Hiking

My brother's birthday was last weekend and since he took the day off, he wanted to go for a hike. 

We drove up into the hills and hiked for a couple of hours. The sun was out at first which made it feel pretty hot, then the clouds came in and it cooled down and felt much better! Of course the sun was out during the first part of our hike, which is all uphill! 

Anyways, we had a nice time hiking and it was nice to see the hills all green and nice looking. During the summer the grass dies and then everything is just brown and ugly. 

We even saw a weird looking lizard. And lots of cows. There is a gate you go through on the trail and then there are cows grazing all around. It's kind of creepy walking along and having cows staring at you! 

Air Show

Back in October there was an air show out at the air national guard base near where we live. We'd been to several air shows over the years and they're always pretty fun. 

We arrived in the morning and stayed through the afternoon, when the last show ended.

First up, we saw the Snowbirds from the Royal Canadian Air Force. We had seen them quite a few years ago at an air show in Canada, and they put on a great show!

The Snowbirds ended their show with their representation of a maple leaf.

After the Snowbirds there were a few other a few other planes that came out and did some stunts. There was one guy in I don't know what kind of plane it was, but he would fly really high and then let the plane free fall so it was just falling end over end. Like if you were to throw a toy plane up in the air. It was pretty weird to see!

Next up we saw the USAF Thunderbirds. While we all agreed they aren't quite as good as the Blue Angels, they still put on a pretty great show! 

And interestingly, two of the Thunderbird's pilots are women!

The Thunderbirds flew closer to where we were sitting so I was able to get much better pictures.

Have you ever been to an air show?

Camelsback Park Hike

Last week, my sister and I drove out to Camelsback park for a hike. The weather was unusually warm for November, and it was (obviously!) very sunny!

There was almost no one on the trails, which was nice. And also just the way I like it. It's super annoying dodging lots of people! 

Anyways, Hannah and I had noticed that it looked like part of the trail up the hill was blocked off, but we weren't sure if the trail itself was still open or just parts around it, so we hiked up the hill anyways. We only made it about halfway before the trail was closed. So we hiked back down and wandered around on some trails back behind the hill.

We had never been on these trails before, so it was neat to be able to explore there. There was also lots of trees with some colorful leaves everywhere.