spring break part 1

We had three reasons why we chose Arizona for a destination for spring break.  Baseball's spring training, the Grand Canyon, and my parents stay there during the winter months.  And we were hoping to take a break from the drudgery of winter.  Instead of just telling the kids what we were doing, we came up with a half-dozen clues and they picked a clue each day.  It turns out they are horrible guessers and needed some extra prompting, but they finally got it!

This was our second time flying with the kids (the other time was three years ago when we went to California).   Bryan has to travel enough for work to build up enough rewards to mostly cover the cost of flights - and hotels.  So in order to make the most of his miles, he took one airline with Brett and Lydia, and I took an unnamed discount airline with Reggie.  We should have arrived in Phoenix within about a half hour of each other, but my flight was delayed 3 hours.  The plan was to reunite and take the shuttle to our hotel, but because we were going to be so late, Bryan went on ahead and checked in.  The shuttle doesn't run after midnight, so Reggie and I took a taxi and got to the hotel around 2am. 

The next morning, since the temperature was only in the 50's, we opted out of swimming, but did enjoy the sunshine by playing some catch on a grassy patch outside our hotel.

Next, we went to check out the Brewer's spring training camp.  We arrived early enough to check out the facilities and get some autographs before the game.  We sat in the grass in the outfield, and it was nice until about half-way through the game when it started to drizzle.  Regardless, each kid ended up acquiring a ball that had been in play, getting more autographs, and meeting the famous sausages.

After the game, we drove to up to Flagstaff, where we stayed for the night.