We LOVE Busy Weekends!

This week was crammed full of stuff.  We did the usual things during the work week (running, climbing, & yoga), but also got to have 400,000 of our fellow Americans (at least most are) come into our neighborhood and attend the Phoenix Open.  It was nice to get through everything with our resident pass, and Waste Management (the title sponsor) did a great job setting it up and running it smoothly.  We'll be glad to get our park back though.  It's been a staging area for vendors and parking lot for guests, and fenced off for almost 2 weeks (with Barrett-Jackson here before them)!
Friday, Mara got off a little early and tried trail running in the McDowell Mountains.  Michelle comes out this week and wanted to try it, so Mara was testing out a trail to see if it would work.  Mara had a blast!  I think we'll have to do some more of that in the future!  Friday night we headed out to the other side of the McDowell's and stargazed at one of our favorite spots.  There was some clouds that reflected the city lights, but those went away eventually, and we got some GREAT shots with out new camera.  Lots of fun to play around with!  Even borrowed some techniques of foreground lighting that made for some really cool cactus/star shots.
Saturday morning ran some errands and then took off to Suerpior, AZ to find a bouldering spot.  Unfortunately it was blocked by some road construction, but we ended up hiking for almost 5 hours.  We stopped a couple times to explore some rocks, and let Rohan out to play too.  He started climbing the rocks like nothing and was totally fearless!  He's going to be a great climber.  We found a really cool place to camp sometime too...and the best part...we didn't see a single person the whole time!  Can't wait to explore that area more!  We capped of Saturday with some steaks on the grill and some nice barely sodas...:)
Sunday we got up early and I checked out the trail Mara had run Friday.  It was a blast!  Trail running adds such a different twist to running, and I even found some cool trails to check out another time. After the run I met Mara and Rohan (who ran from our house) at AZR and got some more climbing in. Rohan napped almost the whole time too, even with the gym noise! Afterwards we hit up a shoe store to look for some new running shoes for Mara and also checked out some trail shoes, but they didn't seem to be too different.  After that we hit up a Dave & Busters to watch the Green Bay Packers win Superbowl XLV!!! One of the downsides of not having a TV at home is missing major sporting events unless we go somewhere. It was fun to be at a place where Rohan could run around with games and not be "that kid".  They even had a pretzel bite appetizer, so the whole family was happy! :)
This week we are getting ready for Michelle's visit.  Not really doing much for it, just resting because we're going to run her ragged..:)  We have trail running, road running, hikes, walks, yoga and climbing all on the agenda, so we'll need to be well rested for all the outdoor time & activity!
Hope everyone had a great/active weekend!!!


Rohan Bouldering:


Rohan Rar'ing: