Happy Fourth of July!
(Ahem... two weeks ago. But "happy" anyway.)
It's soooo stinkin' hot here right now. Every day is in the one hundred teens.
So for the 4th... we got the heck outta Dodge.
Out our car window, we watched as this...
...turned to this!
(Well, some of us watched. But really, some of us were more interested in reading
about "Choo-choo's"... upside-down.)
Only a two hour drive, and "Ahhhh!" reprieve from the heat.
Here are all 3 of my boys, at our destination: atop of the Mogollon Rim just 30 minutes East of Prescott, about a two-mile trek from Woods Canyon Lake.
Beautiful.
If Damon looks less than excited, it's because he hates to nurse in the car. We fought for about 15 minutes before I gave up... but not before his face turned into a red, splotchy mess. Curse my genes... my face does the same thing. ;)
One Happy (almost) Family. :)
The Mogollon Rim, which we are standing on, curves around the valley below like the rim of a giant bowl. The view was spectacular... the temperature, a refreshing 80-something.
Woohooo!
We walked through the woods on a paved path for about 2 miles until we reached the lake. It's like they knew we and our double stroller were coming. "Thankyouverymuch." Navigating the trail on this path was a cinch.
It smelled like pine trees and the good 'ol outdoors.
I love the mountains!!! Just what I needed.
And here is the Lake...
Dame took a 15 minutes snooze while Rich, Dom, and I ate a little picnic of peanut butter and honey sandwiches atop a nice, big rock, under a hundred shady pine trees... and took in the beautiful lake as we munched. And then we made our way down to the water.
You can rent boats here... paddle boats, canoes, or the little fishing boats with the small engine on the back. Maybe when our babies are a little older, we'll do just that.
You can bet your bottom dollar that he threw a ginormous tantrum when we tried to leave. ;)
Dame and Rich, patiently waiting for me and Dom
One Happy (almost) Family. :)
The Mogollon Rim, which we are standing on, curves around the valley below like the rim of a giant bowl. The view was spectacular... the temperature, a refreshing 80-something.
Woohooo!
We walked through the woods on a paved path for about 2 miles until we reached the lake. It's like they knew we and our double stroller were coming. "Thankyouverymuch." Navigating the trail on this path was a cinch.
It smelled like pine trees and the good 'ol outdoors.
I love the mountains!!! Just what I needed.
And here is the Lake...
Dame took a 15 minutes snooze while Rich, Dom, and I ate a little picnic of peanut butter and honey sandwiches atop a nice, big rock, under a hundred shady pine trees... and took in the beautiful lake as we munched. And then we made our way down to the water.
Me and Dom testing out the water.
It was soo cold, my feet got achy! But Dom didn't seem to mind.
You can rent boats here... paddle boats, canoes, or the little fishing boats with the small engine on the back. Maybe when our babies are a little older, we'll do just that. 
You can bet your bottom dollar that he threw a ginormous tantrum when we tried to leave. ;)Dame and Rich, patiently waiting for me and Dom
to finish up in the water.
After we spent some time at the lake, we made the 2 mile walk back to where we parked the car, on the Rim. Then, we meandered through the Christopher Creek area until we pulled into the charming town of Prescott. At the advice of some locals (who we met on the side of the road while I was giving Dominic a time-out in the dirt... they pulled over to make sure we were ok. A little embarrasing.) we ate at a little restraunt named "Tiny's". It was delish.
After our tummies were full, we drove straight from Prescott back to Tempe for the firework display. First Solar, where Rich works, is located directly across the freeway from Tempe Town Lakes, where they were shooting off the fireworks from the bridge. His work building has a balcony, and so... we were blessed with perfect (and perfectly free) seats!
Unfortunately, in anticipation of 4th of July traffic (which we surprisingly didn't hit), we got there almost 2 hours early.
Talk about tiring... and scorching hot.
We found ourselves with two slap-happy, nap deprived, sunburned munchkins (80 degrees can be deceiving and we didn't slather up with sunblock while we were in the mountains), not enough snacks, an hour past bedtime, in the scorching heat (it's terribly cruel, it doesn't cool down here at night).
But finally, finally the fireworks made their debut. And just like that, we caught a break. Eyes were glued... restless little bodies were still as statues as they watched the sky light up. Whew!
As with most new things, Dom was a little skeptical about the fireworks at first... but he quickly decided they were worth watching.
Damon was mesmerized.
Damon was mesmerized.
And I was happy to have him stop squirming for two seconds.
What a great ending to a wonderful (albeit tiring) day.
It was quite a show... hope your holiday was wonderful!
1 comment:
TOO fun we have to go there someday when we come visit. That is absolutely beautiful. I love the train reading upside down! Can't wait to see you in a few weeks!
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