Finally Hiking 12-14-07

The rains are finally gone and the weather has turned beautiful. It's in the low 40's at night and right around 60 during the day. The sky is a brilliant blue. Our first hike took us to Pinnacle Peak, a 3.5 mile hike with highest point at 2900 feet. The trail was really well groomed compared to the Appalachian Trail. The rain had caused some damage, but folks were out with their shovels taking care of it. It is a popular trail and lots of younger folks were actually jogging. Not me, there were several places I was huffing and puffing just walking.

Our second hike took us to the Sears-Kaye ruins. The ruins are reconstructed to a degree to give the observer a feel for what life was like back then.


After that, EJ and I rushed off to the dentist as EJ had broken a tooth the night before and we wanted to get it checked out before we left for the rest of our trip. Mike, a good friend of Terry's, got us an appointment with his dentist. Scotty the dentist did his magic and told EJ just to take it easy on that side of her mouth and she'd be ok until we get back to Jacksonville to see our own dentist.

Thursday night Joy and Terry had their friends, Ronnie, Abby, Mike and Mary over for dinner in the condo. It was a roaring success, but we were all having so much fun we forgot to take pictures while everyone was there.


Earlier this week I had called old friends Don and Trish who generally travel west this time of year to see if they had left their home in Missouri yet. Turns out they are here in Phoenix also. We are going to meet them for brunch on Saturday. We're off to Tucson after that to visit EJ's niece & nephew.