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Trip to Walnut Canyon
On Saturday we decided to go on a family trip up to Flagstaff for the day. My mom, dad, my brother Aaron, Patrick, Noah and myself went. We left Phoenix around 11:30am and headed up. When we arrived in Flagstaff around 2 hours later we stopped at BK for a snack before our hike. Then we continued onto Walnut Canyon National Monument. Ah Flagstaff, what a treat. 72 degrees, cloudy, with a slight breeze. I looooove it. I'd live there if Pat could find a job somewhere. I don't know of too many Tech jobs up there unfortunately. Great place to take a break from Phoenix though. The monotony of 100 plus degree days gets a bit too much for me. "Dry Heat" is just a lie to get tourists to come here, ha. Haven't they heard of Monsoon? Anyways. Back to Walnut Canyon. We had a pass which my dad purchased when we tried going there last year. Didn't get to use it because of the boulder the size of a VW Bug sitting in the path. So unfortunately we never got to do much other than a scenic hiking path atop the Canyon. I was almost 7 months pregnant then, so after doing the hike this year I'm glad their was a ginormous boulder blocking our path, tehee. This weekend happened to be one of the three free weekends the National Parks are doing this summer. SUCK. Cause that made the pass kind of worthless. So we hiked. The monument is pretty cool haven't been there in at least 10 years. http://www.nps.gov/waca/ Here's a link if you want to find out what it's all about and che
ck it out sometime. We brought a carrier for Noah because I knew the path wouldn't accommodate a stroller. I think it would of been a little rough going down those 185 feet of stairs, lol. Patrick had carried him the entire time without a single complaint, what a good daddy. Speaking of daddies, Sunday was Father's Day, happy holiday to all you Father's out there. We took Pat to Fatburger since it's one of his favorite's. So after the hike which was pretty exhausting we headed back into Flag and had dinner at our favorite local spot, Strombolli's. Best pizza, best salad and garlic bread ever. A bit pricey but well worth it if your'e ever in Flagstaff or Cottonwood. Following dinner we headed across the street to Bookman's which is sort of a tradition in our family whenever we're up in Flag. We always have to eat at Strombolli's and check out the used literature at Bookman's. I found several paranormal romances that I haven't read before. If you like the Twilight series and shows like True Blood you might wanna check out the Paranormal Romance section of your local bookstore or library, hopefully they have one. Because it's a bit hard sifting through all the normal romance books looking for the vampire ones. We ended up spending about an hour or so in Bookman's and after that we went home. While my mom kept my dad awake on the way back, the rest of us fell asleep in the back of the van. Overall we had a nice relaxing mini vacay. Next month we're planning a camping trip to the rim in Payson. That should be fun.
On Saturday we decided to go on a family trip up to Flagstaff for the day. My mom, dad, my brother Aaron, Patrick, Noah and myself went. We left Phoenix around 11:30am and headed up. When we arrived in Flagstaff around 2 hours later we stopped at BK for a snack before our hike. Then we continued onto Walnut Canyon National Monument. Ah Flagstaff, what a treat. 72 degrees, cloudy, with a slight breeze. I looooove it. I'd live there if Pat could find a job somewhere. I don't know of too many Tech jobs up there unfortunately. Great place to take a break from Phoenix though. The monotony of 100 plus degree days gets a bit too much for me. "Dry Heat" is just a lie to get tourists to come here, ha. Haven't they heard of Monsoon? Anyways. Back to Walnut Canyon. We had a pass which my dad purchased when we tried going there last year. Didn't get to use it because of the boulder the size of a VW Bug sitting in the path. So unfortunately we never got to do much other than a scenic hiking path atop the Canyon. I was almost 7 months pregnant then, so after doing the hike this year I'm glad their was a ginormous boulder blocking our path, tehee. This weekend happened to be one of the three free weekends the National Parks are doing this summer. SUCK. Cause that made the pass kind of worthless. So we hiked. The monument is pretty cool haven't been there in at least 10 years. http://www.nps.gov/waca/ Here's a link if you want to find out what it's all about and che
ck it out sometime. We brought a carrier for Noah because I knew the path wouldn't accommodate a stroller. I think it would of been a little rough going down those 185 feet of stairs, lol. Patrick had carried him the entire time without a single complaint, what a good daddy. Speaking of daddies, Sunday was Father's Day, happy holiday to all you Father's out there. We took Pat to Fatburger since it's one of his favorite's. So after the hike which was pretty exhausting we headed back into Flag and had dinner at our favorite local spot, Strombolli's. Best pizza, best salad and garlic bread ever. A bit pricey but well worth it if your'e ever in Flagstaff or Cottonwood. Following dinner we headed across the street to Bookman's which is sort of a tradition in our family whenever we're up in Flag. We always have to eat at Strombolli's and check out the used literature at Bookman's. I found several paranormal romances that I haven't read before. If you like the Twilight series and shows like True Blood you might wanna check out the Paranormal Romance section of your local bookstore or library, hopefully they have one. Because it's a bit hard sifting through all the normal romance books looking for the vampire ones. We ended up spending about an hour or so in Bookman's and after that we went home. While my mom kept my dad awake on the way back, the rest of us fell asleep in the back of the van. Overall we had a nice relaxing mini vacay. Next month we're planning a camping trip to the rim in Payson. That should be fun.
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