Arizona/California Trip

Kaiti and I just got back from our totally awesome winter vacation to sunny Arizona and So Cal. Well, it wasn't actually that sunny. Sure, it wasn't as bad as Salt Lake which apparently had several big snow storms, but I was expecting to be living it up in t-shirt weather. But then Canada had to butt in and send it's arctic air to ruin our vacation. Okay, so it wasn't ruined, but it was cold. I had no idea that it snowed in Arizona (aside from Flagstaff) but outside of Kingmen, Kaiti and I found ourselves in the middle of a blizzard.

Oh, and while driving through said blizzard we saw a wolf hanging out on the side of the highway. At first I thought it was a big husky dog, but once we got closer, BAM, wolf! Anyway, Phoenix was sunny, but it didn't get above 56 after the first day we were there, so even though I tried to walk around in t-shirt I eventually had to put a coat on. We both got a chance to check out Arizona State. Kaiti went to a "Law School Day" where she got to tour the facilities and sit in on a mock class while I met with the advisor for the School of Planning. Of course Kaiti's parents made sure that we also sampled a plethora of local foods while we were in town and Green Hire (Merla's company) gave us tickets to six Diamondbacks games (against the Mets and the Giants) for helping with the design of the company's web site. From Phoenix we made our way south to San Diego where Kaiti's friend lives. We met her new baby and had a good time hanging out and checking out some of the city. Of course Kaiti and I made our way to the nerdiest place we could find, the USS Midway, a floating war museum. Unfortunately, it was $17 per person and we aren't made of money, so sadly we just walked around the ship. But, at least I got these adorable pictures of Kaiti and some bronze troops listening to Bob Hope.