Day 5

Day 5

Saturday, February 20, 2016

It's our last day in AZ.

Travel Day.

Jeff and Michelle got up early to say "Good-bye".

Jeff took Jan and me to Pheonix.

Here's what we saw along the way...

 A waiting stack train on the outskirts of Tuscon.

 The front of that same train.

 More locomotives.

 A passing shot of the mountains.

 Ditto.

 The next few shots will be capturing our approach to Picacho Peak.

It's just above the white car in the picture above.

 Dead center.

 Jeff's steady hand on the wheel.

 We passed a power station and I took some pictures.

 I plan to model this on my basement layout.

Maybe these pictures will help me in the design.

 Getting closer...

And Yes, we did climb that tallest peak.

 You can see the sister peak pretty well in this shot.

 The saddle now coming into view.

 Going...

 Going...

 Going...

 Gone.

I took this picture looking the other direction.

The valley in the middle of the picture, offset just a bit left, is where we hiked with Dave on our first day.

 At the airport, saying our last good-byes.

 Until next time.

Feel the love!

 At Gate 20.

 This picture was much better in person.

 Preparing for takeoff from Sky Harbor airport.

 Chicago skyline on our approach to O'Hare.

Willis Tower.

 John Hancock building.

 Chicago looks so different from up here, doesn't it?

 Thinking of our family in Rogers Park somewhere in this picture.

 Ben in the driver's seat taking us home.

Thanks Ben!

One

More

Thing...

Kinda 

Scary.

So

get

Ready...

Scruffy look...5 days no shave.

 BEFORE

AFTER

SO GOOD TO GET AWAY,

BUT SO GOOD TO BE HOME!