us in the cactus garden
One of our favorite kachina dolls
Inuit art
Our seasonal neighbors in Mystic, Sally and Don, hosted us during our stay in Phoenix, Arizona. Even though we were only planning on staying a night and moving on to Sedona, Sally encouraged us to stay a whole day in Phoenix and spend a second night before moving on. The first morning we woke up to a sunny hot day. We had breakfast on the patio looking out at Don's cactus garden. Sally pointed out the wild life in their garden including quails, a little lizard, a hummingbird, and a chipmunk. That afternoon we escaped the heat and went to the Heard Museum of Native American Art. We saw some amazing arts and crafts there. After spending a good part of the afternoon exploring the museum and gift shop, we went to the Cactus Botanical Garden. We saw so many different kinds of killer cacti. We recognized the jumping cholla from the Joshua Tree Park. We also saw tons of Saguaro cacti that I couldn't get enough of. According to Don, each arm accounts for the cacti being alive 50 years, so there were some ancient cacti there. We were lucky enough to be at the garden during sunset, so Mia and I took some cheesy-postcard-worthy-western-cacti-silhouette-against-amazing-sunset pictures. That night Sally and Don took us out to Los Olivos, their favorite Mexican restaurant, for a fantastic dinner and margaritas. Got a good night sleep and did a little laundry and then we were Sedona bound by morning.
-Karli
