Vacation! (Oh the irony)Two December weeks in beautiful, glorious Arizona. Golf! My Favorite Mall (and I hate malls)! Hikes, walks, jogging! PARKS! The Phoenix ZOO! Swimming? The Temple. BOARD GAMES! And Christmas, too.
But the thing is, if you wanna do stuff, you have to make plans. Making Plans is not my strong suit. In fact, it would be fair to say, "Brandy sucks at making plans." I wouldn't argue. It's the research and the follow through that tangle me up. And the deciding. And the getting others to agree to my idea. And the getting myself and the kids all together and in the car and on the road.
Doing stuff is hard.
As a result, I didn't DO much in AZ. And it's no one's fault but my own; not complaining, just observing. I did wanna go to the zoo. Sagan loves "puppies" (which are all things that move that are not people or machines, even ants). Who doesn't love the zoo. Everyone had the day off ... the boys went golfing in the morning ... home at 1. But, beyond getting the address of the Zoo, I didn't get any other pertinent information. Little helpful things, like entrance fees or the 4pm closing time.
We got everyone (4 families worth of people totaling 13.5 people - no easy task!) all to the zoo at 3pm.
Sigh.
$46 for an hour?
Blah.
I take ALL the blame. Sorry everyone.
But there were some groovy mountain cave things JUST a little ways away. My kids like playing in (and sometimes eating) dirt and climbing on stuff. "Let's go THERE!" I pointed. After much squabbling and I over powered them all with my charm. Or poutiness. One of those for sure.
Shockingly, a few of the members of our caravan opted out of mountain climbing (as if a 2 weeks old baby and his mom can't hike a few miles?! Or a pregnant woman recently off bed rest! Some people are so difficult.)
**Another sincere apology issued here and now. I am so so sorry I messed up with the zoo thing and then made everyone go to an activity not everyone could do. I suck. I'll try to be better next time.***
But is was SO nice. The sun and the air. The beauty of the desert. Possible hobos (Crichton has some interesting theories about desert hobos and I think he might think hobos are a high functioning form of Zombie).
It was great for my soul.
I don't know, sometimes the best things are unplanned.
(As long as no one dies.)
(As long as no one dies.)
1 Brilliant Bits of Inspiration:
Hey, I am so sorry I missed that you were going to Phoenix...I have literally TONS of ideas for kids stuff, especially boys stuff to do there, because my brother and nephew live there. BUT.....you probably already know about them.
In case you don't here are a couple of my favorite: there is this World Wildlife Zoo it's separate from the Phoenix Zoo, where you can actually see/pet the animals up close. But it does cost more to get into. There is also this train park for kids in Scottsdale that is really fun--it has train rides and everything. It's not too expensive....it's just in Scottsdale, which can be kind of far/tough to get to. It's at http://www.therailroadpark.com/
In any case, I am very jealous of your warm weather adventures. We are in a total cold snap....subzero temperatures and snow, AND our heat has been out for a couple of days. It is getting fixed right now, though.
Cheers!
Catherine
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