Erin in Phoenixland

Day 2 was pretty good. I again got up early to drop Scott off at work and was left to my own devices all day. I went for a short little jaunt in Beverly Canyon. Beverly Canyon was NOTHING compared to my hike the day before but it was a nice to get outside and walk around a bit.

While hiking around in the canyon the weather started to look a bit ominious and I decided that the weather to the east of Phoneix looked sunny. So I hopped in Scott's car and drove until I reached the sun and an In and Out Burger. After eating lunch I went to the shopping mall across the way and bought a new outfit for an upcoming trip to Juneau. While in Old Navy the rain started pouring and all the weather I had escaped from finally caught up with me. It POURED out and, not wanting to get soaked, I sought refuge in Old Navy.

After the rain passed I saw that it was sunny again to the west and started heading back towards Phoenix. I stopped in Tempe (I love Tempe) and did some quick shopping on Mill Avenue before heading back to town to pick Scott up from work.

Right after Mya got home we loaded up in the car and headed to the mall to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3-D at the IMAX! Although I felt that the story was missing some essential pieces I loved the characters, the costumes and the scenery. Johnny Depp was excellent as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter did a good job as the Red Queen. One of Scott's friends summed her up as "not evil enough" and I had to agree. More evil would have been just fine with us. And what Alice in Wonderland movie viewing wouldn't be complete without the parents next to us with the two small children under four years of age. Sorry, but bringing two small children to a Tim Burton film at the IMAX after seven at night just doesn't sound like a good idea....and it wasn't.

Scott and I went on to hike Flat Iron in the Superstition Mountains the next day. I don't have my pictures downloaded and until I do you're all going to have to watch this to get an idea of what the hike was like! It was AWESOME and I'm still sore today.



Right now I'm waiting for Scott and Mya and baby Wyatt to wake up and after packing a few more odds and ends we are heading to MEXICO for the weekend. Booyah!