Hotter than Hades

That about sums up our trip to AZ. You know Kev has been kidding me that I am bad mojo to these places we visit. We went to FL two years in a row and both years hurricanes hit the places we stayed at and were to stay at...demolishing the one. (think ground zero) :( Last year was the Ft Myers one where we couldn't go due to hurricane damage.

And this year I picked AZ..I know that the month wasn't ideal..although we had hoped it wouldn't be too hot yet (ha..it was the highest it's been - unseasonably warmer than what it usually is) but figured it would be good to see it. Kev has been hankering to have his retirement state picked out and I nixed Florida. I've got news for him...AZ isn't on my shortlist either LOL

Anyway we go...we had a hard time of it trying to find a hotel with not a lot of notice for our trip in..esp in the mtns where hello everyone in az goes to cool off..but we muddled through. Saw the Grand Canyon and that was INSPIRED because we went in the early am..man was that line to get IN long when we left.

Ok so it's a natural wonder. yadda yadda...but frankly I hate heights and get sick and sure enough I was nauseous for the long 4 hour drive back to Phoenix. Seriously sick. I got some nice photos I think. I digress...the reality was we passed Sedona on our way down and decided to skip it for Thurs...um by then the Brins Fires were out of control and seemed to have started the day we passed the town. SIGH So now I get ribbed that I started the fires LOL My Mojo does not appear to be good...bad enough that family has asked me to skip their particular areas for vacationing

What else we did in AZ? After going with the flow and NOT exiting the condo during the daytime...we shopped, went to a water playground and swam- a lot and scrapped of course. 20 layouts done is not bad..I had wanted 30 but the dang time change really screwed me up!

What a HOLE...that is what Kev told the kids to say when we got there. A little funny.....there is this awesome stone tower you can go up and see better from there right? Well I stay on the ground level with Anna and I see ppl all over going up there and also ppl going around the guardrail for better photos- are you NUTS???! Anyway I look up and see this kid hanging from the top (my camera was up w/Kev) and I am thinking..what idiotic parent *allowed* their kid to hang over the side like that...I look again and you can hear me yell..Michael Edward Anthony...it was MY idiot son. With my dh no where near him. I laughed so hard after scolding him to not do that again. Just a clear reason why Kev should NOT watch the kids ;)

We had no internet access..it was going to be $10 a day. Ouch so we skipped that. And then the pool bar and grill? Closed by 5pm each day..not cool when we made it there by 6pm..just little things that didn't endear me to this location. I loved Prescott and also Old Scottsdale.....I'd live in either one of those..but Phoenix was not that good.