Mar. 10th, 2004
So I left 90-degree Arizona for 50-degree Nashville. Somehow I feel like this is a bad thing... *sigh*
But yes--I had a fabulous time in Phoenix with the Pezzers. There was lots of hiking, movie-watching, touristy stuff, gorgeous rocks...and it was so warm! In March! There were palm trees and orange trees and lemon trees and...ahhhh! It was warm! In the city, you can't really tell it's a desert except by the lack of natural waterways (i.e. canals instead of rivers) and the cacti people have in their yards. Other than that, it looks pretty green. And then you get up in the mountains surrounding the city, and you realize, oh, wait: that green stuff you thought was grass? Shrubby stuff and cacti growing in sandy soil. And lots and lots of rocks. Wow.
I took a whole bunch of pictures, which you can see here. I'm surprised at how well they turned out. The ones of Camelback and Sedona are quite nice, if I do say so myself.
( Friday and Saturday )
( Sunday )
( Monday )
( Tuesday )
We did other random things, too...bounced on Chandra's trampoline, dabbled in the pool (in March! I love Arizona!), watched Galaxy Quest, Mulan, Hercules, and Farscape (both parts of Self-Inflicted Wounds), played more video games, generally lounged about... Chandra's family was wonderful and let us take over their house, basically. Large portions of it, anyway.
And I came home today. That's about it, really. In short: my first trip past the Mississippi was a doozy, and much fun. When can we do it again? ;)
But yes--I had a fabulous time in Phoenix with the Pezzers. There was lots of hiking, movie-watching, touristy stuff, gorgeous rocks...and it was so warm! In March! There were palm trees and orange trees and lemon trees and...ahhhh! It was warm! In the city, you can't really tell it's a desert except by the lack of natural waterways (i.e. canals instead of rivers) and the cacti people have in their yards. Other than that, it looks pretty green. And then you get up in the mountains surrounding the city, and you realize, oh, wait: that green stuff you thought was grass? Shrubby stuff and cacti growing in sandy soil. And lots and lots of rocks. Wow.
I took a whole bunch of pictures, which you can see here. I'm surprised at how well they turned out. The ones of Camelback and Sedona are quite nice, if I do say so myself.
( Friday and Saturday )
( Sunday )
( Monday )
( Tuesday )
We did other random things, too...bounced on Chandra's trampoline, dabbled in the pool (in March! I love Arizona!), watched Galaxy Quest, Mulan, Hercules, and Farscape (both parts of Self-Inflicted Wounds), played more video games, generally lounged about... Chandra's family was wonderful and let us take over their house, basically. Large portions of it, anyway.
And I came home today. That's about it, really. In short: my first trip past the Mississippi was a doozy, and much fun. When can we do it again? ;)