Bon Voyage

We went to a Diamondbacks game last night. They were winning at the 7th inning when we left to go eat at Cooperstown...and had apparently lost to the Reds by the time we finished dinner. :P Anyway, this weekend we are packing & getting ready to go on our trip to Scotland, so if we don't catch an internet cafe while we're there, we'll be blogless until we get back. :D The weather looks to be very rainy, but hopefully we'll catch some sunny days while we're there! :D

4th o' July

This 4th was pretty low key. Bob only worked a few hours. Ang got out early and started learning to blog. :D We opened our bottle of Rabbit Ridge from Sonoma and had dinner, watched the fireworks on tv. After, we went out to our hot tub to soak our sore muscles. The Gilbert 4th of July festival was just a 1/2 mile down the road and we were able to watch the fireworks from our backyard! It was pretty cool.

Weekend in Flag

We drove up on Friday to Cornville to spend the night at Bob's sister's place...wanting to avoid any traffic delays due to the Cave Creek fire. Traffic was really bad due to a small brush fire which had started next to the highway just south of Carefree Hwy off I-17. After Anthem traffic wasn't that bad. We could see the fires in the distance as we drove north... :( It was a fun evening and morning enjoying the antics of our nieces, Cassie & Gina.

Saturday morning, it was up to Flagstaff for a day of golf. We played a fun round of golf at the Continental Country Club with a couple of guys who were also up from the Valley. The greens were fast and hard to read. Ang shot an amazing birdie on the 10th hole from 100 yards with a damaged 6 iron - which was chipped on the 2nd hole when Ang caught a rock in the desert. We couldn't believe it went in the hole! :D Too bad we forgot the camera in the car! :D

After golf, we checked into our motel and walked to downtown Flagstaff. After eating yummy Mexican food at San Felipes Cantina on Leroux, we walked around town. We briefly sat in an Irish pub and watched an Irish dance & music group who were pretty fun to watch. We ended up sitting at the Flagstaff Brewing Company for a few hours waiting for the live band. They started an hour later than we thought, so we stayed for only a few songs...70's funk band.

We slept in on Sunday until the sound of revving motorcycles woke us around 8am. Ang had a smoked trout (from Oak Creek) omelette for breakfast which was very tasty. After breakfast, we headed up to the Mt. Humphrey's trailhead.

The mountain kicked our a$$! It was a beautiful hike through the pine trees and we encountered many snow patches along the way which made the path slippery at times. We reached the saddle and ate lunch. After a brief respite, we attempted the climb to the top, but the false peaks and gusting wind were our downfall. After the second one, we were too tired to go any further and made the trek back down. We stopped at the Beaver St Brewery for dinner - yum! On the way home, we did not see any fires, only smoke in the distance. It was a beautiful sunset.


View from saddle of Mt. Humphrey's trail


The highest peak is the goal...


Arrgh! Damn false peaks!! This is as far as we got...in the distance you can see the top of Mt. Humphreys. So close...


View to the south...in the distance you can see the smoke from the fire...

Here is a link to all of our pics from the Mt. Humphreys hike...snapfish album

Blogging

In reading several of my friends' blogs, I felt a need for Bob & I to start our own in order to keep friends & family up-to-date with our activities...