The Verde River Again?!

We live near the Verde River in Arizona and lately I've been longing to be near it and just take in the outdoors. I think it has something to do with me almost at my time of labor and knowing that I wont be able to enjoy and hike around the river when I have a little one to be attending too. So this past weekend we spent a lot of time near the river and hiked.

On Saturday, Arizona was having it's annual free admission to any state park and museum day. Being penniless, we took advantage of the opportunity to visit Dead Horse State Park. 

 

This is were I hope we can take our Christmas picture at. The foliage frames everything so nice. and if you move to the bottom step you have this view, which is the next picture.

At the top of the stairs they were getting ready to have a Civil War reenactment.

They had a tent set up with some of the things you would see in the 1800's. Like

Civil War guns that you have to reload after each fire,

Pretty wicker baskets filled with yummy treats,

Books that I want in my library,

and women dressed up in my favorite time period of clothing.

The Confederate solders.

The Union soldiers.

Hummmm... Looks like a Confederate playing for the other team.

Yep, that's what it looks like.

 

On Sunday, we went to our favorite park and had hot dogs, Coleslaw, and Macaroni salad.

The children had fun having freedom to just run!

Children eating cookies after dinner.

I hope that next time I blog it will be about the new little one joining our family.