Arizona - Arizona City

I am sad it is not March. Not because the weather hasn’t been warm, because it’s been stinking hot, and definitely not because I’m wanting time to go faster on the Van Plan…but because I definitely missed out on a Civil War re-enactment on the hike with my dad. WHO DOES THAT! I’m hoping for more of this when we get to the Deep South. So much ridiculousness…

Otherwise, hike with dad was delightful. We went to a state park called Picacho Peak and did a mild little nature trail hike around the different cacti. My hiking attire was so meant for rock climbing…

who needs activity appropriate clothing?

We stopped on the way back to Arizona City at a gift shop called “The Nut House” that sold, as you may have guessed, nuts. Unfortunately, the state of Arizona has decided to close the majority of its state parks (probably to pay for all the freaking PRISONS that are everywhere) including the Tombstone Courthouse, and Picacho Peak and possibly the Kartchner Caverns (which we did not go to, but look cool anyway!). The elderly woman who has ran The Nut House for over a decade will be closing it next week in the wake of the parks closing announcement, in favour of “catching up on 12 years of housework”.

We hung out with my dad and his girlfriend for another day before we packed up and went back, again (AGAIN!) to Casa Grande and our second home outside of Canada, the Wal-Mart.

Yesterday we got up, felt like crap, hung out in the van, and therefore left the “Big House” rather late. We found it hard to care; sleeping in is wonderful.