3 days in the wilderness-group photos

Our group photos from our three day backpacking adventure...

today is tomorrow

"Guess what, Uncle Keith,
today is tomorrow!"

Favorite quote from Julie when she was little
and waiting for "tomorrow" to come
so she could ride the pony at Cran Hill Ranch.

Lily and I have been preparing all week for today...day one of our three day backpacking adventure through Queen Valley. All we are waiting for now is for our fellow adventurers (Jay and Stephanie) to get out of bed and load our packs and then we are off.

lily's job

My focus this week is packing for a three day backpacking adventure this weekend while Stephanie is visiting. While I'm making lists and piles of all the things we'll need to take Lily found a job for herself.

Lily-making sure all our sleeping bags
are in working order.

self portrait

Using the timer on the camera to take a self portrait requires speed and planning.
Taking the same photo with an animal multiplies the challenge.
Taking the photo outdoors on a windy day can net some interesting results.

egg-normous

for the farmers

Traveling on the outskirts of Phoenix it is not unusual to find agricultural pockets in unexpected places...the result of a city grown quickly. However, as Renalee and I walked the streets near the extensive ASU campus recently, I was surprised to see this grain elevator standing poudly as a part of the city scape.

weather

Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!
Author: unknown

This morning when I came in from the chickens I asked Jay if he knew where the mountain was....the clouds almost completely hid it from view. As the morning progressed we had a series of unusual views out the back door.

The mountain completely disappeared as the clouds dropped a slushy. hail-type precipitation.

It turned our yard white along with the top of the mountain.

Then the sun came and melted what had collected on the roof.

Leaving us with blue skies and a beautiful white tipped mountain.