Our Trip to AZ last post!!

heading home (photo courtesy of Celene)

Miles has a speedometer app on his phone and was delighted when the plane tipped 400mph!

coming down over Lake Michigan (photo courtesy of Celene)

home sweet home!!

Our Trip to AZ post 8

Luke Air Force Base is close by, so we drove around a bit to see if we could get closer to the jets which were flying around the area.

We were quite shocked when we found ourselves parked just below their landing runway.

So LOUD!!!

Our Trip to AZ post 7

The day before leaving, we spent the day hiking in the White Tank Mountains.

It was beautiful!

before leaving the kids made friends with some local pigeons

hitting the trail!

viewing petroglyphs - images carved in stone by natives thousands of years ago

digging up a cool rock

isn't the topography stunning?

we reached the pool at the base of the waterfalls

picnic lunch

Theo enjoyed some sand at the play ground

Our Trip to AZ post 6

Playing mini gold and bocce with Grandma and Grandpa

Our Trip to AZ post 5

How ironic, but we were not able to continue our plans with visiting the Petrified Forest National Park on Monday/Tuesday, because they were getting about 2 feet of snow!! Haha!

So we opted to drive south and visit an old gold mining ghost town.

We all enjoyed a historical glimpse into the past.

about to go down into the mine shaft

Miles and Celene got to experience a zip line ride for the first time!

can't resist touching the cacti

hilarity in the crooked house

a broom that stands up by itself (???)

water running the wrong way....

Theo enamored by the model trains

Celene finally got herself a cactus to take home :)

captured this stunner on the way back