Camelback Park Hike

Friday night we got to spend with our friends Tess and Ryan Smith and had our first BBQ of the year.  We had a great time chatting, eating, and playing one of our favorite games called Mexican Train.  
This Saturday was an ideal one for Thomas and I.  We slept in till about 9am and around 10am were out the door.  First we stopped by a local elementary school for a teacher's retirement supply giveaway.  The teacher had all of there stuff from years and years of teaching out on the lawn and you were able to pick through it and take whatever you wanted.  We got there about 10:15am and pretty much everything good had been taken.  The stuff that was left over looked like it was form the 70's :) I did get some old tapes that I could record over for when I am teaching fluency and have the kids read passages and record themselves to then listen to. 
We then headed to Camelback park which is right out of town. 

There are miles and miles of trails for hiking and biking.  It was a perfect 60 degrees out, just perfect for a hike.  We hiked about 6 miles.  There were tons of runners and bikers out and all of them were so friendly.  We feel lucky to live so close to a suburban area, the city, and to have nature so close as well.  I will definitely be doing some long runs on those trails in the near future. 
Today was my first week of half marathon training.  Thomas will be doing the first few weeks with me and we are signed up for the Susan G. Komen 5K at the beginning of May.