We often get flack for not exploring more of Arizona - having lived here for 5 years now. SO - we decided to hit the trails and experience some Arizona outdoor time at Lake Pleasant. I don't know that I have laughed so hard in a really long time. This might top out on the list of “trashiest things I’ve ever done” – Tim was repulsed and wouldn’t even get in the water. It was actually extremely cool (even cold near the bottom) but as Tim says “we broke bread with the Navajo” – we were probably some of the only Caucasians for MILES. It was SO rocky but people just set up tents on these boulders – like camping tents to STAY for a COUPLE days and backed there big hillbilly trucks right up to the water using tailgates for diving boards!!!!!!!! The “bank” down to the water was such an incline I was hanging on to the kids for dear life thinking they would fall & just keep rolling. We should have driven an ATV!
We took one for the team as they say and “did it for the children” to stay and I swam (well, I did :) - Tim was our life guard) and had a yummy picnic. Beauwin thought it was great and loved his $1 tube, Ireland – not so much. She wouldn’t even put her feet down on the slimy rocks and when I found a 5 inch square of sand to plop her on, she FREAKED – hahaha. This might sound familiar to Mimi - back when I used to avoid her slimy rocks in the lake. But we LAUGHED and LAUGHED at how hilarious it was. Here are a few shots. I will research better next time – in fact we decided, next lake trip we will drive another ~3 hours to get to Powell OR maybe, just keep on drivin’ and drivin’ to Otisfield to have a picnic on Mimi's "rock".
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