Instead of starting at the beginning of my day, like I usually do. I am going to start with the end part (sunset) because that was probably the highlight of today. Since I had no DevCon today, and really nothing else going on, Mom & Dad Murphy and I were trying to plan something. One of the plans, which fell through, was to go see Renee and Daniel down in Tucson. Unfortunately, Renee’s great dane, Jackson, had to have surgery on his toe, so that didn’t work out.
As an alternate plan, we had discussed going to the Phoenix Art Museum. However, I was wondering if there was a way to see the sunset over Phoenix. I did a quick google search and found that South Mountain had a good lookout point near the summit of the mountain, and it was only a 30 minute drive from Mom & Dad’s house. I recommended that we go see it tonight. Well, we did go to the mountain and watched the sunset, and it was fantastic! Here’s a few of the best pictures I took at the top of the mountain.
While it was a 30 minute drive to the base of the mountain, it was probably another 15 minute drive up the mountain to the lookout point, and that was a slow, small, 2 lane, winding road. There were many people up at the top waiting for sunset. The whole thing was really spectacular. We packed sandwiches, snacks, and drinks to have a little picnic at the summit too. It really turned out great.
When I got home from South Mountain, Mark and I went out just to hang out, and I got some pie. I forgot to take a picture of it, which is a bummer!
In the afternoon, we visited the Phoenix Art Museum, like we had planned. That was actually pretty cool too, and of course many great things to see too. The portrait of President George Washington is the image used on the dollar bill.
Before going to the museum, we stopped and had lunch. This Italian place was a favorite of Mom & Dad’s neighbor, Herm, before he died. I got the lunch special of baked manicotti, and it came with a salad, everything was delicious.
I walked this morning too, and Dad Murphy tagged along. I did 3 miles. I saw this sign, which I thought was cute, and I think we need to make one for Lucy.
I think that’s a pretty good recap for today. Love you all!
Jeff Murphy 