Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Phoenix Science Center and Lost Dutchman State Park

Phoenix, AZ... The Arizona Science Center and
Lost Dutchman State Park

 As we were walking to the Science Center we saw the Arizona Diamondbacks Stadium.
 The Arizona Science Center was amazing.  They had 4 floors of exhibits and hands-on activities.  
The boys especially liked the exhibit on the brain and water room.
 This was a bed of nails that we all took a turn laying on...it was crazy!
 This is the view from our trailer...it is called Superstition Mountain.  We took a moonlight hike around it with a ranger and learned all about cacti, Native American legends and why it is called Lost Dutchman.
 The boys and Curt took a very long and hard hike to the top of the mountain.  They hiked for 6 hours and climbed 3,000 feet.  After taking a wrong turn, Curt said that for a while they were the "lost dutchmen."  They came home exhausted, a little bloodied but very accomplished.  
 THEY MADE IT!!
 The park has excellent mountain biking trails, we only had a few falls.  
The mountain is so beautiful at sunset...this desert climate is truly amazing...we have loved every minute our our stay.  The weather has been in the 70's and sunny...we couldn't ask for better.  We head to Tuscon on Friday to stay at Catalina State Park.  Thanks for reading about our desert adventures.


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