Day 869: Apache Junction Olympics

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Ben

Today we went over to spend the day with Glenn, Edna, and Christi. We first played Bocce Ball:

Towards evening we played Mexican Train:

Day 868: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (But Not Hungry)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Ben

Today is Tricia’s second day with Christi in Sedona, so we sent her photos to assure her we weren’t going hungry:

Between homeschool subjects, I used our tire plug kit to repair the puncture in our RV tire from last Friday:

“Look Mommy, lunch!”:

Meanwhile, Trish and Christi woke up to a foggy day in Sedona:

They went to one of those “ye olde photographer” places:

On their way back to Phoenix, they stopped a viewpoint south of Sedona. By then, the fog had cleared:

We were all very happy to have Trish back tonight!

Day 867: Making it on our Own

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Ben

Today Trish and Christi took the truck for a two day adventure in Sedona, about three hours north of here. We sent Trish this photo to convince her that we weren’t starving:

She sent this photo back:

Day 866: Two Golf Carts Short of a Parade

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Ben

Today we drove over to Apache Junction to spend the day with Glenn, Edna, and Christi. One of the notable moments of our visit was the housing development’s xmas parade, in which residents decorate their golf carts and drive around waving:

Day 858: Big Bend National Park, Day 6

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Ben

Shabbos was quite windy and we had a bit of rain and lightning towards evening. We lit the candles for the seventh night of Chanukah last night:

This morning was old and windy, but at least the storms had passed:

We drove out to the west side of the park to the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. Form here, we could see the Window, where we had hiked to from Chisos Basin on Thursday, from this side:

Our first stop was a brief walk on the Mule Ears Trail to view the Mule Ears:

The Mule Ears:

On the trail, we found this dried base of a Sotol plant:

Our next stop was the Burro Mesa Springs trail:

A narrow canyon spills out through this punchbowl and down into the valley where the springs are. At the springs, cottonwoods and other water-hungry plants grow: