Arizona, Day 2

Simply put, I love Arizona. And what’s not to love? The ever-present sunshine, the warmth, the desert terrain. It’s all incredible, and so very different from The Midwest.

Basically, the first two days of vacation have unfolded around this schedule:
1.)Pool time
2.)Dinner

Little Squirt has wakened me at dawn, which is okay, because my body is still on Central Time. We quietly put our bathing suits on, tiptoeing around so as not to wake The Teens. (The Teens are operating in different time zone all together. It’s not Central Time. And it’s not Pacific Time. It is closer to a time zone found in South East Asia. We don’t see them make an appearance until much later in the day.)

Little Squirt and I spent the day at the pool. He froliced in the water, and I lounged. And a handful of little munckins froliced with him, which allowed me to lounge without the guilt. We stayed by the pool for 6 hours straight, even ordering lunch poolside, which felt frivolous to no end. I got bold and ate cactus fries with prickly pear sauce. The traditional Little Squirt had normal fries with ketchup.

Butterfly eventually joined us at the pool, where she proceeded to send and receive text messages the entire time. Rock Star stayed in the hotel room downloading music to his ipod and then wandered around the resort lobby.

Yesterday we walked a mile into the town of Carefree for dinner. But a mile was a bit too far for the short legs of Little Squirt, we discovered. And he spent the whole time fearfully looking around for rattlesnakes. With that in mind, this evening, we took the resort shuttle into Cave Creek, another nearby town. We ate cowboy-style food at the charming Silver Spur.

Late evenings we have spent around a campfire, making the resort’s “S’More of the Evening.” Yesterday was one with nutella. Tonight will be a banana split or something equally yummy. A Native American from the Hopi tribe tells stories around the campire. Last night he gave us the 30 minute Constellation Tour. The Space Station moved across the sky directly overhead, to add a dramatic flair.

So it’s been lovely. Wake up....relax by the pool....go in search of good grub. Tomorrow: More of the same?