Being in the heat of Phoenix was looking really hot this year. We were not excited about it at all. Luckily, one of our really good friends from Ohio moved to Prescott, AZ which is a TON cooler (about 85 degrees) and right in the middle of Phoenix and Las Vegas. So I worked my charm and Shaun and I met up at my friend's house in Prescott.
They have an amazing house right on the side of the mountain with an amazing view. It rained all day on the 4th but rather than ruining the day, it made it so nice and cool that it was wonderful. That night it cleared up for the fireworks and we were able to sit on the side of a mountain and watch the city fireworks without the crowds.
The day after the 4th we went to Sedona to play in the mountains. Slide rock is one of our favorite places to hang out and it was a hit with all the kids and grown ups. It has natural slides in the rocks and cliff jumping and rock throwing and all the fun stuff.We played all day and then decided we didn't want to head home so late. So we stopped at a hotel and were able to get a great deal on a family hotel/lodge/motel room place. They had such amazing grounds. They had a coi fish pond that the kids loved to look at. They spent a good amount of time naming the fish and claiming them as their own.
At the bottom of the property was a fantastic little river. There were rocks to climb on and they even had crawdads that the boys spent about a hour trying to catch. There was a nice shallow place out of the way that Summer crawled around in. The hotel even had some chairs sitting in the river so that you could sit and relax and soak your feet.
To top off the trip, when we were packing up to go Kelly found a tarantula in the parking lot. I didn't know that tarantula's were in Arizona, but come to find out Sedona is one of their major breeding grounds. I know Troy picks them up in the parking lot and adopts them, but I couldn't bring myself to pick it up. In fact while we were taking pictures and looking at it, I swear Shaun screamed like a little girl once. It was awesome...both the scream and the tarantula. :)
3 comments:
I'm so so glad we got to go to Prescott and Sedona with you guys. It was so beautiful and such great weather! We had such a great time. Thanks so much. I want all the pictures you got of the trip sometime!
I screamed like a little girl just by looking at the picture. Always an adventure with you guys
You didn't even mention the crawdad. That was one of the coolest parts!
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