We just returned from a fantastic weekend in Flagstaff! Jay, Ryan and I headed up north after I got out of work on Friday afternoon. It was a beautiful drive! Jeff, Tara, Kathy (Jeff's mom), and Alistair were waiting for us when we got there.
Here is the A-Frame cabin that we stayed in. It was super cute and conveniently located to lots of hiking, lakes, and downtown Flagstaff. Notice the snow! It was patchy here and there, but nonetheless nice to see!
Friday night, Jeff and Tara made delicious chicken and steak fajitas for dinner after which we enjoyed some beer, wine, and a seriously competitive game of Taboo! I hate to admit it, but the boys did kick the girls butts. Kathy, Tara and I swear they got the easy ones...
Saturday morning, we had a delicious Jay-made breakfast of eggs, sausage, and coffee. It was just enough fuel for a geocaching hike. Geocaching is an interesting adventure where you find GPS coordinates for "caches" ahead of time on this website. Then you take your GPS (which Jeff & Tara recently received as an anniversary gift) along with you on the hike and go find the cache. This photograph was from the beginning of our hike - Humphrey's Peak (11,500 feet) is in the distance.
The cache we were looking for was in 2 parts. Here is the location of the first cache. Can you see it?
There it is! Inside we found coordinates to the final cache that we dialed in to the GPS and moved on.
It was such a nice day for a hike!
After over 30 minutes of all six of us wandering around in the location of the final cache and unable to find it, it FINALLY caught Ryan and Jeff's eye at the same time. There was even a clue that we completely overlooked. "Bark up the Tree" - we thought it was talking about the tree bark when it ended up being a dog tag placed on this broken branch. Next time, we might not take geocaching so literally!
Alistair was along for the ride! I think he had a great time!
Jay acting "normal" in this picture after my request for him not to make a funny face :)
After the hike we took naps, read books, and played ping pong. I had prepared and frozen lasagna a few days prior so it was a really easy dinner Saturday night. I just popped it in the oven! I had never done this before, but am happy to know that it works!
Sunday we headed to Upper Lake Mary for a picnic lunch and some fishing. It was super windy, but we had this nice little fence to sit against that blocked some of the wind.
Alistair looked so cozy in his seat! If only they had something like this for adults...wait, is that the Snuggie?! Maybe I'll pass...
No bites...
My handsome husband soaking up the sunshine!
After packing up our bags, we had a quick ping pong tournament at the Rec Center. I think consensus is that Ryan was the one to beat with Tara in a close second :) Jay, Ryan and I spent a little time in Flagstaff before heading home while Jeff, Tara, Kathy and Alistair drove down to Sedona for some family pictures.
It was a great trip with great friends!
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1 comments:
How fun. A bit of snow for you as well. Glad you all enjoyed yourselves.
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