Shari and I recently took a trip to Phoenix, Arizona to visit her family at her parents’ vacation home. What a fun and beautiful trip it was. Here are some pics from our visit.

Shari blending in with nature.

A saguaro cactus at Lake Pleasant Regional Park. Those things are BIG!

Shari patting cactus on the head.

Not much going on in Phoenix so we moved onto Sedona.

While in Sedona we did a lot of hiking. On one of the hikes, Clay, his friend Peter, and I all decided to leave the trail and scale this mountain. Man was it hard but exciting and worth it. We went up the right and back down the left. The circle is where we had lunch.

This is the thick-ass brush we had to climb through to get to the top.

On the way up I decided to stick my head into one of these guys. I recommend trying to avoid this. I was picking needles out of my skull all day and night.

The climb was well worth it. It was an amazing view. The arrow is pointing to Peter out on the ledge where we had lunch. We were up so high that the helicopters were flying below us through the canyon.

I’m not religious but I had to post a picture of the Chapel of the Holy Cross.

Cathedral rock

The last day, Shari and I decided to head north of Sedona and go check out Walnut Canyon just outside of Flagstaff. The Sinagua people lived on these cliffs between approximately 500 AD and 1425 AD.

We then headed a little further north to go check out the Wupatki National Monument. This is where the Sinagua people later moved to after they left the cliff dewellings at Walnut Canyon.

Shari and I had an amazing time spending time with her family and hiking around Arizona. We will definitely be back.

Recently my dad and I decided to ride our bikes for a good cause. We rode in the Bike MS fundraiser ride which is a bike ride to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. This is the second year I have done it but the first year that my dad has joined me.

My dad is loading up the bikes getting ready to head to Callaway Gardens.

This is the morning of the ride right before breakfast. The start to a perfect day!

My dad is getting his homemade recumbent ready to ride.

My dad’s wife, Nancy, and my wife, Shari, came out to give us some moral support and comic relief before the ride.

The herd is ready to ride. There were around 1200 riders this year.

My dad and I are off on our 122 mile adventure over two days. We rode 61 miles a day which took us about 4 hours each day. Picture taken by Shari.

We had a blast and will be back next year! Hope to see you there.