I already posted Alex’s parallel bars from State.https://youtu.be/E-XQ8BO1kZE (You can click to make the screen full size.) Here is his high bar routine from State.https://youtu.be/G_LhXyeMxkA He’s working on his dismount off the high bar. For a couple years he did a layout back flip. This year he does a double back. He’s working on adding a full twist to it.https://youtu.be/_pcOsVFeEHk https://youtu.be/TLWFpnFRcV4 Here he is on the floor.https://youtu.be/IHkx-MqjYzg At the same time Alex is practicing, there is a lot of other stuff going on as well. The Arizona State University gymnasts are practicing. I shot a couple of them working on their routines. Floor.https://youtu.be/5_85GBiC9Es High Bar.https://youtu.be/1krh5E0eqJI https://youtu.be/MG5KxlujhUU I love the teammates gathering around cheering their routines. And watch the girl in pink. A straight tumbling run.https://youtu.be/1AXjbu3Iel8
Who knew?
Who knew Kit was here too? Lunch with Kit.
We last knew her at Gulf Waters in Port Aransas years ago. Dinner with Matt and Lindsay, for that matter.
(Like every other night since we’ve been here. J)
We last knew her at Gulf Waters in Port Aransas years ago. Dinner with Matt and Lindsay, for that matter. (Like every other night since we’ve been here. J) We’re hitting all the spots
Well, before noon anyway, and it gets too hot. The Desert Botanical Gardens.
We liked it so much, and we’re going to be here every year, so we bought an annual membership.
We liked it so much, and we’re going to be here every year, so we bought an annual membership. One of the really cool things about being on the road
…is the opportunity to meet-up with old friends along the way. These are not friends from Phoenix, they’re from other places, but we stay in touch, and when our paths cross, we take advantage of the opportunity. With Judy Hammer for lunch.
Then Rick and Sherrie, Bear and Shortie, and James and Carolyn for dinner. This picture of the first six 
was really easy, until we figured out that Bear was off tending the grill.
Once we got him there too, the pictures looked more like this.
I think maybe the selfie-limit, given my arm-length, is five. When James and Carolyn arrived, the only hope was to shoot us all at the table.
Happy vernal equinox. Phoenix celebrated by posting its third straight day of record heat. 96 degrees; that’s spring in the desert.
Then Rick and Sherrie, Bear and Shortie, and James and Carolyn for dinner. This picture of the first six was really easy, until we figured out that Bear was off tending the grill. Once we got him there too, the pictures looked more like this.I think maybe the selfie-limit, given my arm-length, is five. When James and Carolyn arrived, the only hope was to shoot us all at the table. Happy vernal equinox. Phoenix celebrated by posting its third straight day of record heat. 96 degrees; that’s spring in the desert. Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Phoenix has a really nice arboretum about an hour outside town. arizona trip map 
It worth a few hours walking around. On the way home we found a 50s diner for lunch.
Cool.
It worth a few hours walking around. On the way home we found a 50s diner for lunch. Cool.