It has been a while since we undated this blog mostly because we are spending so much time just hanging out and not really doing anything of great interest. We have been hiking a fair bit and walking a great deal but that doesn’t really provide a lot to write about.

We have climbed the some of the local hills;  they are not very high nor strenuous but still a good work out. The city just redid the Echo Canyon trail up to the top of Camelback Mountain which is the steep side so we decided to try that. It is steep and good hiking boots are strongly recommended by us because while we were well equip others were not and they appeared to struggle a fair bit.

Nahanni came for the weekend and we just did a few day trips, one of them was to Fountain Hills where there are some local hikes and the city itself which provide us a very pleasant afternoon.

Yesterday we enjoyed the first game of the Cactus League down at the Salt River Field between the Arizona Diamond Backs and the LA Dodgers. Just to explain: the Cactus League is the exhibition series of the Major Baseball teams that come to the Arizona area for spring training. First MLB I have ever experienced and we really enjoyed it, (Berniece had gone to a Yankees game when we lived in New York).

So enjoy the pictures: