Festival Time

So this week we decided to get a pumpkin.  Of course there are not quite as many pumpkin patches here as we're used to.  The idea of "Fall" does not cross everyone's mind due to the lack of trees and still hot temperatures.  The place we went to was called Schnepf Farms, it's about 45 min. from where we live.  It was basically a mini amusement park besides being a pumpkin patch.    

Tyler's favorite game ever!

Gettin' ready to rumble...  This was our ride for the day - I didn't realize we had to peddle the thing - I thought it would be motorized.  You go around a little course that runs through some woods and there are all sorts of bumps and hills that made it an adventurous ride.  

Today I am showing Summer how to roller blade - wish her luck!

Pinnacle Peak

This is Tyler writing again.  So this last week since the temperatures have been dropping, we decided to get outside of our apartment for a few hours.  I did some research and found that there are lots of hikes close by to Scottsdale, we went to one called Pinnacle Peak which was about 15 miles from our apartment.  First off it was still pretty hot! (90's)  Luckily about half the hike was in the shade.  

Also, when we pulled up to the town where the hike was in, it was like an old WESTERN town!  There were old taverns and storefronts and you really felt like a cowboy.  It really made me think how this area used to be a desert with few homes and people... my how that's changed.  Well here are the pics- enjoy!

I felt like a camel in the desert (I was carrying 4 bottles of water in the backpack)...

I wondered how much it would hurt if one of the many cactuses that we passed on the road fell on you... luckily we didn't find out!  Summer and I made it the whole 3.75 miles through the desert landscape, there was a lot of going up and down.