Tuesday, October 9, 2012

{Fall into Autumn: Northern Arizona}

Some things I love about Autumn are the the cool, crisp air, the leaves falling off the trees and the changing of the color of the leaves. Living in the desert with plants that don't lose their leaves, and cactus that don't exactly have leaves to lose, makes it difficult to see such things. Not to mention we just left our triple digit friends for the lower 90s a few days ago. Luckily for me, and many others that enjoy this, northern Arizona is not too far away! 

A little climb in elevation, drop in temperature about 20 degrees and a completely different climate exists. We drove up to Flagstaff last weekend and got to see some changing Aspen trees. Explored the hilly-mountainous area around Flagstaff and Jackson got his first hike in.
[Warning: Photo overload!] All from October 7.




Pinecones aren't that tasty.






Look Mom, I found dirt to play in!














Family trip success! Next on the agenda: Snow.   

3 comments:

Scot said...

Nice photos. It looked like a great family trip.

Hanna said...

Beautiful

Christy said...

Very cute family! I want to squeeze your lil boy's cheeks. He is SO cute.