Results tagged “hiking”

[Moozik: The Cure - The Only One]

Had a nice break over Christmas, tried to ban myself from those intarweb thingies and for the most part succeeded handsomely. I hope anyone reading this had a nice time and hopefully Santa left you something nice under your tree.

So today I've been getting caught up on a week's worth of reading, and my goodness, snow much? Everyone it would seen, has had battles with that white powdery goodness for the past week or so.

Of course, living in the desert means that snow is not something that is immediately familiar to most Phoenicians and in fact yesterday was perfect hiking weather. So off to White Tank Mountain Park we went.

Shady.

Hairy.

Hilly.

An every once in a while, the cacti can make you laugh.

And in somewhat unrelated news, my goodness is The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button a long movie. Good. Sad. Long. We caught the last showing on Boxing Day and had people walk out of the movie before it finished. Don't know if they didn't like it or just couldn't handle being at the cinema after 1:00am.

[Moozik: Lords Of Acid - I Sit On Acid]

With only a few days to go until Christmas I figured now was as good a time as any to start thinking about those year in review type posts. 2008 proved to be a year of many firsts. A quick recap via photos.

First Time In New York

First Time Seeing The Cure

First Time I Realized I Grew Up In A Picturesque Village

First Time In Paris

First Time In Dublin

First Time Hiking

First Time Calling Ourselves A Couple

Did you have any firsts in 2008?

[Moozik: Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue]

Turns out the Phoenix metro area has some amazing hiking opportunities. Who knew? Well, loads of people actually, we just didn't take advantage of what the local area has to offer until now. Yesterday marked our second hike in the Dreamy Draw recreation area.

As always, the photos don't do it justice, an amazing workout and breathtaking views. Quite why I spent so long running on a treadmill staring at a TV when I could have been outside taking in the sights is a mystery. Still, better late than never right?

Up early on a Saturday morning, the sun peeks through.

Phoenix is known for its, er, rather poor air quality. Oh yes, checkout the brown ring of doom that surrounds the valley.

Blokes on bikes come flying down the trails with little or no warning. We quickly became really good at diving for cover.

Away from city life, this is the wild west at its finest. The kind of place you can spend hours relaxing enjoying the view.

I swear these blokes were following us.

After a couple of hours, we decided to head back from whence we came.

Obligatory desert close up shot of a cactus.

The end. We're knackered.