An Accidental Spring Break

Right now, I'm in the middle of my Spring Break, and it has...turned out differently than I originally intended.  My first plan was to go to Utah and spend time with family in Logan and Provo.  That changed when I had to work on Monday and Tuesday.  I decided to stay in Flagstaff and just do things with friends.  

So far I have:

-Unsuccessfully tried to light steel wool on fire at Lake Mary (we ended up watching a movie about a giant spider. Ended up being a pretty good night).  

-Spent Monday afternoon in Sedona where I rediscovered that the world is full of interesting people.  But hey, it's a beautiful town.... almost too beautiful.

One of the interesting people I found in a gift shop.

Twinkie got some sun in the surreal city that is Sedona.

-Had a crepe dinner with friends and watched a Norwegian movie about a troll hunter (I guess my friends and I just like to see how many weird movies we can watch).

-Gone hiking in Oak Creek Canyon for the first time.  I didn't get any pictures, but I guess that only gives me an excuse to do it again. 

-Driven down to Scottsdale to catch a Diamond Backs game for spring training.  We also drove up to the South Mountain to overlook the valley before the rain came in.  Oh, and I also bought a Snuggie from Goodwill.  

 

Currently, I am sitting on the floor in my bedroom, waiting for my mom to roll into town.  We're going to Phoenix tomorrow morning.

It's not what I had in mind for the perfect spring break, but I guess just because you want something different, doesn't mean that what you've already got is pretty dang good.

Season's Greetings

Flagstaff, Arizona; where the weather's made up and the seasons don't matter.

Would you believe me if I told you that only a few weeks ago, I was playing soccer barefoot outside?
Well it's true, and I had a broken toenail picture to prove it (but I won't post that here, no one needs that mental image).  The weather in Flag had gotten so nice, people were proclaiming something about global warming and the end of the world.  For me, it just seemed like a good excuse to do minimal homework and maximum fun.  Kayleen and I ended up taking a Saturday to go hiking and it was a day well spent.

While the weather was absolutely beautiful, I did kind of missed the idea of winter.  I thought it would be fun for once to go snowboarding with snow that didn't have to be pre-made.  Looks like I got what I wished for.  Two weeks ago, we were hit with a storm that gave us a foot in a day.

No complaints on my end.

Unfortunately, midterms got in the way, and I didn't get to enjoy the snow as much as I would have wanted.  In any case, the snow didn't last too long and we're now looking at spring showers.

Yeah, Flagstaff is weird.

Now, that I think about it, I don't really know why I felt the need to write about the weather of northern Arizona.  I guess, if anyone is wanting to move here, consider yourself warned.