I have said it before, and I will say it again, I love to travel! I do not, however, like packing for trips. It ranks right up there with wanting to poke yourself in the eye with a sharp stick on my “I want to do it” list.
Tobey and I headed off to Arizona on December 20th to spend the holidays with our families, then in January we will fly to Mexico for a month. We needed to pack clothes for cold weather and semi-cool Arizona weather, as well as bags to take to Mexico. Oh, and then there were the Christmas gifts that needed to load into the van – and our dog and her paraphernalia - and our son and daughter-in-law and their things! This was going to be a challenge for our mini-van!
I really like the flexibility of packing in the motorhome. I always want to “take it all” and I have more room in the motorhome. Since we are flying to Mexico, I needed to condense everything into 2 suitcases (and include scuba gear) and somehow, I managed to get it all in. Everything for the Arizona portion of the trip fit into another suitcase and a large box for Christmas gifts.
We were a little cozy, but we made it here and seem to have everything we need. We will enjoy another two weeks in Scottsdale before we take to the air for Cancun.
The summit trail is quite steep and we went a little over a mile up before we decided to turn around and head back down and go for lunch. There was a lot of junk hanging in the air over the Phoenix valley. Not a good thing!
We treated ourselves to some yummy burgers at Rehab Therapy Burgers in Old Town Scottsdale and enjoyed the 70° weather! Tobey and I decided we would get an earlier start and try tackling the Summit another day.
