March 30 to April 6, 2009

We're still here. Our days are much quieter lately. We've been out biking, playing golf and Lise went out hiking one last time. They heard, but didn't see, a rattlesnake when they were on the way back so now, for sure, the hiking season is over - at least here! The following pictures are from the hike.
standing among typical Arizona desert vegetation
A motley crew (n'est-ce, pas?)

There was a well-attended happy hour in the north end of the park on Monday. There must have been over 60 people sitting in lawn chairs enjoying food and camaraderie in the last big event of the season. The food was great too, people really outdid themselves for this event.

We travelled to Payson on Sunday, about 70 miles north of Phoenix and the route we're going to be travelling when we leave next week. It was a nice day and we were just looking for something to do. There are lots of hills on this road; it reminds me of travelling in B.C. on some of the highways there, particularly north of Hope.

We keep looking for things to put away but it's really too early to do too much. I guess we're getting anxious to leave, since we've been watching all our friends leave over the last few weeks. Really, though, it's still too cold in the north so we just have to be patient. We'll be wearing long pants and sweaters or jackets before too long now :-)