Phoenix, Arizona

For those of you reading our blog, make sure you always check for more than one post at a time.  What I mean by this is that this post is not the only new one posted.  We usually do several at a time.  We just didn't want you to miss anything!  This post will be short, but I wanted to write a little about our time here in the Phoenix area.  Let me just say- its as HOT as it claims to be!!  For the first night here, we camped in the Sonoran Desert.  This was a very unique experience.  First of all, it was a real desert complete with cacti (yes, I know the correct plural of this word and am proud of that!) and nothing but sand and heat.  We stayed at a campground there, but there was hardly a soul around us since it was so hot (smart people probably camp there in the fall!).  We felt like we had the desert to ourselves.  I admit, I was at first scared because I felt like we were all alone out there and our little tent would not be able to protect us from desert creatures.  However, once we got in the tent at night (it was even hot at night) and looked up, all I could see were millions of stars and it was very calming.  We slept well and the next morning drove into the city to see Daniel and Erin Lee (DLee from Harding, some of you might recall him!).  They were very hospitable and let us stay with them for two days, eat their food, and sleep on their fold out couch.  They also took us to a great restaurant in downtown Pheonix for dinner, which was lots of fun.  Most of our time there was spent relaxing indoors (too hot!) and we were once again refreshed by this.  Thanks to Daniel and Erin for their hospitality! 
(oh and P.S.- our blogs are never up to date because we don't have internet very often.  When you are reading them, they are usually not currently where we are.  For example, even though this post is about Phoenix, I am writing this from Joshua Tree National Park in California!)

-Kristen