Labor Day Weekend Fun

Alisha says: We spent the long three day weekend with Christine's family in Flagstaff. It was great to escape the heat and hang out in the pine trees for a few days. Highlights from the trip include:

Hiking the Old Cave Crater Trail: This is a short hike just outside of Flagstaff. Dave and I took Christine's girls aged 4-8 and this was a great hike for them. There were a few small caves for them to explore at the top.

Walnut Canyon National Monument: This is a cool monument where you can easily look across the canyon and view about 80 cliff dwellings built by the Sinagua between 1125 and 1250 AD.

Mountain Biking on Campbell Mesa and part of the Arizona Trail by the Snowbowl. These are the easiest, smooth, non technical trails around Flagstaff. I never thought I would still be doing any mountain biking at 27 weeks pregnant but I am still feeling great, my belly is getting bigger but it's not in the way yet.

Exploring the Flagstaff Lava River Tube Cave: It is an impressive one mile long lava tube that is spacious enough to handle the steady stream of people that were there on the holiday weekend. I wasn't sure about taking all of Christine's kids in the cave as the ground was really uneven and you had to do some rock scrambling but they all did great.