buttons are not toys

I want to go back to Phoenix.

My friend Sarah and I are driving from Phoenix to Ontario.  It is quite the undertaking.

Today we drove from Scottsdale, Arizona to Amarillo, Texas by way of Flagstaff and Albequerque, and across a time zone.  Just about 11 hours in the car.  Super fabulous!

The slightly incongruous feature was the snow in the mountains of Arizona that continued on through New Mexico.  It was good to start out in flip flops since it was warm in Phoenix, but when we stopped in Moriarty (actual place!) for dinner and in Amarillo at the hotel it was quite chilly.  In spite of this I will probably wear them tomorrow as well, since we are looking to put in a nine hour day in order to get to Arkansas.

We made a delightful selection of road trip cd’s.  They help.  As do the car snacks.

I hope there’s elephants …

There was a tree blocking part of the billboard, so I spent a bit of time at the stoplight wondering why anyone would want to be ‘Miss Celebrity Fight Night’. 

Turns out they were just encouraging people not to miss the fight.

I am currently in sunny Phoenix Arizona.  Well technically I am in Scottsdale, but that’s really like splitting hairs.  We are touristing in and out of both areas anyways.  So far it has been really lovely.  I get to wear sandals to go outside and I don’t have to worry about snow getting in them.  Also, I went for a jog this morning and didn’t have to worry about slipping on the ice.  Also a lady who was out walking her job told me that it was too hot to be jogging, but I told here that there was snow at home so that I had to take advantage of this.  In actual fact it was gorgeous weather for a jog, nice and sunny and warm, but enough of a breeze to prevent death and ZERO humidity.  That is perhaps my favourite part.

We have the next few days planned out on touristy things, complete with a Phoenix Suns game on Thursday night.  I am kind of excited about this as I have never seen a professional basketball game live before.  We were hoping to see the Coyotes play, but they are on the road this week.  To compensate, we are going to see the St. Louis Blues play the Dallas Stars next week on our way home.  So exciting!

Phoenix looks exactly like I expected it to look.  There are palm trees and cacti all over the place, not to mention the mountains.  Even the houses and neighbourhoods look like they ‘should’ if you get my meaning.  They are all a reddish or other dirt colour and the roofs are terra cotta esque tiles.  I should probably post pictures rather than trying to say it with words, but it is all pretty epic thus far.

What are you all up to?

I hope you all had, or are having, a wonderful Christmas.

Even if there is no snow.

Also: feel free to come over for peanut butter pie.  Preferably before I eat it all.

xoxo C.

You’re welcome, mother.

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