Fall with Family

This past week we had some family around for the Thanksgiving holiday. Rachael and Eric visited and we had some fun times visiting with them. I'm afraid we stressed Eric out a bit when he was assigned the 'major' task of preparing the mashed potatoes for the Thanksgiving Banquet--- however, he and Rachael came through with flying colors -- they were great.


We did a bit of hiking with Rach and Eric -- Here are a couple of shots from Peralta Trail in the Superstition Mountains. This first shot is taken from the top of Peralta Trail looking north to Weaver's Needle -- unfortunately we never found the Lost Dutchman's Mine on this trip.

The second shot is below the top looking south towards Tucson. This is the first time that Kris was in good enough shape to make it to the top. Of course, I did my usual sterling job -- just a few knee problems on the way down from the top.


Later during the week we celebrated Mike's birthday since Kris and I are going to Las Vegas next weekend and will miss his birthday. Mike is getting to be an old man and almost set off the smoke alarm when he had to blow out so many candles.

However, regardless of his physical age -- he is still a kid at heart and enjoyed playing with his new toy (it is a remote control helicopter that you can see in the foreground)