Blogs from Phoenix, Arizona, United States, North America - page 20

Hi again! Today we stayed close to Phoenix, since we have the big trip to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. We enjoyed a workout at the gym here at the Rio Verde clubhouse, and then we went to Saguaro Lake, about 30 minutes outside of Phoenix. It is one of four manmade lakes created by the damming of the Salt River. It is 10 miles long and a popular place for boaters. We took a 90 minute boat tour. From our guide we learned how to identify some of the different species of cacti, how to distinguish between mesquite, ironwood, and palo verde trees, but as for animials, the guide kept saying, " . . . and here is where we would see such and such animal, but it's probably too hot today . . ." ... read more

So turns out I had that District Conference Blog written all along and just forgot to publish it! Oops!! So, after the conference, Rosemary and Niki stayed at my house for the week, and we went to the beach, hung out, went dancing, were actually fairly lazy but that's fine, it was just fun to be together! (*awwww haha) That weekend was supposed to be a good bye party in Culiacan, a city in northern Sinaloa, above Mazatlan. Turned out that the powers that be didn't have time to plan it because of some issues with a couple exchange students, so we all got an email that we didn't really havea reason to go. But the 3 of us decided to go anyway, because we already had houses, and we would go visit people (even though ... read more

It's WAY hot in Arizona North America » United States » Arizona » Phoenix By Jeb and AnnaJune 5th 2007 We headed out this afternoon (Tuesday) to the trail riding place. Way overestimated the time to get there. Sat in the car reading the extensive legal release form. Trail ride was fun except for Anna getting a little dizzy despite doing all the right things (lots of water, good meal, sunscreen). Likely heat stroke said the guide. Afterwards we headed back into Scottsdale to have dinner at P.F. Changs since Anna informed me yesterday she really always wanted to try it even though it was the ... read more

After a quick swim through the casino (where we got $10 cash each for joining their players club), we drove into town and spent the afternoon Monday looking around in old downtown Scottsdale. Lots of indian trading type places. Saw some very nice looking jewelry. "Thank you for humoring me" Anna was heard to say. After checking out one place that was a trading post / art gallery - some amazing pieces carved from petrified redwood etc, we decided it was just too hot to walk around any more. We would have taken some pictures, but the cheapo batteries that came with the camera had gone to meet their maker. We headed to a place called Loco Patron for dinner. Yummy guacomole and margaritas. Additionally the waitresses seemed to be of very questionable moral fiber ... read more

So its been a while, for once through pure idleness rather than lack of access though. We arrived in Phoenix just under a week ago now and it is such a different place than anywhere else so far. We've done a huge city, tropical marshland and now the desert. Its nice to be mixing it up. The flight was good and it had the bonus of landing 40 mins early amazingly. Still had to wait when we got there though because we didn't see Rebecca who was picking us up. We were both stood at opposite ends of the baggage claim and didn't notice each other! Luckily it was only a few minutes before it clicked. On a slight aside, baggage claim is really wierd here, instead of collecting your bags and then heading to the ... read more