Winter Wren
The first trip that involved air travel that my wife and I took after “peak” Covid (or at least so we hope!) was to visit Arizona for a week. It was pretty much our first real vacation in over two years, although we had done some commuting by car to FL to break up the dreary New England winters. Maybe the blogfather will be inspired by these for some local travel before the Arizona heat gets oppressive.
We spent part of our first day in Phoenix before heading to Peoria. I took the opportunity to hike a trail to Piestawa Peak, which has great views of downtown Phoenix (pictured here). The trail was very crowded mid-morning on Saturday and it was getting hot, so I didn’t feel too bad turning around right before the top (where it also got a little too steep for my taste). In the foreground is a Palo Verde tree, which were blooming prolifically at this time and to which we soon found ourselves to be extremely allergic (after initially suspecting that somehow we got Covid on the plane ride from MA).
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