I truly can't believe that it's December. It really blows my mind - plus it means that we have been gone for 6 weeks! 6 weeks! One thing I can say for certain is that we have been so spoiled since we left. I think we're in for a real shock these next few weeks when we don't have a nice cozy house to look forward to crashing in. It's just us, the pups and the RV! At least until Christmas.
When we left Joshua Tree - we planned for it to take us a few days to get to Phoenix. It turns out that there isn't really anything to see. We passed a tank museum and a cool ridge that would have made for a pretty hike, but that was about it. We ended up heading straight to my Popo's house and got really comfy for about a week. It was Thanksgiving so we got to spend time with my whole family. My parents even flew out which was so nice of them! I was getting a little homesick before we arrived there so it couldn't have been better timing. We went to the breweries, played games and I ate my weight in chocolate chips.
From there we headed North to Flagstaff where my Aunt, Uncle and two of my cousins live. I had been there once when I was in high school but it was such a cool place! There is so much to do. They live just a few miles from a ski resort, tons of hiking and jeeping trails and lakes. My Aunt showed us some nice open places to let the dogs run in the woods and then took us to Sedona for a hike too.
It had just snowed the day we got there and so even though it was warm in the canyon where we were hiking there were still some shaddowy spots that had snow on them and they were so beautiful. The rocks here reminded me of Zion and I loved it. I think I took 20 pictures of the same rock face. The hike we did is called Devil's Bridge and I would definitely recommend it. It was fairly populated even for the off season so I bet its busy most of the year - but it's pretty short so it's worth it for sure.
We spent the rest of the week just kind of absorbing the last of our time with family for a while. These first few weeks spending time with everyone has been so awesome and I'm glad we got to do it but now we're moving on! We're in lake Powell now but I have some cool stuff to show you from the Grand Canyon too so keep an eye out!
Happy Wednesday!
When we left Joshua Tree - we planned for it to take us a few days to get to Phoenix. It turns out that there isn't really anything to see. We passed a tank museum and a cool ridge that would have made for a pretty hike, but that was about it. We ended up heading straight to my Popo's house and got really comfy for about a week. It was Thanksgiving so we got to spend time with my whole family. My parents even flew out which was so nice of them! I was getting a little homesick before we arrived there so it couldn't have been better timing. We went to the breweries, played games and I ate my weight in chocolate chips.
From there we headed North to Flagstaff where my Aunt, Uncle and two of my cousins live. I had been there once when I was in high school but it was such a cool place! There is so much to do. They live just a few miles from a ski resort, tons of hiking and jeeping trails and lakes. My Aunt showed us some nice open places to let the dogs run in the woods and then took us to Sedona for a hike too.
It had just snowed the day we got there and so even though it was warm in the canyon where we were hiking there were still some shaddowy spots that had snow on them and they were so beautiful. The rocks here reminded me of Zion and I loved it. I think I took 20 pictures of the same rock face. The hike we did is called Devil's Bridge and I would definitely recommend it. It was fairly populated even for the off season so I bet its busy most of the year - but it's pretty short so it's worth it for sure.
We spent the rest of the week just kind of absorbing the last of our time with family for a while. These first few weeks spending time with everyone has been so awesome and I'm glad we got to do it but now we're moving on! We're in lake Powell now but I have some cool stuff to show you from the Grand Canyon too so keep an eye out!
Happy Wednesday!
What beautiful pics!
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