Friday, March 19, 2010

Arizona


We've been back from Arizona for about a week and a half and I'm now getting settled enough to write about it. It was a fantastic long weekend with Brent, Aaron and Patrick and of course Jym. It was as it looks boys weekend plus Mel. We got into Phoenix on Wednesday night.



Aaron, Brent, Jym and I went out for a lunch in Scottsdale and then drove up towards Sedona. We stopped at Montezuma's Castle which is a formation in the rocks where people lived a long time ago (see pictures).


We then continued up to Sedona stopping to look at the rock formations. You can tell you are with guys when they compare the color of the rock to a steak. But they were quite a site especially with a bright blue sky.


Friday we went up this trail in Brent's truck and after a bit of a bumpy ride we made it as far as we could go so we decided to climb on some rocks! Friday night we were joined by Patrick and headed to this restaurant called Elote where we had an appetizer of the same name. And although it has mayonaise in it, it was quite delicious!


Saturday we went to the Grand Canyon. I have to say the pictures don't do it justice. It is absolutely incredible. We lucked out for the most part and while we got rain there wasn't rain while we were at the Canyon or the Volcano Crater (i can't remember the name). We did get some rain as we drove back to Sedona from the Grand Canyon and then from Sedona back to Phoenix on Sunday we were in a torrential downpour.



All in all it was a fantastic vacation.