Botanical Garden

Last week Julie and I spent time at the Gardens. It was my first time down there, and I wanted to go while the weather was good and the flowers were blooming. Julie was willing to drive, and we took it nice and slow and had a great day. There is a little outdoor grill in the garden, and we had lunch there, with the quail and ground squirrels.

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phx is a lovely oasis right in the city. There are some amazing sculptures there, I've taken some pics, I hope you can see them pretty well. The sun was shining, and life was so good! I took my cane, which came in handy, but in general had few problems. There is an Apache hut replica, a Tohono' Odom one, and a Spanish garden too, all of which were very interesting.

We stayed at a hotel overnight, had a nice soak in the hot tub and met a family vacationing from Iowa. I'm afraid they got caught in a terrible storm on the way home! Friday we went to the temple, and I was able to donate one of my books to the Family History Library in Mesa. OK, I kinda forced it on them, but they seemed happy to have it.