Arizona vacation- Days 3 and 4

Day 3

In the morning, we were trying to decide what we were gonna do, and Mark's mom had mentioned hiking up Camelbak.  I had looked it up online and it didn't sound too bad, plus it was listed as one of the top things to do in the area.  We decided to go for it, and after realizing I didn't really pack any hiking gear, I threw on whatever I could find and we packed up some snacks and headed on our way.  Mark said it was a mile and a half walk, which isn't bad cause we walk about a mile around the block so that should be a breeze.  Right??  Um....didn't realize just how high up this walk was gonna take us.  Me and Kris had no idea what we were in for.  Mark, of course, reassured us by letting us know there were more difficult trails then the one we were gonna walk. After we started walking we realized it would take a VERY long time to get to the top.  About half way, it got VERY steep and we were basically rock climbing the rest of the way.  It was intense, and pretty scary for someone who isn't too fond of heights.  But either way, after A LOT of swearing and complaining, we MADE IT!!  Go us!!

we even made some friends along the way :)

beautiful views all around

very steep!!

taking a break

rock climbing

waiting for our turn

we had to follow the blue dots to make it to the top

After our crazy time climbing a mountain, we decided to treat ourselves to In and Out.  So good!!  Then we headed to Fountain Hills to watch a geyser.  This is when I started to realize how severely burnt I was.  Not fun!  Anyways, Fountain Hills was beautiful, and this time there was not much walking involved, which was much appreciated.  Haha!

This was pretty interesting to see, and it was in a beautiful park.  It was nice to just sit for a bit and watch this for 15 min. Then after that long day, we headed back to the rental to chill out.

Day 4

We were going to go on a Jeep tour in Sedona but after the long day the day before, we all decided to just chill out.  We went to some open houses, did a little shopping, and ate lunch at Paradise Cafe (exactly like a Panera, yummy).  Then, we headed back to the rental and sat out by the pool and relaxed for a bit before heading to the airport.

We had an amazing time in Phoenix!  Glad we were able to see so much and do so much in the short amount of time that we were there.  Hopefully we will get to go back someday :)