Visiting Phoenix

Scot and I love to travel and visit places we've never been. We have been talking about visiting Phoenix for a while now and we finally got the chance to do that this past weekend!  I am completely in love with Phoenix - I love the weather, there is great shopping there, tons of outdoor recreation, etc.  It's a great place.

 

We left on Thursday and stayed in Albucrackie which is about 1/2 way between The Springs and Phoenix.  Just past Pueblo I went to look at something on my phone when I realized that I had left it on the desk at the house.  Doh!  It was like the year 1998 all weekend without a phone.  At first I was like NOOOOOOO but then I realized...it was actually kinda nice.  On Friday we got up and took a slight detour so we could go to the Grand Canyon which was amazing!  When we were done there we headed over to our hotel in Scottsdale and once settled completely crashed. It was such a long day. 

 

Saturday morning we hiked Camelback Mountain (The Cholla Trail) where once we got to the top had a spectacular view of Phoenix.  It was about 97 degrees that day so we didn't hang out too much at the top.  We were ready to get back and swim for a bit.  After swimming we drove to downtown Phoenix to see what we could find there.  There wasn't anything that really made us want to get out of the car so we decided to go and check out the temple that is being built in Phoenix.  While we were standing outside of our car checking it out the security guard working that day opened the gate for us so we could get a better look which was very nice of her.  That night when we got back we got some dinner and walked around Old Town Scottsdale which was right across the street from our hotel.

 

Sunday we had tickets to Kartchner Caverns which is a beautiful cave down near Tucson.  It was quite a trek so we had to get up really early to make our reservation.  On the way home we stopped at In-N-Out burger for lunch!  Our favorite!  That afternoon was spent at the pool and then getting pizza and gelato for dinner. 

 

Monday was a lazy day.  We got up and went shopping at Fashion Square in Scottsdale, swam, shopped at West Elm and got DELICIOUS cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy!

 

It was such a fantastic trip!  I love Exploring a new city with my hubby.  He's the greatest traveling companion!  Love love love him! 

Had to stop at the Arizona sign on the state border

 

Time to see the Grand Canyon

 

My pictures won't even come close to doing this place justice but if you ever have the chance to go you should definitely go to the Grand Canyon!

 

 

This was about as close as I was going to let Scot get to the edge. There were some crazy people down below where this picture was taken that were sitting on the edge with their feet dangling.  It still gives me the willies to think about!

 

It's so spectacular.  When we first walked up I thought it looked fake.

 

 

You can't even imagine how big it is.  Look how far back that crack down the middle goes.  Insane!

 

 

 

Heading up to Cholla Trail - you kind of walked through a residential neighborhood to get to the trail head

 

View from about 1/4 of the way up the mountain

 

Hiking Camelback

 

Phoenix Temple under construction

 

Old Town Scottsdale

 

 

 Yummy Gelato!

 

 

 If you ever come across a Sweet Tooth Fairy you MUST go in.  These cupcakes are to die for!  Especially that Salted Carmel one.

 

 In addition to exploring Phoenix we were also celebrating our 8th anniversary! It's been an incredible 8 years. I could not have dreamt up a more loving, supportive and amazing husband. I love you Scoty and can't wait to spend the rest of eternity with you!