It has been raining for 11 straight days in Phoenix. So hiking has not been an option. EJ and I did try to sneek a quick hike in late Tuesday going up Black Mountain right behind the condo, but after about 15 minutes into it, the rain started again. Here's a view of the our condo in Cave Creek. 
So we've been visiting and catching up plus going to museums and getting in some Christmas shopping. We found out the city museums are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. We did get in to see the Heard Art Gallery and the Penske Racing Museum. The Penske museum is sandwiched in between Jaguar, Mercedes, and BMW dealerships. It almost gets lost in there. 
The Penske Museum contains mostly Indy style racers, but it did have a '64 Pontiac that Roger raced, and two pace cars, a 442 and Z06 Corvette. There was a 1991 Mercedes engine that produced over 1000 hp with a max rpm of 10,400. There was also a Chevy engine that produced 765 hp with a max rpm of 13,400. That's screaming!!
We decided to go to Old Town Scottsdale to do some shopping and have lunch. We ate at Dave's and had some really good hamburgers. Here's Frank and EJ with his brother and wife Terry and Joy at Dave's.
Sidenote: We had seen several catcus plants with styrofoam cups on their ends. At first we thought someone had been decorating the catcus for the holidays. Turns out the cups protect the ends of the catcus from frostbite which in turn would kill the catcus.
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