Ramblings on the 35th Tuesday of 2007
It has been a day since we returned from a weekend trip to Chandler, Arizona. I spent an hour yesterday sorting through photos and writing down details before I forgot them. I'm hoping to post pictures and a snazzy narrative about it some time this evening.
As with every trip, after I get back, it's hard to believe I ever left. It baffles my mind that not so many hours ago, I was alternating between roasting every time I stepped outside and freezing every time I stepped inside. People in Arizona aren't shy about using their air conditioners. I've never seen electric meters spin so swiftly.
The only part of traveling I dislike more than packing is unpacking. Thankfully, unpacking was a painless process this time around. M and I limited ourselves to a backpack each to minimize the hassle of getting through airport security. When we got home Sunday evening, it only took a few minutes to dump the dirty laundry in the washing machine and put everything else away.
Now that I'm back, my thoughts immediately turn to where to go next. With a holiday tacked onto the upcoming weekend, getting away sounds tempting, but with everybody else having the same thought for Labor Day, it might be better to stay close to home and keep the traveling radius under triple digits.
Campgrounds will be packed, so day trips may be the way to go. I'm still keen on hiking in Pfeiffer Big Sur and The Forest of Nisene Marks State Parks. It might make sense to do them back-to-back and save the third day for staying home and mounting an offensive against the invading army of clutter.
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Tomorrow 8/29/07 is Spare the Air Day..get your FREE ride in the morning only until 1pm!
can't wait for the rest of the AZ trip report.
Both places are good to hike, Pfeiffer has that famous water fall u can only see from afar but it's lovely. FONM is good too..try to see both of the waterfalls there though it'll be a long, long hike u can do it. wonder if it's running at all at the last place..call & find out.
Thanks for the StAD alert. I took advantage of the free ride this morning. Oh, and the AZ trip report is up!
Pfeiffer should make a nice warm-up hike to Nisene Marks. Both waterfalls are feasible if I get an early enough start. The goal would be to get to Five Finger Falls first and then backtrack to Maple Falls if time allowed.
2nd Spare the Air Day for Thurs 8/30 until 1pm!