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Jan 21 2011

Chris Learns to Fly

Posted by JacQ

Our friend Chris invited us to join him on his adventure of trying out a flying lesson at Sawyer Aviation. His wife got him a Captain Discovery Flight as a holiday gift. Jeremy was invited to ride along during the flight, and I recorded the pre-flight and landing of the whole experience. Check out the photos below, video will be coming soon.

Carl showing us all the exterior preflight checks

Carl May, the awesome instructor at Sawyer Aviation

Lots of planes are parked here at the Landmark Aviation lot

A few shots while waiting for them to come back

View of the world's tallest fountain from the sky

Flying over the Medicis office building and the nearly complete Salt River Fields

Flying over the nearly complete Salt River Fields

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Jan 09 2011

Improv AZ – No Pants Light Rail Ride AZ 2011

Posted by JacQ

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This year we attended our first No Pants Light Rail Ride. This is the 3rd Annual No Pants Light Rail Ride by Improv AZ. This is also part of The No Pants Subway Ride, which is a global event started by Improv Everywhere in New York in 2002.

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Mar 21 2010

Summit Trail hike (Echo Canyon) at Camelback Mountain

Posted by JacQ

Thanks to Tessa’s suggestion. We went to hike and summit the Camelback Mountain Trail (Echo Canyon). It was a 1.2 miles one way + 1,264 feet elevation gain hike. That was a 2,528 feet elevation change in 2.4 miles, a pretty rough hike if you are not used to it. By the time we got to the top, we were all exhausted.

The parking situation in the weekend is crazy. We got there around 9AM and there was already a line of cars waiting at Echo Canyon Parkway for parking lot spots to free up. So we ended up driving to another street and hiked back to the trail head.

I love this trail because it is mostly a full body workout due to its steep rocky trail. I scrambled up lots of large rock steps and came down the same way – 65% of the time I was on all fours. We also found out that there are climbing routes here with strong bolts, so we might be back here to climb sometime.

The sandstone rock formations along the trail was awesome, really reminded me of Moab. Thanks to the rain we have gotten, there were lots of wild flowers and plants along the trail, almost make you forget that you are in the desert.

Definitely a blast, and we love the hike during weekends with friends. Phoenix area has so much to offer and lots of places to hike, we just can’t get enough of it…