Monday, August 17, 2009

Packed Weekend !

Alistair ready for a big weekend
One of my favorite pictures of the night
An rescued injured Hawk
Game and Fish Dept hosted the Bat , Owl and Hawk Show
10,000 plus bats flying in the AZ night sky
Bats flying out of their tunnel
ELMO !!!!
Sitting on Elmo's lap with had about 3 seconds to snap a picture, because there were about 80 kids there
Even after a short nap he was ready to roll
Checking out the fish at Cabela's

At the Elephant exhibit and the aquarium....the fish were going crazy cause they just got fed
Alistair and I in the Cavern at Cabela's
The sign behind us was not planned ...haha


The Fountains at West Gate

Well it all began Friday night , Jeff and I wanted to start the weekend started right with lots of fun. Looking through our AZ Parenting magazine we came across an add for "Bat Watching" , over 10,000 Bats fly through AZ on a nightly basis. We got to see them first hand flying in a 2 1/2 mile tunnel near camelback rd. and 24th St. We invited our good friend Mark and past roomate to come as well. The Dept of Game and Fish were there to show/teach us fun facts about Bats , Hawks and Owls. We got some close ups of the birds, but the bats were way too small and way too fast to capture with the camera. You should had heard the rush of noise the bats caused when they flew past us. Alistair got to see these creatures for the first time :).
Saturday after Jeff got home from work we wanted to take Alistair go and see Elmo at the "Mt Gym " in Scottsdale, unfortunatly Alistair still needed more of a nap and was quite tired, but he managed to allow Elmo to hold him and take his picture with him. Afterwards we headed to Cabela's for a little outdoor/indoor adventure and maybe find a book on some campsites in AZ...yeah well they didn't have any books...oh well. Still got to see the aquarium and the Elephant exhibit there. We ended the night at West Gate and watched the fountains in the plaza and walked around.
Sunday Morning we got up wayyyy too early to head to South Mountain for some sunrise pictures and maybe some breakfast at "The farm at south Mountain" Well the park doesn't open till 5am and we had to wait outside the gate while the sun started to peak its head out. When the gates opened we flew up the mountain to set up the camera for pics...sorry guys I wasn't able to get to the pictures Jeff took yet, so you will have to wait to see them on www.jatart.com 's blog soon.
Oh the Farm on South Mountain was closed until Sept 7th, so we will have to go back then :)
Pretty awesome weekend for not spending any money :) I like that

3 comments:

Amie said...

That IS an awesome weekend! Gotta love Free! :) Can't wait to see the sunrise pics!

Ty L. said...

Thanks for stopping by The Farm! Breakfast and lunch return on September 8th, but dinner is currently open at Quiessence Restaurant.

We hope you'll come visit us again soon. Thank you!

-The Farm
www.TheFarmAtSouthMountain.com

Kiera and Joe said...

I totally forgot about Elmo! It looks like you had a great weekend! Did you take both babies with you??