Now doesn't it sound like I had a delightful day from that title? In fact, I did. The morning started out with a 5 mile hike with an organized hiking group and it was just great. We hiked though some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain I have seen out here to date. It was really warm today so was glad the hike began at 8:30. By 10:30 it was already 96 degrees and we still had about another hour to hike. One gal became over heated and they had to truck her out before she could finish. Sharon and I did not get that hot and we finished the hike with no problems.
Following our hike we went to Sharon and Arne's grandson's little league football game. Taylor and his Outlaws were going on their third season of being undefeated! Today's game ended in a 12-12 tie. They are STILL undefeated, just have a tie to tag on after the won-loss record. :-) The game was delayed by one of Arizona's famous dust devils followed by rain. My white shorts were anything but that following this game.
After the game, Arne took us out to dinner at his favorite hangout, the Scottsdale Health Care Facility cafeteria. I have never eaten dinner on a Saturday night in a hospital cafeteria "on purpose" but then decided it was a great place for us three geriatrics to dine!! Actually, Arne is a caring clown there every week for the patients and he wanted to give us a tour of their beautiful medical center. The prime rib was really very, very good and the tour was likewise. Thanks Arne!!
The pics with this post show the hike today. The really big saguaro is supposed to be the biggest in Arizona with an estimated 30 "arms". It is way over 200 years old. One picture has me standing beside it to give perspective to the cactus' size. The other pics are thrown in for grandpa of Drew.
