Desert Days

For Labor Day Weekend, my parents drove all the way from Florida to visit with us and see our new home! It was wonderful to get that time with them, and we did our best to show them some of the best things Southern Arizona has to offer.

We started with a trip to Saguaro National Park to see all of the beautiful cacti. It truly was a desert forest, and absolutely breathtaking. Just seeing the rows and rows of Saguaros filling the flat lands in the valleys and climbing all the way up the mountains in the distance... You can't get that view anywhere else in the world. Some of them were small, and some were over 10 feet tall!

We also went to Tombstone! It was really nice, and a lot less crowded than I thought it would be. We were able to see a couple museums, watch a triple-shootout reenactment, tour an art gallery, do some shopping, and have a nice meal. We bought cowboy hats, which was fitting for the day.

Another thing we were able to do was have dinner at Pinnacle Peak in Tucson. This was an event of it's own! The restaurant is in a cute little mini-town with fun old-timey shops, gunfights, and more. You could spend a whole day there just trying to take it all in. We were there at night, but there are carousels and other fun things to do with kids and families. 

-Kaelyn