I had an amazing weekend in Arizona with Connie, and she sums it up nicely at her new blog, which we worked on whilst I was down there (I have that effect on people). We crammed so much into the weekend: we went to tour her work at the copper mine in the Superstition Mountains, hit up an Independence Day pool party, saw WALL·E, and went camping and hiking at the Grand Canyon. We also stopped at Montezuma’s Well and Montezuma’s Castle, two amazing national monuments that showcase ancient cliff dwellings. There’s also a lot of driving/chatting/swimming/eating/dealing with airlines that happened in betwixt everything.

Connie at the Grand Canyon

I’m still trying to process all the photographs taken that weekend, but I’ll toss them online shortly. I learned a few things this weekend: 1.) US Airways is in cohorts with Beelzebub (this is foreshadowing to a long, ranty post of its own), 2.) this country is even more massive and beautiful than I tend to usually appreciate, and 3.) Connie is a really important part of my life. I hate missing people that you just click with, that type of person who you could just hang out with for days on end. Connie’s always been like that for me, and even as we change I find we’re always encouraging of who we actually are – it’s easy to be myself around her. I’m lucky to have such good friends.