On Monday, February 9th, we walked over to EGGstacy for breakfast--very good, but with very large portions, and pricey.
Then we went to the 40th Street trailhead of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, to do some hiking. The weather was cool (60s) and cloudy. We thought we were headed for the saddle between two peaks, but found ourselves instead on a trail up Two-Bit Peak. Partway up, we decided to turn around, but Mary Joy said she would continue a little way up the trail, to see what was there. After 45 minutes she was back, having been encouraged by various people she met to go all the way to the top. While I was waiting, at intervals, first one young woman, then another, came past, asked if I was Mike, and said that she was fine. It was not at all an easy trail, but she made it all the way and had a great view over downtown Phoenix and the whole valley. Meanwhile, the sun came out and I was taking pictures of how the clouds cast shadows on the landscape. I was also visited by a little lizard.
When Mary Joy came back down, we headed back to our car, but on the level trail she slipped on some loose stones and badly bruised her knee, maybe pulling a ligament. However, she could walk on it, and soldiered on for the rest of the trip.
Then we went to the Musical Instrument Museum and immediately had a very good lunch on their terrace.
The Museum is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. It was only a few years old when we first visited it. What a fantastic, encyclopedic presentation of the human race's love affair with music! You wear an audioguide with earphones and walk around the displays. As you approach a video screen, you see and hear presentations of music relating to that display.
We went through the room with player pianos, music boxes and other musical automatons, including an orchestrion--a huge machine that we heard demonstrated.
Then we saw the room dedicated to individual musical artists, including Johnny Cash, Elvis Pressley and many others. Then we went through a few of the other displays, but the museum was about to close, so we decided that we had to come back. We upgraded our ticket to a two-day pass and resolved to return on Wednesday.
As we left the museum, we discovered that outside, it had rained a little--just enough to put the smell of water in the air and make the flowers look happier. Then we went back to our apartment, closing the day with a walk in nearby Mezcal Park, before having a not-great meal at Habanero's Mexican Grill.
Then we went to the 40th Street trailhead of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, to do some hiking. The weather was cool (60s) and cloudy. We thought we were headed for the saddle between two peaks, but found ourselves instead on a trail up Two-Bit Peak. Partway up, we decided to turn around, but Mary Joy said she would continue a little way up the trail, to see what was there. After 45 minutes she was back, having been encouraged by various people she met to go all the way to the top. While I was waiting, at intervals, first one young woman, then another, came past, asked if I was Mike, and said that she was fine. It was not at all an easy trail, but she made it all the way and had a great view over downtown Phoenix and the whole valley. Meanwhile, the sun came out and I was taking pictures of how the clouds cast shadows on the landscape. I was also visited by a little lizard.
When Mary Joy came back down, we headed back to our car, but on the level trail she slipped on some loose stones and badly bruised her knee, maybe pulling a ligament. However, she could walk on it, and soldiered on for the rest of the trip.
Then we went to the Musical Instrument Museum and immediately had a very good lunch on their terrace.
The Museum is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. It was only a few years old when we first visited it. What a fantastic, encyclopedic presentation of the human race's love affair with music! You wear an audioguide with earphones and walk around the displays. As you approach a video screen, you see and hear presentations of music relating to that display.
We went through the room with player pianos, music boxes and other musical automatons, including an orchestrion--a huge machine that we heard demonstrated.
Then we saw the room dedicated to individual musical artists, including Johnny Cash, Elvis Pressley and many others. Then we went through a few of the other displays, but the museum was about to close, so we decided that we had to come back. We upgraded our ticket to a two-day pass and resolved to return on Wednesday.
As we left the museum, we discovered that outside, it had rained a little--just enough to put the smell of water in the air and make the flowers look happier. Then we went back to our apartment, closing the day with a walk in nearby Mezcal Park, before having a not-great meal at Habanero's Mexican Grill.
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