This last week/weekend Tim & Allison came to visit the Syring household. Allison has an (almost) 2yr old and was in need of a much deserved break. Her parents were able to watch them and on Friday the 13th they flew into the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport. It was pretty great from the beginning because the Mesa airport is so small and under construction, they only have one terminal and the baggage claim is outside! It's like we were back in Kirksville! [shudder] One bonus is that this airport has somewhat cheaper flights than Sky Harbor, so check it out if you want to come visit us!
From the second they set foot on AZ soil, it was just like old times. We had blast catching up on the ride back to Phoenix. I gave them a tour of TGEN, followed by Starbucks (of course) and relaxing at the grotto at the AZ Center. We headed and picked up Rohan at daycare and went out to our favorite Sushi restaurant, RA. We ate enough sushi to feed a village, then headed to S. Phoenix to drop Rohan off at Heather & John's. They were awesome to take Rohan for the next couple days, so we could all enjoy a little adult getaway/stay-cation. We took full advantage of our time away from the kiddos. We capped Friday off with some Two Buck Chuck wine for Mara & Allison, and Beer & Jack Daniels for Tim and I. We hit the pool for almost an hour before watching several episodes of Three Sheets & Archer, and calling it a night around 1 a.m. (3 a.m. T&A's time!).
We were up surprisingly early on Saturday morning...:) We bummed around in the morning, then hit up AZR to climb. It had been since college that Tim or Allison had climbed, so it was fun to relive those days, and also realize why they hadn't climbed since...:) They both did awesome for not climbing in almost 10 years (both made it up routes), and like all fresh climbers, their forearms were aching by the end of the first hour. After climbing we headed over to Greg & Nico's to cool off in their salt water pool. It was 110°F in Phoenix this last weekend, but without the humidity, T&A thought it felt awesome. They prepared for the worst, and it was not near the blast furnace they were expecting. Allison did mention it was really hot a couple of times though... The pool got a great workout with 5 grown adults acting like they were 13 again. Greg probably has to add 4,000 gallons of water back into his pool after we splashed so much out of it! Good times though...and the pics will show that. We also were able to see Nico's parents and celebrate their anniversary with tons of meat on the grill and copious amounts of adult beverages.
Sunday was very much subdued. Wait...no it wasn't. We were REALLY honored by having our climbing, massage, and yoga instructor friend, Jeanette, teach us a private yoga class! We all felt like crap going in after a long Saturday night, but afterwards we were all feeling great and ready for our next adventure...hiking Devil's Bridge in Sedona. With Me, Mara, Tim, Allison, & Jeanette the drive up and back was a riot, and the car was never quite the whole trip. The hike was awesome as usual. Mara and I had only done it once last year, so it was great to get back to the area (Sedona is gorgeous!). The hike was well worth the drive, and we had some fun on the bridge too. We all hiked up food and had an awesome picnic, with a view that's hard to beat! Jeanette hiked up watermelon and the rest of us brought supplies for ham and swiss sourdough sandwiches, along with several types of hummus and pretzels. After the hike we took a bit and walked through Tlaquepaque, an art colony in downtown Sedona. Perfect cap to a great hike.
When we got back to Phoenix, we had a late grilling session (supper around 9:30 p.m.) and Rohan rejoined the fracas. He obviously had a blast at Heather & John's, and after saying "Hi" to everyone, crashed hard for the rest of the night. We stayed up until around Midnight, chatting and drinking. Jeanette worked on Allison's tight muscle, and in turn, Mara worked on Jeanette's back. Tim & I brought nothing to the table, so we just B.S.'d and drank.
Monday Tim and I got up early and hit up the TPC Scottsdale for some world class golf. It's the same place the Phoenix Open is held (which I worked this last February), and has some famous holes and history. When I made the reservation a month ago, I was concerned what the weather in Phoenix would be in Mid-August. It turned out to be one of the nicer days of T&A's visit. Mostly cloudy, a slight breeze, and awesome course conditions! Tim and I got paired with a Canadian and New York pair that were visiting AZ. They were great to play a round of golf with. Tim played with his old clubs he gave Mara a while back, and ended up losing to me by one stroke...something I will never let him live down. I had several pars and even a birdie on the course, so I was really happy with that; especially since I haven only played one other time since last October. After a couple beers in the clubhouse and soaking it all in, we went to Ketzal for some great Mexican food and salsa. After lunch we hit up MoJo before picking up Rohan and kabob supplies. Greg & Nico came over and we hung out for the rest of the night.
4:45 a.m came early Tuesday morning and I took T&A back to the tiny airport. We had an absolute blast with them, and can't wait to see the whole Peet family next time! We all needed the break from everything, and I think we succeeded in completely wearing everyone out to the point of total exhaustion, which will take a couple of days to recover from, if not longer for any vital organs that were affected (i.e. the liver)...:)
There are tons of pictures (but not a lot of video for lots of reasons). Enjoy!
The most greatest achievement in auto engineering...the perfectly sync'd blinker:
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Wow. That's some impressive blinking.
Looks like you had an awesome time!
I'm still recovering! Been goin to bed at 9 every night - awesome vacation, thanks again for hosting!! miss you guys!
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