Today was one to remember.
It started early with breakfast outside with Miss, Krit, and Tay. Krits got a bum ankle but was dying to do a Scottsdale hike. Squaw Peak a mere 15 minute drive down Camelback, was just the ticket. Picture a mile and a half stairmaster with desert views on one side and downtown Phoenix on the other. Amazingly she made it all the way to the summit and gingerly, I mean gingerly, back down. It’s funny how coming down is so much harder on a bum…
We returned to the hotel for a quick cleanup and then downtown Scottsdale for pizza and a beer. Seriously good pizza too. A little gelato was up next followed by a cupcake from Sprinkles that Miss thought was the best ever. She’s a tough critic; it was a good cuppie. By now we were ready for some down time so we watched a little bit of a shocker as OSU was taken down by WSU. Once the game ended we were in our bathing suits and headed to the pool lawn for some bocce ball. Krits and Tay dominated Miss and I. I have to admit, I was bringing the team down. Couldn’t seem to get on a roll, so to speak. Gloating as kids are known to do, we jumped int the pool for some basketball. Miss and I were now in our element, or so I imagined.
Dominated again by youth. Experience is overrated about as much as being a number one seed in the madness, just ask the Jayhawks. Down on our luck we retired to the hot tub to nurse our wounds and warm up once again. The stars were really bright as we walked back to our room. Miss was smiling. Tay was too, Krits was too busy trash talking for me to tell. Now back in the room, we are preparing for the nights final act, a trip to Scottsdale where the winners get to choose where we dine on Krits last night. I’m tickling the ivories so I don’t forget today and Tay yells out from the bathroom, ” Today was some good fam time, wasn’t it Cheddars.”
Priceless…
BUILT TO LEAD 