Delaney's the Explorers!

Dora the Explorer has a love of embarking on quests related to an activity that she wants to partake of or a place that she wants to go to.  Sounds like the Delaney's!  Last night I was talking with a longtime friend that has lived in Arizona for several years.  I was telling her what we had done and where we had gone during our time here.  She said, "Pretty soon you're going to be telling us what to do and where to go."   There is no doubt, hubby and I like to explore the area we are in.  Guess that's one of the reasons we are compatible...love of traveling.  

Sometimes our travels include several days trip and other times, it's just a day trip.  Today, it was sunny after two days of rain, so I was eager to explore an area park that I had read about.  It's South Mountain Park, just south of downtown Phoenix.  15,000 acres and it's free!   We first went to the east entrance and walked into the desert on one of the many trails there.  I told hubby that there was another entrance to the park and we found it.  We drove up five miles to the summit and to the Dobson overlook .  What a beautiful drive and you could see the whole Phoenix valley from up there.  There was an old stacked stone building up there which made for some interesting views.  On the way back down, we stopped at original entrance building and the Scorpion Gulch ranch.  

Here are some photos from the day.