July travel

Now back from Arizona. A few impressions.

It's sooooo easy to mock when I say, "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." But try flying from Indianapolis ( 91°F, 93% humidity) to Phoenix ( 112°F, 18% humidity). I wouldn't want to spend all day outside in either place... but for just moving around, Phoenix was surprisingly comfortable. Just beware any wide stretch of asphalt.

Prescott is quite a nice town. It's a good size, at about 30,000 people. It's a legit working city, and yet it caters to a sizeable vacationing population too, so it has amenities normally found in larger towns (including some nice restaurants).

The rodeo was quite interesting. Prescott Frontier Days is billed as the "World's Oldest Rodeo" . We attended on Friday night. It was my first time at a rodeo, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but we had a good time. The rules can be a bit inscrutable though.

Overall, it was a ton of fun, and wonderful to see Holly's dad. Hopefully we'll get back there before too long.