what a long day! i think it seemed long because i was awake at 8 a.m. and only got 5 hours of sleep -_-
nate and i had about three hours to kill between checking out of our hotel and meeting up with my family, so we went to target and got some drinkage and snackage for the next few days. then we just headed out and drove around phoenix.
the warmth! i wore a tank top! the car windows were open! amazeballs!
well, we headed south and ended up driving through desert (obviously) just to take a look. i guess i didn’t realize there were mountains in arizona, but then i also didn’t realize there were mountains in california, so take whatever i think with a grain of salt.
then i saw a sign for a national monument, so we decided to check it out.

this is the casa grande ruins national monument. i didn’t know anything about it before and i still don’t know a lot about it, except that the people who lived here mysteriously were wiped out.
and while we were at the nps desk, we decided to just get the annual pass since we’ll probably visit at least 2 more parks, maybe 3.

it rained today! so everything was sort of muddy while were trekking across this piece of desert. and then my flip flop almost got stuck, and it got super muddy. (don’t worry; i made it out.)
then we headed back to phoenix and met up with my fam n friends, and we hung out for a good 5 hours or so at the hotel restaurant. expensive drinks here , that’s for sure.
but the view from my balcony is nice!