.....everyone should take a trip to the desert to ponder the heat of hell and the meaning of life and to examine all of the little prickers on the multitude of cacti.
It was a good day.
Miracle number 1: I did not overpack. OMG, right? That is a first. Not a single overweight suitcase. We flew in business class in nice cozy big seats thanks to the wonderful donation of AirTran airways to the top ten teachers in georgia last year - saved my free tickets for this event.
Flight was uneventful, read 'Eclipse' again....god i love that book. Romantic...so very romantic. Listened to my iPod. Napped a bit. Learned Hawaiian words from a book about Hawaii (idiot guide) i bought for the kindle. Now...when I arrive I will know which is the ladies room - the one labelled 'wahine'. Learned that in Hawaii...they dont use 'left' or 'right' as sides of the road....they use two words starting with 'm' that I will have to look at again tomorrow to remember properly... one meaning 'towards the sea' and the other meaning 'towards the mountains'.
Could feel the heat in Phoenix before we were even off the plane. Rental car was really nice...and out to the desert we went. The drive was glorious.....opened the windows....warm dry air blowing in on me as we drove. I got all comfy with my feet on the dashboard.... snoozed a bit. I was so comfortable...temperature perfect. Little did I realize the perfect blend was purely because the air conditioning was mingling with the hot air blowing in the windows. I got out of the car at the cache site...walked a little ways....and felt like I had just descended into hell it was so hot. I took one look up the hill I was going to have to hike in my flip flops...smiled...and headed back to the car taking some pictures of the sights.
Drive back to the hotel was just as fun....i snoozed and we stopped for some life water...I mean..one must hydrate in the desert!
Hotel is really snazzy..... seriously..one of those very exceptionally well remodeled spaces with a whirlpool tub in the bedroom. Had dinner at a really good tex mex place in old town Scottsboro...had a shrimp chimichanga...oooh so good. Then back to the hotel for some pool time...then whirlpool time...and now blogging away.
Headed to bed, it is midnight in my world even though it is only 9PM here. ..doesnt matter though....4 am comes early regardless and that is when we need to get up to head to the airport for our flight.
Despite it being a travel day...it was a really really nice first day of vacation!
Makai (to the sea) and Mauka (to the mountains). For directionally challenged me, this was the PERFECT system.
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