  final reflexes! Poor thing! But the first rattle snake I’ve seen in the wild.

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Wedding dress-up

DaNeil and Jack renewed their vows recently and she was telling me about her beautiful gown. We had no sooner ended our conversation, than I was out of my clothes and  slipping into something I had never worn the likes of in my life!!! Fun, fun! And Dennis’s ensemble matched mine (uh not so) perfectly!!!!

 

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Desert Botanical Gardens – Dale Chihuly exhibit

We are so lucky! this is the second time that we could see Dale Chihuly’s magnificent  glass works installed at the Desert Botanical Gardens here in Phoenix. Last time we went in the evening, but this time we opted for early morning which gave us a different perspective with the lighting.