Vaughan tried to kill us today on our first hike in almost two years!  We were planning on hiking the Camelback peak, but we found out it was closed for renovations to the parking area and the trail itself.  What's that saying - timing is everything!  Well, not to be deterred,  since we were all dressed up with nowhere to go,we decided to hike a longer trail than Camelback, Squaw's Peak.  It's actually called Piestewa after the first women service person to die in the Iraq war!  Anyway, these peaks are hiked by many, many people daily.  The toughest part of going on these hikes is finding a parking spot not too far from the trail itself.  Luckily for us we only had to drive around for about five minutes before we found someone leaving.  Most people get to these hikes early in the day due to the extreme heat.  Right now as I type this, it's 100 degrees.  But then, it is a dry heat ... lol.

Anyway, I do have some pics, but am having a very tough time uploading pics on this internet connection.  Julie has had no problems where she is located in the park. Guess I should take my laptop over to her site and see if it would upload some pics!  Anyway, tomorrow we are planning to visit Sedona for the day, then golf on Tuesday in 100 degree heat!  But it is dry heat!

All for now..